ERIC CORNE

Eric Corne wears many hats, literally and figuratively. He’s a producer, songwriter, engineer, label president, author, educator, husband and father.

Eric has produced multiple Billboard Blues #1 albums and his resume includes recording the likes of Glen Campbell, Lucinda Williams, John Mayall, DeVotchKa, Walter Trout, Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Nancy Wilson (Heart), Joe Walsh, Edgar Winter, Kim Deal (The Pixies), Sugaray Rayford, Joe Louis Walker, Freedy Johnston, Sam Morrow, Jaime Wyatt and KaiL Baxley. 

Eric has produced two Grammy® nominated albums; In 2020, Sugaray Rayford's 'Somebody Save Me', an album that Eric also wrote, and in 2023, John Mayall’s 'The Sun is Shining Down'.

Eric has released two studio albums, ‘Happy Songs for the Apocalypse’ and ‘Kid Dynamite & the Common Man’. His music has also been used in film and TV shows like HBO's 'True Blood' and Showtime's 'Billions'. 

CRITICAL PRAISE

Corne pulls together the sum total of his influences on Happy Songs For The Apocalypse, an album that, true to its title, confronts today’s complex social issues with a critic’s eye, careful optimism, and a fusion of rock, blues, country, and folk." - American Songwriter Magazine

“Shades of John Lennon, Tom Waits, Robbie Robertson, Tom Petty and others appear, all in the most remarkable ways.” - ​American Blues Scene

"There is a treasure trove of splendid songs here...Corne proves clearly here that he is comfortable on either side of the studio glass." - Winnipeg Free Press 

"Based around Corne’s smartly-structured, self-penned songs and vibrant production skills, Happy Songs For The Apocalypse is an impressive and highly enjoyable collection of modern Americana. It all works magnificently." - Blues Blast Magazine

“Steeped in Americana, New Wave and the blues, Kid Dynamite & The Common Man is a stunning musical polemic that uses a light touch to make heavy points” – Stereo Embers

“(With) a sound that's both timeless and resilient, Kid Dynamite and the Common Man leaves an enduring impression… One the year's most dramatic debuts.”—Blurt

“A slate of gorgeously ramshackle roots slowburners topped with Corne's pinched, twangy drawl.”—The Winnipeg Sun