He is a percussionist, producer and composer born in Nashville,
Tennessee, who started out on the drums when he was 12 years old.Working as an extremely sought
after session musician for over three decades, often in Christian
and inspirational music, he has worked with artists such as Joan
Baez, The Bellamy Brothers, Clint
Black, Bonnie
Bramlett, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Mary Chapin Carpenter,
Peter Cetera, Kenny
Chesney, Michael
Crawford, Billy Ray Cyrus, David
Davidson, Dan Hill, Bon Jovi, Crystal Gayle, Vince Gill, Faith
Hill, Alan
Jackson, Wynonna Judd, Richard Marx, The Mavericks, Mac
McAnally, Reba McEntire, New World Orchestra, LeAnn Rimes, Kenny
Rogers, George
Strait, Pam
Tillis
, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Carrie Underwood, Andy Williams
and Trisha Yearwood to name just a few.He has also graced hundreds if not thousands of albums
with his performances including his own Drummer Boy's Christmas as
well as License to Chill
by Jimmy
Buffett , Love is the Answer: 24
Songs of Faith, Hope & Love by Glen
Campbell , Everything Waits
to be Noticed by Art
Garfunkel , House of Love by Amy Grant, Hundred
Miles Or More: A Collection by Alison Krauss, Vicious Cycle by
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Summer of '78 by Barry Manilow, Moment of Forever
by Willie Nelson, Face the Promise by Bob
Seger , I'm One of You
by Hank Williams Jr. and the soundtracks/cast recordings of Child of the
Promise, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Legally Blonde 2, On the
Line, Second Chance and Touched by An Angel along with many
others. Working
in television as a composer he has written music for programmes and
TV films such as America's Most Wanted, Dancing With the Stars,
The Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer and The
Price of Peace
and channels that include A&E, Bravo,
CNN, MSNBC and National Georgraphic. He has also made appearances on
The Late Show, Good Morning America and The Tonight
Show
as well as several others.Recognised for his contribution to music
he has had four Academy of Country Music Award nominations and is in
receipt of the Electronic Musician Editor's Choice Award for Discrete
Drumming - The Eric Darken Collection, which is a collection of
percussion loops on a 2CD set.
