Eric Friedmann and The Lucky Rubes have been together since the summer of 2001, starting up in San Francisco, CA. Eric has been a fixture of the California music community since the mid-eighties, and has played in countless bands on various instruments up and down the West Coast, the Midwest, and in Europe. He has worked extensively as a producer and engineer in various studios, recording numerous local and regional bands, as well as being involved in musical productions for Comedy Central and ABC Television. In 1992 he founded Solana Records, and has recorded and released albums by some of the Bay Area's most exciting talent.

The simple, stripped down sound of the band may remind the listener of the great guitar and vocal-based artists such as Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds, The Plimsouls, Cheap Trick, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Nick Lowe. The songs are whimsical in sentiment and delivery, rich in tone and arrangement, evocative and respectful of the most valued traditions of real rock and roll. 2007 saw the band relocating from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area accompanied by a brand new album, playing at venues such as Tangier, The Derby, 14 Below, The Rhythm Lounge, The Blue Cafe, and The Dragonfly. They are now back in the Bay Area, having come home safely from a fruitful UK jaunt during the summer of 2008. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.