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Earl "Eddie" Edward Bush, III (born November 2, 1965 in Princeton, Indiana) is an American vocalist, rock/country guitarist, and songwriter. Floating to the right side of the page using the frame attribute and a caption:

Vocal classification
Bush's vocal classification is tenor, a type of male singing voice describing the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to high C (C5) in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B♭2.

Playing Style
Beginning in the early '80s, Bush began developing his style as an electric guitarist. With the influence of an array of great guitar players like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Brian May, Jimmy Paige, Eddie Van Halen, Prince, and Eric Johnson, his style became quite eclectic. Bush, a self-taught guitarist, possesses a great depth of knowledge related to musical theory, a characteristic to which his extreme versatility as a guitarist has been attributed.

With the production of his album "A Work in Progress," Bush's high-energy, aggressive electric guitar playing began to transfer into his development as an acoustic player. Possessing a unique ability to play an acoustic guitar as a lead instrument within a rock/country genre, Bush became known for his acoustic skill. In, he was approached about building an Eddie Bush Signature Model acoustic/electric guitar with a company called Dillion Guitars, as a result.

Equipment
Bush is an accomplished guitarist and is recognized within the guitar player community.

In, Bush was contacted by John Dillion, owner of Dillion Guitars, about creating an Eddie Bush Model Signature Series of 6 and 12-string acoustic/electric guitars. After a short period of time, the dream became a reality and the line was born. The guitars feature an aesthetically pleasing mother of pearl-inlaid stallion-shaped sound hole, white pearl body binding, and a rosewood fingerboard, among other unique features. This is Eddie's primary acoustic guitar and is almost always present with him onstage.

Eddie Bush plays exclusively Carvin electric guitars. Having played many models of electric guitar, Bush feels strongly that he cannot achieve the tones he likes without the sounds produced by Carvin's SH275 and AE185 models. Bush also plays predominantly Carvin X100B electric amplifiers.

Other products favored by Eddie include the D-Tar "MAMA BEAR" Acoustic Guitar Preamp, Elixir strings, and Dunlop guitar picks.

Philanthropy
In 2001, Bush became an avid supporter of The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, an organization aimed at generating public support for the law enforcement profession. That year, he wrote the song "Thin Blue Line," an anthem dedicated to a fallen police officer in Charleston, South Carolina. At the request of the organization, Bush performed the song in front of some 30,000 members, including former President, George W. Bush, in Washington, D.C.

Personal Life
Bush is married to Carolyn Tanner. In his spare time, Eddie teaches guitar lessons in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina as a part of a company he co-owns called Music Unlimited. He is an avid NASCAR and Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

One Flew South
In 2005, Bush, while promoting his self-titled, debut country album in Nashville, Tennessee, was invited by Grammy-winning songwriter Marcus Hummon to join the trio One Flew South. That same year, One Flew South was signed by Decca Records and produced their debut album, and hit single "My Kind of Beautiful," which charted and was made into a music video, shown on popular country television stations GAC and CMT.

Discography
Solo albums

Piece of Confusion Hands in Pocket (1995) Etch-A-Sketch (1996) A Work in Progress (1999) Eddie Bush (2005)