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Eric Wolfson (born) is... anti-folk musician... currently located in Brooklyn, NY

Early Life
Eric Wolfson was born on a "Snowy Christmas morning," as he often refers to it, in 1979. He was the second child of Elizabeth Eisner and John Stone Wolfson. Eric has one sibling, his sister Lauren Wolfson Lobel. When he was only 6 weeks old Eric had to go under go open heart surgery to address a heart condition he had been born with. He exihibited an early interest in both presidential history and art, drawing his first presidential portrait, Ronald Reagan, at the age of 8. After gradauting from Winchester High School, he went on to Carnegie Mellon University where he majored in Visual Arts and carried a double minor in history and english.

Years in Pittsburgh and Boston
While at Carnegie Mellon University, Eric played bass for the local rock group, the Merit Badges, and began to develope his artistic niche, presidential portraits. In the final year of his undergraduate career, he began work on his manuscript. In 2002, Eric worked on the Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign while working retail at a record store. In 2003 Wolfson moved to Boston,where he began doing his first solo performances of music from his personal catologue. Eric, decided not to limit himself to music however, and held his first art exhibit featuring a collection of his presidential portraits.

New York City
Eric moved to Brooklyn, NY in 2005. After living in the city for a few months he met Jaymay following a show of hers in a Lower East Side Venue. Impressed by her perfomance he approached her afterward to solicite her advice on the most effective way a young musician could get started in New York. Jaymay suggested he go to the Sidewalk Cafe, another venue in the Lower East Side which boasted the longest running open mic in NYC. Lach, the founder of the growing New York music scene, anti-folk, had created an envirnoment at the Sidewalk Cafe that was well tailored to Eric's style of music. For the following year Eric attended the Monday night Anti-Hoot, as the open mic was referred to, every week building notariety in the anti-folk scene. In October 2006, while becoming a name sake in the local music culture, Eric met Annie Crane, another Sidewalk performer. Not long after they began dating, frequently performing togethor. In the mean time, Eric began playing bass for other established acts with in the anti-folk genre including Creaky Boards, Soft Black, and Costello all the while continuing with his own project, Eric Wolfon and the War Cabinet. Eric released his debut album, State Street Rambler, in May of 2007. In addition and after five years of work, Eric completed his manuscript about the evolution of the concept album in American popular music. A ardent fan, Eric contributed his support to Barack Obama, canvasing for the campaign in the 2008 election. He also released a music video to his song, "Obama," where he walks the streets of Washington D.C. singing his praises for the Democratic nominee. That same year, Eric released his second CD, Lighthouse. Recently Wolfson has been prepareing to attend Law School in fall 2009. In December of 2008, Eric and Annie Crane became engaged.

Studio Albums

 * 2007: State Street Rambler
 * 2008: Lighthouse EP

Compilations

 * 2007: Anticomp Folkilation