Resume of Bands and Artists

Resume of Local Acts/Performers I have taken photos, or made Marketing Promotional pieces for:

- 10 From 6

- 1988

- Abbey Normal

- Ace Molar - Studio and Promotional Photos along with most shows 2009-15 - Did Videos as well

- A Few Fighters - Plus Videos

- Almost Famous 

- Anne E. DeChant

- Armstrong Bearcat Band

- Austin Walkin' Cane

- Been A Long Time Band 

- Benefit Shows (various - through the years)

- Alex Bevan 

- Big Johnson 

- Blues Chronicles

- BMZY

- Brothers Blues Band - Did Videos as well

- Bronx Country 

- BUZZ Band

- Buzzy J & The Verbs

- Calabash

- Caliber

- Chaos In Paradise

- Chasing Kelly

- CIA

- Cleveland Roxx

- Cloud People

- Cover Shot Band - Logo and Marketing Pieces via Innovation Graphics

- CMC Jams

- Cold Blue Steel

- CollageBand Cle- 

- Conquer The World

- Dave Holmberg & the Rock Cats 

- Dave's Planet - photographer 2009-15; Plus Videos

- Diana Chittester

- Dirt

- Dirty Lookz

- Deja Voodoo Band

- Dennie Ray Hall

- Dirty Lookz 

- Disco Inferno

- Driven

- Duane Albert and Devil's Rodeo Plus Both Front and Back covers on his “Acoustic Roots-a-Billy” CD; Plus videos

- Ed Sarley - Midnight Blue CD cover

- Ed Sarley and the Survivors

- Faction

- The Feedbacks

- Fillmore East 2016-2017 - Did Videos as well

- Firelight

- Fischer Brothers 

- French Kiss

- FM Project

- Furious George Hartwig - Solo and as Trio

- Gary Neal and the Lavamen; Plus Promotional Photos 

- GeezCats

- Georgia and the Preachers - Also Six Shooter CD back Cover Shot 

- Glen Schwartz

- Grizzley

- Grunge DNA - Did Videos as well

- GYPSY- Plus Videos, Promotional Photos and Marketing Materials via Innovation Graphics

- Hammered

- Hit List 

- Humans Being

- Ignoring Daniel

- Impulse - Did Videos as well - Graphic Promotional Artwork

- In2Deep - Including various Promotional On Location Shots

- Invincible 

- Stephen Jochum

- Johnny Fay and the Belairs

- Juke Box Heroes 

- Kathryn Grimm 

- Kid Rodz

- Kingbees

- Jimmy Lee 

- Joe Vitale

- Jump The Gun

- Lights 

- Liquor Face

- Local Tavern Jam Nights - Willoughby Hills

- Local Tavern Jam Nights - Parma - Exclusive Sponsored Photographer

- Logos

- London Flats 

- Long Time Gone

- Lords of the Highway

- M & P Jam Machine

- Marina Strah 

- Michelle Romary Band

- Midlife Chryslers 

- Mighty Smithtones, Photos Plus Videos

- Mikayla King

- Monica Robins and the Ninja Cowboys - Did Videos as well

- Monica Robins and the Whiskey Kings

- Morrison Hotel (Doors Tribute) 

- Mummies

- Neil Zaza

- New Century Beatniks

- No Hurry Band

- Noizy Toyz (Also Toyz)

- Nora Jane Struthers

- One Hit Wonders

- Panama

- Pieces Of 8

- Pete Milo - Promotional photos

- PVP. the Peve Vardous Project 

- PMS Trio (Priscilla, Mike & Sammy)

- Pop Culture

- Post Road

- Pout

- Raised on Rock

- Recyclers

- Red Telephone

- Redneck Romeos

- Rick & The Cutting Edge

- Rocked & Loaded

-  Rubino Artist Entertainment 

- School Girl Crush

- Shady Drive - Some photos made it to their 3rd CD

- Sky's The Limit

- Sly Fox Jams

- Snake Rock and the Snake Rock Band

- Soul Departure Band - Promo Logo Pieces  via Innovation Graphics

- Spell Bound 

- Natalie Stamper and the One Shoe Highway plus Promotional Materials via Innovation Graphics; Plus Videos

- Stillhouse 

- Stone Pony

- Marina Strah

- Supergroup - Plus Promotional Photos 

- T-Dog 3 - Plus Videos

- Teaser - Shot this band from 2004-2009 - Did Videos as well

- Terry T - Artwork and Promotional Materials via Innovation Graphics.

- That 80's Band

- Thundercocks Cleveland

- Tommy Amato's Rock Relief Benefits

- Tommy & The Gunz

- Tripside Plus promotional Photos

- Two Guys and a Girl

- Tyrone Hornbuckle's TBS Blues Sensation

- Victory Highway

- Unglued - Plus Promotional Photos 

- US

- West Side Steve 

- Charlie Wiener 

- Wixy 1260 Band

- Wish You Were Here

- Xtra Crispy Plus Promotional Materials via Innovation Graphics, plus Videos

- Yoda Pez

- Yosemite Slim - Plus Videos

In addition, I've worked for Individuals, Band or Artist Managers; Producers; Recording Companies and Corporations.

last night

Last night, I went to the Red Fox in Cuyahoga Falls to watch Impulse.  I had FUN. 

A full band. A decent crowd.  Some friends.  Patricia from Nashville Nights was there and later, Dawn flitted in for a chat. Things toward Dawn had changed.  She looked haggard and I could tell she gained weight.  Her conversation revolved around the same old thing: Nashville Nights,  masks, covid and friends.  Nothing new. Nothing deeper. 

I now sense why her manager called her a dumb blond. She really has nothing but superficial small talk. 

Patricia and I talked a lot.  She's dating,  looks happy and much more mobile.  Topics included bands, my work, my living situation and what's next. 

That Suzanne Sohar was there. We didn't talk. Apparently,  she has a boyfriend now. 

But the MUSIC was the theme. It sounded great! I might be making posters for Impulse again.  

Time to let go...

Today, we got the first glimpse of how Heather's lawsuit will go. With the GAL citing both girls' counselors,  Heather's mental health is now in question.  At each turn, the GAL lied, contradicted herself and sided with Michael,  Heather's ex. As a parting shot, she said she would contact Sallie once again,  who apparently never told her she wanted to live here. Then, she later retracted her statement saying that she'd come here, and opted to see Sallie at school.  

The decision will be posted to the website in a couple of days.  I know that one of two things will happen.  No contact with Sallie..

 Or... contacting Sallie at school to be away from Heather's influence.  If either happens,  then that bitch GAL has already decided and there's no more to do.

I'm done.

I no longer will participate in that family's hysteria. I've started renewing my efforts to investigate rent in Wayne county.  

Once Dot's gone. So am I. 

Further Drumming Thoughts

Today, I received the set of mesh heads and low sound cymbals I ordered Thursday.  I played for a while and noone heard me. 

This could help me get some serious practicing done. 

Here's the plan.

After last week's fiasco of an audition,  I had given up. I have decided to give it one.more try. Forgetting this year, I will practice up and be ready for 2021.

Far too many bands are booking and then cancelling gigs, while covid goes on and on. 

It appears now that autumn is now awash.  

So why not use the 4 remaining months in 2020 to hone my chops?

It's a thought...

Drumming

Perhaps the turning point has been reached. 

Yesterday,  I auditioned for a band named Barking Bonze. In short, I sucked. I didn't keep the tempo up fast enough.  I didn't know some of the songs. A few i did ok on, but we only played for about an hour and a half. There are 2 more auditions next week. 

Whatever happens,  I think this is it. Whether I make it or not, I'm probably done. I hid my bandmix profile from sight. I'm past the prime I once had. 

The Buzzards accepted me because they were class c.  This band needs a working drummer,  not a novice. Silverback was more laid back, but smoked way too much for my tastes. 

That being said,  one thing is certain.  I took a fading pipe dream and within one year's time,  not only auditioned for a band... but auditioned for 3!!! Played in 2 and played in public prior to this Plandemic.  

One year ago, none of it was a reality.  Now... it is!

__________________

9/8/20 follow up. 

I didn't make the cut. It's OK though.

As much as I felt I didn't fit with the Buzzards,  I didn't fit Barking Bonze either.  The main family was far too into religion and church with their conversation during the audition.  They seemed preoccupied with other things to be focused on the songs. I also heard from the guys in Impulse that the keyboard player was an asshole.  I concur. 

In many ways the Buzzards rebuild of last fall was far more fundamental and organized than Barking Bonze.  Silverback had it's moments,  but I didn't care for Mike's smoking or his impatience.  

Will there be another band? No clue.  But I've transitioned to mesh heads and cymbals in order to practice unfettered.  Time will tell 

Better get this down

Yesterday's revelation causes further questions and doubts about the honestly of Heather.  

Heather dropped another bombshell. In addition to Randy... her boyfriend,  she has another guy. I call him her "benefactor".  He's supposedly a millionaire, big record company exec for Arista records.  Somehow,  she latched onto him, (allegedly 4 homes: Aurora; L.A.; New York and the Bahamas). Allegedly,  he sent her $1500 to help with Heather's current legal process to get custody of her one daughter; and has been sending Heather $500 per month since March to help with Heather's share of the rent. Further,  he says that if anything happens to me, he'll pay Heather's entire rent per month, (all $900) perpetually.  

Given her past borrowings from her dad and sister,  plus the 100 I paid back to the Eichensers,  plus her always finding cash in her pockets,  washer or purses.... I've begun wondering where and what she really does for money. 

Either way,  I now have less trust for her, less support for her and less interest in living here

Paid off

As of 8/14/2020, my Bill's, except for my car, are all paid. All credit cards and my personal loan are paid.  The drums and all equipment are paid! 

Just my car..

 ...and today I looked into refinancing it at my credit union.  It could save interest,  save money and get paid off sooner 

Identities

It's funny. 

The name of this blog is Erocker's Blog.

Erocker is an identity left behind in 2012.

In the midst of turmoil,  that ID was dropped from the internet, and left behind due to a massive yahoo hack in the same year. 

All of my contacts I had stored in that yahoo mail were stolen. All the saved emails too. So, feeling violated and with NO sympathy from Cheryl, another door to the past was closed. 

Now, in 2020, I walked away from the E.B.

 Williams name on Facebook.  After years of building a name in photography,  one year wiped it out. During that year, better cell phones and a global pandemic ended the necessity for wedding, graduation,  Band and even recreational photography.  And one Fillbilly wedding soured it for all. I no longer have the muse.

Further,  the diametrically opposed sides of masks, antifa, BLM and all their bullshit caused me to dump 4951 facebook friends down to less than 1000 in 3 months.... finally walking away about a month ago entirely. 

So another ID bites the dust. 

My new Facebook account has two friends and holding.  I may ditch them as well. Time will tell. 

Most of my efforts are currently being used to pay off bills. Once that's done,  I'll start saving money for my departure from this drama house

Turn the page

A few weeks back, I deactivated my E.B.WILLIAMS Facebook account.  It was a good choice.  To move forward I felt it was the only road ahead.  Now, I feel stronger about that decision.  

I've freed myself from my phone for one.  It really irritates me to see someone on her phone all the time, as if my presence were irrelevant. I now know how foolish that looks. 

The friends I had on Facebook were an illusion.  In reality,  I had no friends.  This was a first step back toward reality.  

Somewhere between March, when we were all locked  down, and now, I refocused on my bills.  The thousands I owed are nearly gone. The car is paid ahead and balance is down nearly 1000. By the end of August,  the car will be the only debt.  

Then, I can focus on saving.  I'll need about $5000 in reserves for the next step. Then I can move, to be alone again.  It will be nice to think my 8-900 per month will go towards owning rather than padding a landlord's pockets. 

There. That's the plan. 

And I don't have to sell anything else to accomplish it, as I had to in the past

Facebook identity

A couple weeks ago,  I deactivated my E.B. Williams Facebook account.  Except for a brief period tonight when I posted a funny meme I made, I've enjoyed the lack of stress and drama that accompanied that identity. 

I spent time snooping around using my new ID, Will Buster.  Using the anonymity in snooping Judes profile,  I found out quite a bit about my so called friends and their unilateral support for her in late 2016. Better late than never in finding it out, even if it is almost 4 years late.  

It makes the decision to soon leave the area all that easier.  Once Dot's gone, so am I. 

So... what to do?

Save money.  After the bills are paid,  I'll start amassing savings for the move. Then... poof

8/5/69

51 years ago,  I returned from my Germany trip, not realizing it would have changed the way I would see the world. 

I left as a 13 year old without direction.  Sure, I had recently picked up chores for the household due to dad's condition.  However it was only the beginning.  The outcome of that 5 weeks of reflection in foreign countries left me much more cerebral than a "typical"  13 year old.  

The following years left me highly observant of human nature and activity.  Even through high school, my silent,  distant observation had me observing when a girl liked a guy and she was off the market.  The only trick I lacked was the ability to apply that knowledge to me. 

That introspective deductive reasoning also helped discipline me all the way through eleventh grade.  Twelfth grade was a departure,  as socializing finally started catching up.  The next four years... clear through tri-c, were probably my hormones catching up.  BW was again more serious,  mostly due to the family connections to BW. 

Then came marriage,  the Mitchell connection and the downward spiral.  

But 1969's events were the shaping of my life.  

Note to self

As written in Facebook messenger to Kathy:

Know what?

My future is more uncertain than I once thought. 

I now know that Heather won't be in my life much longer.  Whether it's a day or 2 years, I am now seeing my life without her. 

I also know I'll be alone for the remainder of my life.  I'm good with that.  

Had I been 10 years younger,  I might have begun to look further south.... W. Virginia,  Tennessee perhaps.... somewhere with mountains. 

I've been working like mad, paying off all my Bill's as fast as I can. Only the car will remain by the end of the month.  Then, I'll continue to double up on the car.

As for my personal life,  as my former lustful life rears its ugly head from time to time,  I will probably bemoan the fact that so-N-so has great legs, or a beautiful face,  but I also realize that I've no bells to tingle her whistles,  so I've decided to close that door in my life.  This includes the fantasy I had of that recent girl, Dawn.  

Finally having left Facebook,  was probably one of the best decisions I had made in the last 10 years or so.  No more drama has it's pressure relieving benefits! Lol

Once Upon a Universe

Just last week,  I had begun revisiting the past. Past space TV shows that is. Specifically,  Space 1999.

It was a show Doug Phillips turned me onto.  My mind was ripe and my imagination sparked by Star Trek ending 5 years prior and now firmly planted in channel 61 reruns. 

Space 1999 was set a mere 25 years into the future,  and having most recently watching NASA and the Apollo missions,  it didn't seem too far fetched. 

But, this was British TV and their production and special effects were... "Different " 

Still, I find myself reminiscing the feelings I had when I watched as a much more innocent 18 year old,  still with both dreams and memories of the space program.  

Looking back,  it was still a magical time, even though I was heading towards being an adult. 

The true covid numbers as of today

91,000 cases. 

11,700,000 people. 

The percentage = 0.0077777778

Your odds are 7.7 in 1000.

So let's mask the entire state; close the bars at 10; send out the Ohio Gestapo to write up violators; brainwash the minions via media on social distancing and shame them into masking, and clamp down on everyone's freedom because less than 1 in 100 will get sick.

This is the biggest lie EVER perpetuated on us. The flu has three times the cases every year and there's still no catch all vaccine.  

This isn't about a virus.

This IS a concerted effort to change our freedoms and affect the election while destroying capitalism and free commerce. 

I've learned something in life

I remember back in high school, all the emphasis was placed on your future. I remember being told that decisions I made today will affect my life in the future. I don't see where playing football in high school help anyone.

In fact when I was enthralled with the reunions, I looked around and now I see back as a different person. I remember our football quarterback having no teeth in his mouth. He had no suit to dress up in.

I remember other jocks who did make something of themselves in a totally different direction. One became a principal in a high school. One became an EMT. To specifically that went into the military, still have their regular haircuts and one even wore his uniform to the XX reunions.

But as I look back, in the grand scheme of things, I don't see where any of that High School horseshit really helped. In fact, it is my belief, that all the college prep we did actually fill their heads with unrealistic expectations.

So in the long run what did I learn? I learned you are what you make it. Whether you are professor, a fireman, a politician, or a musician you make your own destiny. That's what I've learned.

Soon

I'm not sure what will happen,  but I suspect it will be soon. I have not prepared anything but something WILL take place. 

Heather's trips away are getting bolder. Meanwhile,  I sit. Dewine's clamping down further,  my increased workload.  The accelerated payment of my bills. Leaving me free.

Recently I have been contemplating places to live after while, for myself alone.  It seems logical as I have already been doing so for two years.

Where?

Further away,  perhaps south