Biography: Eric Stewart

	ERIC STEWART
	Biography

Eric Stewart was born on January 20, 1945 in Manchester, England.

Eric acquired his first guitar at the age of 14 and immediately joined a band which included Vic Steele (later of the Hollies), and they became the Emperors of Rhythm. They supported famous names, including Brenda Lee and gave Eric his first taste of performing, and they even beat The Beatles in a local audition!

In 1963, Eric joined Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders. After Fontana left the band in 1965, The Mindbenders continued to succeed on their own. The band even guest-starred in the Sidney Poitier film, To Sir With Love. The band broke up on November 20, 1968, which was the last night of a U.K. tour with The Who, Arthur Brown, and Joe Cocker.

Using his Mindbenders' royalties, Eric was able to open his first recording studio in 1968, with his business partner Peter Tattersall. Eric was Strawberry Studios resident engineer and session musician, and it was within Strawberry that 10cc was born.

By 1972, Eric, Graham Gouldman, Lol Crème, and Kevin Godley had tired of producing and playing on other people's hits and decided they should become a proper band themselves. Together they became 10cc, and were soon a household name.

10cc’s third album, The Original Soundtrack, helped Eric earn recognition as a writer, singer and engineer. The song ‘I'm Not In Love' earned the band many awards for songwriting and production, and also landed Eric a Grammy nomination for engineering the album.

10cc broke-up following their 1983 album "Windows in the Jungle" and did not re-unite until their 1992 album "...Meanwhile".

In 1979, Eric produced Sad Café’s "Facades". Over the years Eric has produced albums by many artists including: Godley & Crème, Flip and Agnetha Faltskog (of Abba).

Eric Stewart has appeared on numerous Paul McCartney albums, and also wrote songs for McCartney’s "Press To Play" album.

In 1990, Eric provided vocals for the Alan Parsons’ produced "Freudiana" album, and later sang on a couple more of Alan Parsons’ solo albums. With a few AP tracks under his belt, Eric looks back and says, "I love the big love ballad on Freudiana and I loved doing Blue Blue Sky. 'On Air' is my favourite album."

Writer, singer, player, engineer and producer … is there anything that Eric Stewart can’t do?

For more about Eric Stewart, see Issue Seventeen and Eighteen of The Avenue.

ERIC STEWART

Selected Discography

With 10cc
YEAR	ALBUM
1973	10cc
1974	Sheet Music
1975	Original Soundtrack
1975	100cc
1976	How Dare You?
1977	Deceptive Bends
1977	Live and Let Live
1978	Bloody Tourists
1980	Look Hear?
1983	Windows in the Jungle
1992	...Meanwhile
1995	Mirror Mirror
2000	Two from Ten

Eric Stewart Solo Albums
YEAR	ALBUM
1980	Girls
1982	Frooty Rooties

	Work With Other Artists
YEAR	ARTIST	ALBUM
1969	Eire Apparent	Sunrise
1970	Hotlegs	Thinks: School Stinks	Bass, Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
1971	Ramases	Space Hymns	Synthesizer, Guitar
1973	John Lees	Major Fancy	Guitar
1975	Justin Hayward & John Lodge	Blue Jays	Engineer
1975	Neil Sedaka	Sedaka's Back	Guitar, Vocals (bckgr), Engineer
1978	Mandalaband	Eye of Wendor	Vocals
1979	Sad Cafe	Facades	Producer, Engineer
1980	Sad Cafe	Sad Cafe	Producer, Engineer
1982	Paul McCartney	Tug of War	Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
1983	Paul McCartney	Pipes of Peace	Guitar, Vocals
1984	Paul McCartney	Give My Regards to Broad Street	Guitar, Vocals
1985	Godley & Creme	History Mix, Vol. 1	Producer
1985	Justin Hayward	Moving Mountains	Keyboards
1985	Flip	Flip	Producer
1986	Paul McCartney	Press to Play	Harmony Vocals, Musician
1987	Agnetha Faltskog	Eyes of a Woman	Producer, Cover Art Concept
1990	Various / APP	Freudiana	Vocals
1993	Alan Parsons	Try Anything Once	Vocals
1994	The Moody Blues	Time Traveller
1996	Alan Parsons	On Air	Vocals
2002	Phil Manzanera	Complete Explorers	Vocals (bckgr)

Thanks to Gilly Henson for assistance with this biography.

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