Eric Charles Peters (born October 3, 1972) is an American musician and guitarist, who mainly plays acoustic pop and folk-pop music. He has released ten studio albums, ''More than Watchman (1999)'', ''Land of the Living'' (2001), ''Miracle of Forgetting (2003)'', ''Bookmark (2004)'', ''Scarce (2006)'', ''Chrome (2009)'', ''Birds of Relocation (2012)'', ''Far Side of the Sea (2016)'', ''Earth Has No Sorrow: A Hymns Project'' (2020), and EP (2023).

Early and personal life

Peters was born, Eric Charles Peters, Work ID No. 501080913 ISWC No. T0717693918 on October 3, 1972, in

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. He married Danielle Ellis, on October 4, 1997. They now reside in

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Music career

His music career started in 1995, with the band Ridgely. They released two albums, ''Ridgely'' in 1995 and ''The Only Thing'' in 1997. He started his solo music career in 1999 with the release, ''More than Watchman'', his first studio album. Since then nine more have followed suit: ''Land of the Living'' in 2001, ''Miracle of Forgetting'' in 2003, ''Bookmark'' in 2004, ''Scarce'' in 2006, ''Chrome'' in 2009, and ''Birds of Relocation'' in 2012, ''Far Side of the Sea'' in 2016'', Earth Has No Sorrow: A Hymns Project'' in 2020'','' and ''EP'' in 2023.

Discography

Studio albums * ''More than Watchman'' (1999) * ''Land of the Living'' (2001) * ''Miracle of Forgetting'' (2003) * ''Bookmark'' (2004) * ''Scarce'' (2006) * ''Chrome'' (2009) * ''Birds of Relocation'' (2012) * ''Far Side of the Sea'' (2016) * ''Earth Has No Sorrow: A Hymns Project'' (2020) * ''EP'' (2023)

References

External links

Official website

Link to listen to "EP"

The Sound Opinion interview
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