Eric Lee Troyer (born 10 April 1949) is an American keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and occasional guitarist, best known as a member of

ELO Part II ELO Part II were a band formed by Electric Light Orchestra drummer and co-founder Bev Bevan. The band also included former ELO bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt, and violinist Mik Kaminski for most of its career, along with conductor Louis ...

and its successor The Orchestra. Troyer was a founding member of ELO Part II, having been recruited by band leader

Bev Bevan Beverley Bevan (born 25 November 1944) is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). After the end of ELO in 1986, he founded ELO Part II. Bevan also was drumm ...

in 1988. He wrote a substantial quantity of the material on ELO Part II's three albums: '' Electric Light Orchestra Part Two''; '' Moment of Truth''; and ''

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'', a live album recorded in Australia. He also wrote a large amount of The Orchestra's album ''

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''.

Life and career

Troyer has performed on various albums as a session musician and backing vocalist, including albums by

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, and

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. Troyer performed on the movie soundtracks for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Streets of Fire''. In 1988 Troyer co-founded the

Electric Light Orchestra Part II ELO Part II were a band formed by Electric Light Orchestra drummer and co-founder Bev Bevan. The band also included former ELO bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt, and violinist Mik Kaminski for most of its career, along with conductor Loui ...

with

The Move The Move were a British rock band of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. They scored nine top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. For most of their caree ...

E.L.O. The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop, classical a ...

drummer

. Troyer contributed to all of ELO Part II's studio and live albums, including the songs "

Honest Men "Honest Men" is the debut single by ELO Part II. It is the second track on their self-titled debut album. It peaked at No. 36 on the Dutch Single Top 100 and at No. 60 on the UK Singles Chart. Overview A music video of "Honest Men" was first a ...

", "Thousand Eyes", and "For the Love of a Woman". In 2000, ELO Part II was renamed to The Orchestra. Troyer has also written and performed music for various ad campaigns, including Kool-Aid and IBM. In 1980, Troyer had a minor solo hit with "Mirage", peaking at No. 92 in the Hot 100 chart. However it fared better on the AC, peaking at No. 43. An accompanying album titled ''String of Pearls'' was recorded, but never officially released. Thirteen years later, he did release a solo CD, ''Model Citizen''. The song was Troyer's only charting single in Australia, peaking at number 97. Troyer is married to writer/filmmaker Kee Kee Buckley, with whom he owns the production company Ad Hoc Media Partners. He has three daughters from a previous marriage: Asia, Lindsay, and Lauren.

Discography

References

External links

Eric TroyerAbout Ad Hoc Media PartnersEric Troyer, String of Pearls - 31m 37s - Music CDs and CD Cover Arts @ Online Music CD DatabaseEric Troyer
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