As part of Eric’s Countdown to California! There will be new videos posted everyday next week on erichutchinson.com. A hear on day will feature a new song! Make sure to check in each day because the songs will only be up for 24 hours.
Incase you missed it, here is a youtube video of Eric performing OK, It’s Alright With Me on Kimmy Kimmel from last night! I’m still trying to find the Rock and Roll performance. Once I find it, I will share it.
Also, here is an upload of Eric performing OK, It’s Alright With Me with Meiko at 12th and Porter in Nashville.
Also, don’t forget to check the Tour section of the site to see if Eric is coming your way!
Eric will be playing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, June 25th on ABC. Other guests will be Shia LaBeouf and June Diane Raphael. Eric will be playing Rock N Roll, and Ok, It’s Alright With Me (for the first time on TV).
Did anyone notice Rock N Roll playing on one of the ads for Away We Go? The song is not on the official soundtrack but I am pretty sure I heard it in the ad.
That latest post by Sarah on Erichutchinson.com says That Breakdown More will air on the season Premiere of So You Think You Can Dance which comes on May 21st. Check your local listings for the time.
Also, there are two new items in the webstore. There is a special limited edition Poster from the DC 9:30 Club show. They only have a few available and they are autographed by Eric. Also the have a new Sounds Like This tanktop available. You can check them both out here.
Also, There was a new video for Rock And Roll released. If you haven’t seen it yet, click here .
P.S. Since Breakdown More is not available on CD anymore, and it is impossible to find for download, here are a few Youtube versions that are pretty good.
It was posted yesterday on Erichutchinson.com that they will be releasing a special EP of Live tracks from Sounds Like This on Tuesday. The ep will be an Itunes Exclusive download. The tracks on it will be All Over Now, Oh!, Back To Where I Was, You’ve got You, and Rock And Roll. If you go to your Itunes store now and search for Eric you can Pre-order the EP.
While Eric was in Australia he got to perform Rock And Roll on at least 2 morning shows that I can find so far. The first one is for 9AM With David And Kim. That will link to the performances page then to the right you can see a list of performers. Eric should be at the top. The second one is a morning show called Sunrise. That should take you directly to his performance.
Eric’s official site also has blogs from his travels with pictures and updates from Eric. You can check them out here.
First off, it looks like the next single off of Sounds Like This is going to be Ok, It’s Alright With Me .
The latest post on erichutchinson.com says they will be releasing a video next week, but you can check back monday for a sneak peek. Here’s is an article from the gentleman that directed the video. He seems pretty excited too.
Also, it looks like Eric is confirmed to play Bumbershoot festival in Seattle. The festival is from September 5th-7th.
Eric’s about to head out to Australia but don’t forget that Eric is doing some dates With Sugarland and also doing an east coast tour. You can find the dates on the tour page.
One more thing. They have added two new items to the official store. They have buttons and sheet music for Rock And Roll. The buttons are a set of three 2” buttons and the sheet music is for guitar, piano, and vocals. Then, they are having a spring sale through April. The items in the sale are the red Bubble Shirt, the grey hoodie, the Album cover tote, and the 1776 tour shirt.
VH1 “You Oughta Know” Artist Eric Hutchinson Extends U.S. Tour with Headlining Outing
Hutchinson Tapped To Open On Jason Mraz’s Australian Tour;
Last update: 10:27 a.m. EDT March 17, 2009
BURBANK, Calif., Mar 17, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — –New Single “OK, It’s Alright With Me,” The Follow-Up To Hutchinson’s #1 Hit “Rock & Roll,” #1 Most Added Its First Week At AAA Radio
With “Rock & Roll,” the first single from his Warner Bros. Records debut album, Sounds Like This, Eric Hutchinson was the only new artist to score a #1 single at U.S. AAA radio in 2008. Now “Rock & Roll” is a Top 10 hit on both Australia’s iTunes’ and national airplay charts and Hutchinson will be the opening act on Jason Mraz’s upcoming Australian tour. Upon his return to the States, Hutchinson will mix it up, playing a series of headlining and college shows.
His new single, “OK, It’s Alright With Me,” was #1 Most Added its first week at AAA radio. “You Don’t Have To Believe Me,” another track from his album, was hailed by USA Today as a “frisky, funky winner” and has been tapped by TNT as the theme music for the network’s summer promotional spot, which began airing last month.
Exuberant and uplifting, Sounds Like This has struck a chord in these uncertain times. Described as “infectious” (Philadelphia Daily News) and “soulful” (Boston Globe), Hutchinson, a Yahoo! “Who’s Next” artist, offers up humor and hope in the face of adversity. After all, he recorded and released Sounds Like This on his own, after his previous record deal disintegrated. It became the highest charting album by an unsigned act in iTunes’ history. Thereafter, he signed with Warner Bros. Records, which gave it a wide release last year.
“Clever songs, quirky grooves, a flair for tunefully evoking a generation of classic rockers: All of that appears to come naturally to Hutchinson, and it’s that seeming effortlessness that makes his music so disarming,” said The Washington Post while The Onion’s AV Club, which included Sounds Like This in its “best music of 2008″ feature, praised it as “a playful, piano-powered pop album that brings to mind Stevie Wonder’s most freewheelin’ days…an energetic, supremely catchy collection of sharply penned songs …”