Live Music in the Square: Eric Yates of Hot Buttered Rum!
Erik Yates has been teaching, producing and performing professionally for over twenty years. He holds a B.A. in Music from Lewis & Clark College, where he met guitarist/producer Nat Keefe and started Hot Buttered Rum in 1999. As an instrumentalist, he favors the guitar, dobro, banjo or ukulele. As a writer, his material ranges from blues to folk to bluegrass and back. His songs blend the personal with the traditional, and, as a producer, Erik’s taste reflects this blend. His production credits center on artists in his San Francisco Bay Area whose material he’s worked to arrange, record and release to the public with all the panache a banjo player can muster.
