Eric Faulkner (born Eric Francis Faulkner, 21 October 1953, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band, the Bay City Rollers.
As a youngster Faulkner learned to play the viola and played for a time in a youth orchestra. He is also adept at playing the violin, mandolin, bass and keyboards.
Faulkner joined the Bay City Rollers in 1972 as their guitarist, after a stint with the group KIP (previously known as Sugar). Faulkner was a member of the Rollers for the duration of their existence into the 1980s. He was a co-writer of many Rollers songs, including the UK Singles Chart hits “Money Honey” and “Love Me Like I Love You”.
In 1976, during the Rollers heyday, Faulkner made headlines for an alleged parasuicide attempt via sleeping pill overdose. The incident was turned into a media opportunity by Bay City Rollers manager, Tam Paton; Faulkner maintains the overdose was accidental, and not a suicide attempt.
In the 1990s, he served as lead singer of a reformed version of the Bay City Rollers, which for a time also featured his wife, singer Karen “Kass” Prosser. He also toured with his own band, The Eric Faulkner Co-operative that he founded with Prosser.
More recently, Faulkner performed at Guilfest 2006 with 3 Men & Black, featuring Pauline Black from The Selecter. During the set he led a tribute to the late Syd Barrett and sang “See Emily Play”, as well as “Radio Heaven”, a recent song he penned, and a rendition of the Bay City Rollers hit “Shang-a-Lang”. Faulkner would continue to perform with 3 Men & Black as a support act on their 2006 concert tour.
Faulkner now tours as a solo act, and opened at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival for Tony Benn, at the Left Field under the banner “Another World is Possible”. On the legal front, Faulkner and the other former Bay City Rollers continue to battle for extensive unpaid royalties that they believe are owed them.
External links
- Eric Faulkner’s blog
Reference
- Irwin Stambler, Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul. 1974. St. Martin’s Press, Inc. New York, N.Y. ISBN 0312025734
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