Eric Slick

Adrian Belew Power Trio is a musical group formed by Adrian Belew (guitar and vocals), bassist Julie Slick and drummer Tobias Ralph.

The group's origin lie in Belew's February 2006 guest performance with the Paul Green School of Rock, where Julie and her brother Eric were former students (1998-2004/5). Though Belew was decades older than the Slick siblings, he was very impressed by their musicianship and in May 2006 formed the Adrian Belew Power Trio with the Slicks as his rhythm section. Through the end of 2006 the trio toured throughout the East, South, & Western United States, followed by more touring (nationally and internationally) in 2007 and 2008. Their setlist included new original songs, material from Belew's solo career, and material from Belew's work with King Crimson and Frank Zappa.

After their fall 2008 tour of Europe and Australia, the group recorded a studio album with e in February 2009. Adrian had said that this new work would be an extended suite in five distinct but interrelated sections, parts of which were debuted by the trio during 2008's live shows under titles such as "planet e" and "e."

In 2010, Eric joined the Philadelphia-based group Dr Dog and consequently Marco Minnemann filled in on drums for the trio dates later that year in Vancouver, Tokyo, Europe, and South America. Tobias Ralph substituted for him for the UK shows and joined the band permanently in 2011, when the group teamed up with Stick Men for the "Two of a Perfect Trio" tour across North America. The three-hour show featured an encore of all six musicians taking the stage to pay tribute to King Crimson material. This double trio would eventually be renamed as The Crimson ProjeKct.

The power trio continues to tour internationally, applying the innovative Flux concept to their already highly energized set.

Eric Slick was the drummer for the Adrian Belew Trio from 2006-2009. By the time he was age four, he sat behind a real set of drums and over the next fifteen years, Eric, who honed his skills at the Paul Green School of Rock as their very first All-Star drummer, has also performed with Nels Cline, Daniel Rossen, Gordon Gano, Cass McCombs, R. Stevie Moore, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ike Willis, Jon Anderson of Yes, Eddie Vedder, Ann Wilson of Heart, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally, Ween, Crescent Moon, American Babies, Oblivion Sun, John Wetton, Carlos Alomar, and Project Object. Eric is currently the drummer of Dr. Dog.

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