Music like Eric Gale

Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American guitarist.

Born in Bed-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. Gale grew up in a diverse household, he was of Black-American, Native-American, Barbadian, and British heritage. Gale's paternal grandfather was from Yorkshire, England who moved to Barbados and met his future wife there. Gale held dual-citizenship by descent to the UK, where he spent a lot of time going back and forth to visit family and for further studies. Gale was a decade older than his two brothers.

Gale began playing guitar at the age of 12. He skipped junior high school. In high school, he visited the home of John Coltrane after school and sat in on the jam sessions, which inspired Eric's style. Gale received his Master of Science in chemistry at Niagara University, he was also on the football team. Later, Gale was pursued by Frank Sinatra to work on the hit song My Way, as mentioned in Frank Sinatra's Autobiography, the song was a hit. Eric decided to commit to a musical career full time, instead of getting his PhD in Chemistry.