“I always love his music, there’s nothing to be said about Ger Eaton except that it’s great music, a great single, and I LOVE IT!!” – Martin Bridgeman (KCLR 96 FM)
A multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Hair Stylist and Retro-Vintage Aficionado, this iconic and stylish gentleman is most recently known as keyboardist/guitarist for Dublin alt-rock heroes The Pale.
I’ve always found one of the most useful tools as a songwriter is using different instruments (from my ever-expanding eclectic collection!) to form a song’s cornerstone.
In the case of ‘Season Changes’, it was my old Fender acoustic guitar that I’d just restrung in Nashville tuning. It seemed to give it an almost ethereal quality that guided the formation of the song’s hypnotic and echoing arpeggio. I found myself happily picking the same chord shape for hours, my mind lost in its musical simplicity, yet also acutely aware of its endless melodic potential.
Indeed, Ger has been a mainstay of the Irish music scene for many years as a member of Premonition (EMI), Las Vegas Basement (Columbia), Les Marionettes, Pugwash, The Carnival Brothers and many solo and collaborative recordings. Throughout this time he also recorded and toured extensively with, among others, Mundy, Duke Special, Jack L and Fionn Regan, playing everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to the ‘Later With Jools Holland’ TV Show.