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 Artist:
ERIC
GILLIOM
CD:
Like Chow Fun
Category:
Island/Contemporary
Record
Company: Mele Productions
Released:
1999
Contact:
ericgilliom@verison.net
Eric
Gilliom is one of these rare few, an
embodiment of talent who is as much defined
by music as by his genetic predisposition.
Born into a family of gifted performers, his
passion to entertain is an inevitable
heritage, and one need only spend a few
minutes with him to realize he is a thinking
personification of art all his own.
Eric
Paul Gilliom was born in Lakewood,
California and raised on the valley isle of
Maui. He is of Hawaiian, Ojibwa Indian and
Norwegian descent. Raised in a musical
family, Eric’s grandmother, Jennie
“Napua” Starred in over 200 Hollywood
films and T.V. shows, notably the Harry
Owens show for CBS.
At
22, Gilliom became the first person of
Hawaiian ancestry to earn a bachelors degree
from the prestigious Goodman School of Drama
in Chicago. Only two months after
graduating, he moved to Los Angeles and
landed a role in the movie Hoosiers opposite
Gene Hackman. Over the next year he would
garner in guest starring roles in
“Moonlighting”, My Sister Sam”,
“Heart of the City” and the Hawaii
series “Island Son”, with Richard
Chamberlain.
It
wasn’t long before he ended up in New York
singing and dancing for choreographer Debbie
Allen (of “Fame”) in the original
Broadway and London production “Carrie”
and soon after “Jerome Robbins’
Broadway”. But Hollywood beckoned Gilliom
once again. In 2001 he joined the cast of
the Jamie Foxx Show for the Warner Brothers
Network. Foxx has enlisted Gilliom’s broad
range of talents for a sitcom currently in
pre-production.
Gilliom’s
theatre production company continues and
gives Hawaii tour-de-force sold-out
performances annually of “The Rocky Horror
Show”, showcasing his masterful portrayal
of Dr. Franknfurter.
The
singer-songwriter released two critically
acclaimed recordings in the late 90’s,
“Into the Mystic” and “Like Chow
Fun”. In April 2003, Gilliom performed as
special guest with the Honolulu Symphony at
the Blaisdell Concert Hall.
A
local boy at heart, a world traveler of
significant Hawaiian heritage in this 21st
century, Gilliom know his roots are secured
to the island that “gives me my wings…
Maui”.
Sample
Shots:
-
Never
Enough Time
-
Old
Hawaiian Song
-
Aloha
No
Molokai
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