ERIC MCFADDEN BAND (KEVIN CARNES, MIKE ANDERSON +++). ERIC MCFADDEN BAND (KEVIN CARNES, MIKE ANDERSON +++). ERIC McFADDEN & THE STAR BAND Returns to the BOOM BOOM ROOM in support of his new record on Tab Benoit s Whiskey Bayou label, which is getting enormous response and sensational reviews. Guitar Player magazine wrote, If San Francisco is home to anyone approaching the abilities of a modern Hendrix, it s Eric McFadden McFadden is a master of guitar and mandolin, a 25 year veteran who waltzes the dark, eerie corridors between Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt ( Jonathan Zwickel San Francisco Bay Guardian McFadden is a six string virtuoso. His command of so many genres- is accentuated with meticulously crafted songs. There s the poppy twist on traditional psychadelia. Poetic yet sinisterly distorted punk. Rowdy rockabilly. Dark, foreboding grunge. His melodies hinge on seriously catchy choruses that resonate thanks to a crunchy baritone reminiscent of Tom Waits or the late Mark Sandman of Morphine (The Denver Post).