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Tape#1: Side A&B - Music Background, Experiences and Journey of Eddie Elias
Eddie Elias was born in Port Moresby in 1960 to parentage of provinces of East Sepik (father) and Central (mother).
A well known PNG musician in the 1990s, his musical exposure and upbringing started in primary school around the age of 10 to 12 when his family lived in various towns through the job of his father, a policeman. He listened to western music records of the 1970s like Carter Family, CCR, Paul Simon and more and mainly was self taught. He started with drums then later in high school jamming with bands.
Eddie later was part of Kereval National High School band "Abraxsis" as drummer then started getting int guitar and keyboards when he attended National Arts School in Port Moresby. He then worked at Keynote Music company as a salesman of musical equipment and instruments.
Eddie's fame in the music scene and public domain was with rock band "Bluff Inn Soles" who mainly performed entertainment at various functions and based mostly at the Bluff Inn tavern. He is a songwriter and composes songs with PNG folk songs mainly from his parents areas of Sepik and Central provinces amonst others.
Bluff Inn Soles band was known to perform heavy metal rock music and Reggae style music performing cover songs such as Jimmy Hendrix, Guns and Roses, Whitesnake, Bob Marley and more.
Eddie has a strong views about music development of upcoming PNG music artists and guides and mentors on use of musical instruments and guiding them in compositions and expressing stories of lifestyles, politics and some relevance to traditional folk songs. As a musician, his passion is helping other develop musically.
More insights are discussed in his interview.
(Steven Gagau, June 2019)
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