Born and raised in Memphis, Eric Gales picked up a guitar at age four, learned to play it upside down and left-handed, and never looked back. A child prodigy who signed to Elektra Records at 15 and dropped his debut album at 16, he was hailed by Guitar World as Best New Talent and has spent the decades since building a reputation as one of the most electrifying blues-rock guitarists alive, drawing comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and earning praise from Joe Bonamassa, Dave Navarro, and Mark Tremonti. With over 19 albums, a Grammy nomination, a Blues Music Award for Artist of the Year, and a prominent role on the soundtrack of Ryan Coogler’s Oscar-nominated film Sinners, Gales has proven that raw talent plus hard-won resilience is a combination that never gets old.