“From the top of his silvery hair down to his electric blue socks, Gerhard throws himself completely into every song he plays,” says Gail Johnson of the Portsmouth Press. In each performance, whether it be 6-string, 12-string, slide guitar or Hawaiian Lap Steel, Ed blends his musical intensity and sly sense of humor with seasoned aplomb. After mesmerizing an audience with a song, he’ll crack them up with an improvised joke then have them lost in the depths of the next piece before they know it.

Ed has released his eighth CD “Sunnyland” in homage to his early blues heroes. He was awarded the coveted GRAMMY® for his inclusion on the CD Henry Mancini; Pink Guitar. Warner Brothers released Ed Gerhard; The Guitar Songbook and his guitar work can be heard on recordings by Arlo Guthrie and Jorma Kaukonen and in the Ken Burns film Mark Twain. He is featured on Guitar Fingerstyle; A Narada Collection and Masters of Acoustic Guitar; Narada Records. Ed is featured on the All-Star Guitar Night video and A Fingerstyle Summit with Martin Simpson and Adrian Legg by Alfred Publishing. Ed tours extensively in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan and Korea.

In a true collaboration of guitarist and guitar maker, Breedlove Guitars released the “Ed Gerhard Signature Model” guitar. The guitar has become one of Breedlove’s best selling guitars and won the “Player’s Choice Award” by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.