Eric Coleman
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Eric Coleman is an Iowa area filker and fan, married to fellow filker and fan Lizzie Crowe. He has been involved in numerous conventions over the years and is probably best known for his band Cheshire Moon.
He was the gaming chair at Windycon for many years and ran Radio Capricon, a one watt and later internet radio station, at Capricon for 9 years. He was the music head at DemiCon for 5 years. He started FilkCast in November 2018, a podcast featuring filk music. He and Lizzie Crowe ran the music track at Chicon 8
Eric was a solo performer for over a decade, and is an auxiliary member of The FuMP.
He released four solo CDs, a Bandcamp EP and a Bandcamp single.
- Fear And Self Loathing In Central Iowa - 2001
- Some See The Glass Half Empty - 2003
- Eric Comes Alive - 2006
- I Had To Suffer For My Art, Now It's Your Turn - 2007
- Mahtowa Songs - 2016
- Inner Voice (Devo Spice parody, originally released 2008 on The Fump) - 2021
He was a founding member of hard rock filk band Toyboat but had to give up drums due to problems with his hands. He has been nominated for four Pegasus Awards, twice with his former band Toyboat, and twice with his band Cheshire Moon. He plays a lot of different instruments with strings with his wife, Lizzie Crowe, in Cheshire Moon.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 2005 -- Archon 29
- 2011 -- SFContario 2 (with Toyboat)
With Cheshire Moon
- 2014 -- Pegasus Award Best Performer, Best Filk Song - Snow White Red Road
- 2016 -- Consonance 2016
- 2018 -- OVFF 34, CoKoCon 1
- 2019 -- 31-ET The 31st British Filk Convention - Overseas GoH
- 2020 -- Conflikt 13, Boskone 57, Balticon 54
- 2021 -- ICON 46
- 2022 -- Chambanacon 51
- 2023 -- Demicon 34
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