Despite his furry ears and slightly pointed tail Eric Laws has always felt welcomed on the streets of New Orleans. His attraction to the city’s both friendly and malign characteristics is addictive, and he finds it an overwhelming stimulant. Since childhood, Eric’s main love and focus has been music. The sounds of the piano echoed in the Laws house since Eric’s infancy, and before he could color he was pounding on the keys. By his early twenties he had mastered his own compositional style; which evokes an unmistakable somberness. These tone poems intermingle with undertones of a childlike optimism, revealed to the keen listener. Playing an instrument for Eric is similar to breathing, but it is not his only creative outlet. He also releases his creative notions on many additional mediums (films, writing, art, etc.) He has created sound designs for over 50 theater productions, directed a “Dramarama” piece, performed in the big easy award winning “Hedwig & the Angry Inch”, and plays for numerous bands (Morella & the Wheels Of If, Saucer Seed, Hands of Nero, Eyelash Carpets). He can occasionally be seen sporting a top hat & sipping absinthe.