EDDIE CUNNINGHAM

Eddie Cunningham living the vision
An innately talented young L.A. boy growing up from Downey to Norwalk to La Puente one day picked up a guitar and was on his way to living the vision.
Elvis & the Beatles began to stir in him a natural song writing & guitar playing gift and the boy Eddie started playing the broom only he played it upside down. Not knowing there was a wrong way to play it, this right handed boy played his chords left handed. One by one these came to him along with learning how to sing other people’s songs. The blessing gave him not only the ability to write and to play but a natural voice as melodiously beautiful as Kenny Loggins and as deeply and stirringly soulful as Ray Charles. Eddie Cunningham comes from tough stuff, A Texas truck driving grandpa with Dakota Cunningham Indian blood running through his veins. Eddie’s grandmother drove a Hollywood taxi, hanging out at the Palomino, selling poppies for the American legion, while raising Eddie’s step brother Butchie who died from MD at 17.
Daddy worked 3 jobs to support the family, the primary one as a foreman in a steel mill while Mama stayed home to bring the family up right.
Up right was work hard, care for each other, love each other and always do not the easy thing but the right thing.
Eddie holds a Joseph Campbell philosophy although he never knew that’s what it was but again Eddie is a natural. That philosophy is for some of us, the chosen ones, the destination is the journey.. Be grateful for what you have, not only know who you are but as importantly know who you are not. “I think the main thing is keep your heart on track don’t stray and don’t give into temptations that result into negative Karma….stay true to your path and work hard and play safe.” ~Eddie Cunningham. Good lord willin' and the creeks don’t rise, Eddie is the vision. ~Dolly Miller Brennan

Back from Nashville, and I'm back at work hosting the Nashville Songwriters Association International NSAI showcase in North Hollywood with good friend CARY PARK as the featured writer (see poster top left). In Nashville, I wrote some new tunes, recorded a new CD and the songs are sounding great! the mixes are coming alive... Its a very stripped down record, just me playing the acoustic guitar with some hot pickers sittin' in. Produced by Mike Alan Ward (Dierks Bentley) and Me... its good clean American music and Mike's harmonies on the hauntingly beautiful "Room number eight" are very cosmic. The song is a tribute to Gram Parsons written about the room he died in and so far it's the title track. Grammy award winner Carl Jackson's (Glen Campbell) voice is brilliant on harmonies, My Nashville star song "Big dang star" is a true crowd pleaser. "Hell house" sounds like a southern rock classic hit! worthy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Al Perkins (The Stones) plays some scary shit on it! and there's a couple of Jeffrey Steele co-writes and Hall of fame legend A. L. "Doodle" Owens "Where the wind begins". My favorite is the touching "I'm on your side" it soars with cello. The record will be available soon at Walmart.com or you can get a signed copy by simply clicking here. "I reviewed Eddie's music in 1997 with a rave review it was his first independent release on his own record label Nufire records and today after listening to the new recordings, Eddie Cunningham's voice is as seasoned as my great grand mothers skillet frying pan and as penetrating as a lonesome train". ~New Music West - Lance Albright