Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt

Who is Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt?

Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt is a singer/songwriter from Alabama who plays a blend of southern music that blends blues, broken-hearted honky tonk, Stonesy rock 'n' roll, with gospel music. Blues In London described his sound as:

"a joyfully chaotic reworking of the common sources... identifiably adhering to bluesey, country, folky, forms but happy to accept a loose interpretation of the detail... a great blend of sasparila americana styles pulled together without meandering to 'authenticity', and played with a wit and verve that honour it's antecedents whilst managing a contemporary freshness."

Gebhardt started in a band dubbed The Throwaways who still perform every so often around the north Alabama area. The band's most notable achievement was a one-off release with High Society Records, an independent record label in Hamburg, Germany. The record did well in Europe, where the band never toured to support the release. The label folded shortly after.

After the disappointment, Gebhardt moved to Orlando, Florida and formed The Studdogs with Dickie Evans and Jeremy Talcott. Gebhardt stayed with the group for five years, releasing three compact discs. The band was signed by Orange Recordings in Los Angeles and toured all over the country, sharing bills with the Demolition Doll Rods, the Porch Ghouls, Bob Log III, and the Immortal Lee County Killers. His songwriting however started to out-grow the sleazy blues rock of the Studdogs, and Gebhardt left the band to pursue a solo career.