Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt

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Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt is a singer/songwriter from Florence, Alabama, who plays a unique blend of southern music that encompasses delta blues, broken-hearted honky tonk, Stonesy rock 'n' roll, and gospel music.

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

Disappointed, Gebhardt moved to Orlando, Florida and formed The Studdogs. Gebhardt stayed with the group for five years, releasing three records. 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.

This growing interest in songwriting brought Gebhardt back to Florence, where his delta blues-influenced acoustic performances (and blazing red beard) earned him the bluesman nickname "Red Mouth." He spent some time duking it out in the redneck dives and juke joints of the area, but his desire to always move on has sent him out on the road searching for new places to play.

In 2005, Red Mouth released his solo debut Blues $1.49/lb which scored critical favor in the underground Americana circuits, garnering special attention in the United Kingdom. Blues In London loved the album so much that they appointed Gebhardt as their own personal "man in the States," doing regular articles exposing the world to underground American blues artists, documenting the rigors of life on the road, and occasionally reviewing records.

He's been described by Joe Mauceri of the Dictator Monthly as "the bastard rebel child of Lou Reed", a statement Red Mouth is proud of.