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Eric Drew Feldman is an American keyboard and bass guitar player. Feldman has worked with Captain Beefheart, Pere Ubu, Frank Black and P.J. Harvey.
He was already an experienced keyboard player when he joined Captain Beefheart's Magic Band in 1976, where he also played bass. Like other members of the band, Feldman was expected to capture (on tape or notepad) Beefheart's musical ideas. Once instrumental parts had been created, the band members had to play them exactly as composed: "I never had a problem with that. I felt like I was getting parts dictated to me from one of the best, especially when they were designed for me. You just feel like a model in a fashion show wearing a really nice dress, I guess." Feldman worked on the acclaimed trio of 1980s Beefheart albums that turned out to be the last of the Captain's musical career, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Doc At The Radar Station, and Ice Cream For Crow.
After working with The Residents' Snakefinger, in 1988 Feldman was drafted in to replace departing Pere Ubu keyboard player Allen Ravenstine. He worked on their Worlds in Collision album.
Feldman met the Pixies' Frank Black in 1991, when Pere Ubu were touring as the Pixies' opening act, and later played keyboards on the Pixies' Trompe Le Monde and toured with them. After the Pixies split, Feldman worked with Frank Black on his solo albums Frank Black and Teenager of the Year.
In 1994, after his relationship with Black ended, Feldman applied for a job with P.J. Harvey, whom he knew was putting together a band. He played on To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire?, and has regularly toured with her. His band kNIFE & fORK has opened for her.
In 2001, he joined Frank Black and the Catholics to play on Dog In The Sand.
References
Mike Barnes, "The Sideman's Saga", The Wire, December 1996
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