Eric Bazilian

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Eric M. Bazilian (born July 21, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. Bazilian is a founding member of the rock band The Hooters. He wrote "One of Us", a song first recorded by Joan Osborne in 1995

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bazilian

 

 

Eric Bazilian was born on July 21, 1953, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia[1] to Stanford Bazilian, a psychiatrist,[2] and Barbara Bazilian, a concert pianist.[3] He is Jewish.[4] Bazilian graduated from Germantown Friends School[4] and studied physics at the University of Pennsylvania.[5]

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https://www.ericbazilian.com/

 

 

THE SON OF A CLASSICAL PIANIST AND A PSYCHIATRIST, I FIRST SAW THE LIGHT ON FEBRUARY 9, 1964, WHEN THE BEATLES PLAYED ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
The next day I formed my first band, The Limestones, with whom I performed on Philadelphia’s ‘The Gene London Show’. Throughout the seminal 60s and 70s I was inspired by seminal and varied artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones, Fairport Convention, The Strawbs, Traffic, The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and less lauded but equally powerful influences such as Autosalvage and Quicksilver Messenger Service.

At 16 I started writing songs for my first band, "Evil Seed". I got hooked on performing as the band played all original music at "Be-ins" at Belmont Plateau, in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. By the mid 70s, while studying Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, I met my musical soul mates and closest friends. Rob Hyman, Rick Chertoff, with whom I bonded in a creative unit which remains strong to this day.

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in his bio he doesn't have a single word about his roots about Armenian or Armenian


his father Stanford E. Bazilian >> A respected psychiatrist and lifelong Philadelphian, Dr. Bazilian was born at HOSPITAL TK in 1928 to Lewis Bazilian, a teacher, and Mildred Bazilian.


https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/bmd_death/?name=_Bazilian

in USA since 1800 ??

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"Wait a minute, isn't Bazilian an Armenian name. Well, it certainly follows the naming pattern of Armenian surnames. You will also find his name among lists of performers of Armenian descent. In 1986, I even asked him if his name was Armenian and he said it was. Now, it's very possible that it was easier to agree than rather to explain that his ancestors were actually Lithuanian Jews and that somehow the original surname was corrupted at Ellis Island. His own website debunks his supposed Armenian descent and sets forth the truth about his ancestry."

 

 

http://zeegrooves.blogspot.com/2010/01/hooters-im-alive.html

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honesty i don't know RadioVan calls him Armenian, sooo i'l just go for it