Erin Stratman is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who has lived and worked in the Saint Louis area for most of his life.
He studied guitar with Tim Fischer, Dave Black and Greg Dallas, and takes weekly drum lessons with the great underground drum teacher Mike Schurk.
Having started on the violin at age 9, He became enamored with the guitar at 15 after hearing Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Beatles and other artists.
his mom then purchased him a guitar from a pawn shop, and a dark, salacious, and beautiful love affair with music of all sorts continued unfolding from there.