Eric Ambel

Eric "Roscoe" Ambel (born August 20, 1957) is an American guitarist and record producer.

He has worked with a wide range of artists including Nils Lofgren, Steve Earle, the Yayhoos, Del Lords, The Bottle Rockets, Joan Jett, Mojo Nixon, Blood Oranges, Blue Mountain, Freedy Johnston and Mary Lee's Corvette.

Early life and education Eric "Roscoe" Ambel was born August 20, 1957, in Kankakee, Illinois, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois. He began playing music in school, taking up piano and trumpet, and attended the University of Wyoming, where he played trumpet in the marching band. In April 1996, Ambel and disc jockey James Marshall opened the East Village bar the Lakeside Lounge, which Ambel booked and co-owned until its closure in April 2012.

In 1999, Ambel and engineer Tim Hatfield established Cowboy Technical Services, a recording studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that later relocated to Greenpoint. The studio has hosted artists including Ryan Adams, Steve Wynn, Marshall Crenshaw, Los Lobos and Laura Cantrell.

Steve Earle and later work In 2000, Ambel became lead guitarist in Steve Earle's backing band, the Dukes, recording and touring with Earle through 2005. He appeared on Earle's Jerusalem, the documentary Just an American Boy and the Grammy Award-winning The Revolution Starts... Now.

The Yayhoos released a second album, Put the Hammer Down, on Lakeside Lounge Records in 2006.