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Release Date: 09-06-1997
Label: Real Music
Catalog Number: RM1414-2
Barcode: 46286141426
Musical Style: New Age
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction [06:52]  | 6 | Yosemite Valley Part I [10:21] |
| 2 | High Country Part I [04:08] | 7 | Yosemite Valley Part II [02:29] |
| 3 | High Country part II [04:53] | 8 | Yosemite Valley Part III [05:12] |
| 4 | Tuolumne Meadows Part I [05:30] | 9 | Yosemite Overall [04:06] |
| 5 | Tuolumne Meadows Part II [03:52] | ||
Description:
Written while traveling the back country of Yosemite with a keyboard strapped to his back, solo pianist/composer Rick Erlien's dramatic compositions capture the indelible images and grandeur of Yosemite.
Biography:
Born in Milwaukee in 1950, Erlien started playing piano as a four-year-old and began a ten-year study of classical piano by age seven. In his teens Erlien listened to a variety of artists whom he credits for influencing his work. These include Buddy Holly, Woody Guthrie, Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations, Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne. As a student at Miami University in Ohio in the late '60s, Erlien sharpened his concert skills and began performing in lecture halls and local clubs. Feeling the need to reach out to people in a field other than music, he moved to California where he earned a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from San Diego State University. Today he is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor.
