In all of its two and a half minutes, "Silver Moon" finds singer Eric Earley guiding the band through a hooky chorus, backed by the infectious sounds of a harmonica.

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Throughout his career, the work of singer-songwriter Eric Bachmann hasn't exactly radiated warmth, whether he was unfurling surly screeds as lead singer of Archers of Loaf or re-creating himself as a crooning indie-rock Neil Diamond with Crooked Fingers.

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Mr. ERIC CLAPTON (Singer): (Singing) I'm sitting on top of the world.

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Eric Earley, Blitzen Trapper's lead singer and songwriter, recently sat down to describe the band's distinctively ramshackle music.

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Johann Sfar's biopic Gainsbourg, about the famed French singer, was also nominated in eight categories including best film, best first film and best actor for Eric Elmosnino.

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