Eric Weissberg; The bass had always intrigued me, so I signed up for acoustic double bass. And I loved it! I immediately started learning scales and all that stuff. I was playing Beethoven all of a sudden - on bass! Learning how to bow, and finger, pizzicato. And, I became really good. Four years of it. I was taking private bass lessons with an incredible teacher, Stuart Sankey, who also taught at Julliard. He was one of the top, if not the top, symphonic bass players in New York. He played in several orchestras, and was very well-known. It was like studying with Jascha Heifetz… And I loved playing orchestral music.

Dick Weissberg, Banjo News Letter; I knew that Eric was studying jazz guitar and sight-reading with studio player Allen Hanlon in the 70’s, but one day he told me that he was taking flute lessons from Harvey Estrin, another fine studio player. I was stunned. I mean, Eric already played guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass, dobro, jew’s harp, and pedal steel.