Eddy Roswell is a singer-songwriter and a teacher/mentor.
Also known as Ed Skibbe, his career includes 45 years of touring and performing at venues from coffee houses to arenas; recording-session work as a singer, pianist, keyboardist and guitarist; and writing, producing and recording. As a professional songwriter, including 16 years as a staff songwriter on Music Row in Nashville, he has a catalog of over 2000 published songs and over 250 commercial recordings of his songs. He has released 9 records of his music.
In 2013, he finally started his own band, Eddy Roswell and Phantom Ranch, with bassist Spencer Pyne . Other past and present members of Phantom Ranch include David Sondrup, Eric Weber, Mike Edmondson, Roddy Welles, Mark Allison, Robert Hoke, Mike Hay, and Scott Schroeder.
His background is impressive. It includes:
- 1975-present: touring musician and session musician; recording and live engineer; songwriter
- 1995-2011: staff songwriter, Ash Street Music, Nashville and LA
- 1997-2002: President of BEAMS (Breckenridge Educational, Arts and Music Seminars), workshops, seminars, and retreats for creatives in multiple media
- 2000-present: music teacher and coach
- 2002-2007: Founder and CEO of Out of the Box Music, online distribution and promotion service for independent musicians
- 2004-2008: Founder and Executive Director of Colorado CAMP4Kids, a music- and arts-based mentoring program for at-risk K-12 children
- 2015-present: Owner of Coyote Tongue Publishing
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Ed Skibbe, Spencer Pyne |
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(photo by Reggie Ruth Barrett) |
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(photo by Reggie Ruth Barrett) |
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Eddie Roswell, Spencer Pyne |
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David Sondrup, Rod Welles, Ed Skibbe, Spencer Pyne
Cave Creek, AZ 2019 |
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L to R: Steve Edmondson, Eric Weber, Mike Edmonson, Ed Skibbe, David Sondrup, Spencer Pyne |
Eric Weber, Eddie Roswell |
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