Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist.

Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. He was of Black-American, Native-American, and British-American heritage. Gale’s grandfather was from Yorkshire, England, who moved to Barbados and met his future wife there. Gale held dual-citizenship by descent to the UK, where he spent a lot of time going back and forth to visit family and for further studies.

Gale began playing guitar at the age of 12. In high school, he visited the home of John Coltrane after school and sat in on the jam sessions, which inspired Gale’s style. Gale received his Master of Science in chemistry at Niagara University, he was also on the football team. Later, Gale was pursued by Frank Sinatra to work on the hit song “My Way”, as mentioned in Frank Sinatra’s autobiography. Gale decided to commit to a musical career full time, instead of getting his Phd in Chemistry.

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