He attended the University of Colorado in the early-1970s, and while there played in the region's first punk/R&B band The Immortal Nightflames, then later toured with Grammy Award nominee Tracy Nelson from Mother Earth for a short time Subsequently, Turner joined the Legendary 4-Nikators (an oldies band formed by members of Zephyr and Flash Cadillac), then when David and Candy Givens reformed Zephyr Eddie was tapped to be lead guitarist and appears on the 1982 HEARTBEAT lp.
After the death of the singer Candy Givens he abandoned music to work in real-estate in Denver.
[citation needed] In the mid 1990's Turner joined the Ron Miles electric band appearing on the 1996 cd My Cruel Heart.
He was the winner of the 6th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop vote for best Blues Album The Turner Diaries.
In January 2011, his song "Miracles and Demons" was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.