Born in Richmond, Virginia, Eddie moved to New Jersey in the 1970s and became a popular club circuit musician there, occasionally performing with Bruce Springsteen.
[1] He opened for Bob Seger and The Kinks in the late 1980s[2] but was dropped by the label early in the 1990s after the release of his second album, The Hard Cold Truth.
[3] Eddie also had a song featured in the Zac Efron film, At Any Price, entitled "The Man I Am" that was released as a single April 19, 2013.
[citation needed] On August 16, 2019, it was announced that he, in conjunction with Priscilla Presley and Sony Pictures Animation, will create and produce "Agent Elvis", a Netflix adult animated series focusing on Elvis Presley's nightly incursions as a spy for the US Government, while remaining a musician during the day.
Eddie's name appears on the club letterboard shown in the closing scenes of Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA video.