Eric Nagler
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Eric Nagler (born June 1, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician and television personality known primarily for his work on Canadian children's television series such as The Elephant Show and Eric's World.
Biography
Eric Nagler was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 1, 1942 to two schoolteachers,{{cite news |last1=Ritz |first1=Linda |title=Eric Nagler gets his audience |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1021830899 |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Standard |date=16 March 1990}} Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nagler.{{cite news |title=Nagler-Beers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/546790146/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=Bennington Banner |date=27 May 1968}} His family were Jewish{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Terry |title=Kazoos, Kids, and Eric Nagler |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/407735245/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=Dayton Daily News |date=7 December 1990}} atheists. Initially, Nagler was a folk musician in the United States, performing in the Greenwich Village folk scene.{{cite news |last1=Zekas |first1=Rita |title=Ah, those hippie days with Dylan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/947084255/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Toronto Star |date=22 May 1994}} In 1966 he marched through Mississippi with Martin Luther King Jr., encouraging people to register to vote.{{cite news |last1=Clock |first1=Cheryl |title=He's got the music in him. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1022929544/ |access-date=26 January 2024 |agency=The Standard |date=17 March 2009}} In May 1968 he married fellow musician Martha Beers,{{cite news |title=Miss Beers to be wed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58779037/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Troy Record |date=12 January 1968}} daughter of Bob and Evelyne Beers of the folk group the Beers Family. Eric Nagler studied at Queens College and Albany State University, and earned a Master's degree in child psychology. He worked for the New York Department of Education, teaching special needs children. Due to their conscientious objection to the Vietnam War, the couple moved to Toronto in 1968 in order to “avoid” the draft.{{cite news |last1=Wales |first1=Mike |title=Liberty and Justice for All? An intimate portrait of a draft dodger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/803085535/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Daily Olympian |date=12 July 1973}} Upon relocating to Canada, he worked as a psychologist, and began work on a doctorate at the University of Toronto. In 1972, Nagler returned to the United States to stand trial for draft evasion; he was acquitted.{{cite news |last1=Valiante |first1=Giuseppe |title=Vietnam War draft dodgers left mark in Canada |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/vietnam-war-draft-dodgers-left-mark-in-canada-1.2329725?cache=ztdsfbqaznqc |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=CTV News |date=16 April 2015}} Around 1971, Eric and Martha owned a guitar/folk-music store on Avenue Road in Toronto called the Toronto Folklore Centre. The couple later moved to a cabin in Killahoe, Ontario, and toured together as a folk duo across the United States and Canada.{{cite news |title=Folk Music at Community Concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/938429055/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=Daily American Republic |date=27 February 1975}}{{cite news |title=Folk singers open concert season here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/46865120/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Gettysburg Times |date=25 October 1974}} The couple divorced in 1977. Since 1991 Nagler has lived with his partner Diana Buckley in the hills of Mulmur, near Shelburne, an hour north of Toronto, Ontario, and home of the Annual Canadian Championship Fiddling Contest.
In the 1970s and 1980s Nagler performed on Sharon, Lois, and Bram's albums,{{cite news |last1=Kiely |first1=John |title=Smorgasbord |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/992789201/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=Waterloo Region Record |date=1 November 1979}} toured with the trio,{{cite news |last1=Powers |first1=Ned |title=Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510451258/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=Toronto Star-Phoenix |date=26 April 1982}} and was a regular guest star on the Elephant Show since its premiere in 1984.{{cite news |title=Sharon Lois and Bram riding high! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/957400851/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Toronto Star |date=23 September 1984}}{{cite news |title=Winnipeg's Stars Move On |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/734834406/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Winnipeg Sun |date=22 November 1983}} In 1991–1996, he starred in a children's TV show called Eric's World,{{cite news |title=Plans revolving for Eric's World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/504193782/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |agency=The Windsor Star |date=17 December 1994}} which aired on the Canadian provincial networks (TVOntario, Knowledge Network, SCN, and Access) and Family Channel.
Instruments
Nagler plays a variety of instruments, often homemade or improvised, in the skiffle style.
Awards and recognition
- 1983: Notable Children's Recordings, American Library Association for the album Fiddle Up a Tune{{Cite book| publisher = ALA| isbn = 978-0-8389-3342-8| title = Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986| location = Chicago| access-date = 2024-02-15| date = 1987| url = http://archive.org/details/notablechildrens0000unse_s8t3}}
- 1986: nomination, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, Come On In
- 1990: nomination, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, Improvise with Eric Nagler
- 1994: nomination, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, Can't Sit Down
- 1995: nomination, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, Eric's World Record
Discography
This is a partial listing:
- 1971: contributed to High Winds, White Sky by Bruce Cockburn
- 1973: The Gentleness in Living (Swallowtail)
- 1977: A Right and Proper Dwelling (Philo)
- 1982: Fiddle Up a Tune (Elephant) (producer Paul Mills){{Cite web |url=http://www.themillstream.com/discography.htm |title=Paul Mills Discography |access-date=2010-11-09 |archive-date=2011-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717013523/http://www.themillstream.com/discography.htm |url-status=dead }}
- 1985: Come On In (Elephant) (producer Paul Mills)
- 1989: Improvise with Eric Nagler (Oak Street/Rounder)
- 1992: Can't Sit Down
- 1994: Eric's World Record
Filmography
- 1984–1989: The Elephant Show
- 1990–1995: Eric's World
Bibliography
- 1989: Eric Nagler makes music, co-writer Diana Buckley (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) {{ISBN|0-07-549777-8}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.ericnagler.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|0619378}}
- {{cite web|title=Nagler, Eric |work=eNotes.com: Contemporary Musicians vol. 8 |editor=Julia M. Rubiner |publisher=Thomson Gale |year=2006 |accessdate=2007-07-08 |url=http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/nagler-eric-biography |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115122311/http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/nagler-eric-biography |archivedate=2006-11-15 }}
- [http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol14no1/audiocomeonin.html Come On In!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010033623/http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol14no1/audiocomeonin.html |date=2012-10-10 }}, review of disc
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