# Eric Matthew

eric matthew, real name Joseph "Joe" William Tucci (born 1953), has been a record label owner, record producer, engineer, songwriter and guitarist, previously involved in the New York post-disco scene of the early 1980s. == Biography == Matthew originally performed at weddings, bar mitzvahs and parties in the New York metropolitan area with his friends, then after producing a demo with fellow bandmember Gary E. Turnier, he landed a record deal with indie label SAM Records, owned by Sam Weiss, which by then had major label Columbia as their distribution company. Essentially a minimal rock combo with musical influences ranging from deep funk, pop, jazz to disco that consisted of a saxophonist, a trombonist, a flutist, a percussionist, and keyboardists, was named Gary's Gang by Matthew.