Doomed & Stoned Presents: THE SKULL (Last Eric Wagner Show, RIP)

There’s so much to tell from that fateful weekend in August when I met Eric Wagner at The Lost Well, just before The Skull were to appear before an enthusiastic crowd of devotees of the band and their predecessor, Trouble. All eyes were on Eric Wagner, who for had become the mournful prophet of doom for the pandemic age. I visited with Eric before the show and couldn’t help feeling like he was just a dour fellow or maybe he was getting himself psyched with some pre-show ritual known only to him. All I know for certain is that conversation was short, curt, and all the while he had that look like, “Who the hell are you and what do you want?“ I knew from reputation that this wasn’t Eric in his usual form, though he has always had a kind of aloof quality of the man who has simply seen too much and is left jaded by it. I chalked it up to simple fatigue. This seemed to be confirmed when the band just days later announced they were dropping off future dates in their tour wit
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