Born on January 22nd 1965, Eddie Misk grew up in a family show business industry, where his father Gabriel Misk  founder of the Lebanese Jazz Club, had organized the visit of international Jazz artists to the club back in the 50’s & 60’s such as; Louis Armstrong, The Ellingtons, Josephine Baker and French artists such as; Charles Trenet, Gilbert Becaud, Charles Aznavour and many more.

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Being always around musicians at the Club, Eddie, at the age of 10, had fallen for the guitar while watching guitarists performing. Since then, it became a dream to come true to share stage with many musicians.

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His main influences are the Rockabilly legends such as Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Carl Lee Perkins, Gene Vincent, and from the 80’s,The Stray Cats Rockabilly band who became later the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Eddie Misk Biography

In 1993, Eddie moved to the UAE seeking better job opportunities. In a few years time, he became so involved in the local music scene of Dubai and decided since then to emphasize on and revive the Rockabilly style, performing it in clubs, cultural and corporate events.

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He also participated as rhythm guitarist with Kamal Musallam Band, as well as being the band manager during several occasions such as; The WOMAD in Abu Dhabi (2009), The Cannes Film Festival France (2010), Du Music Festival (2012) at The Downtown Dubai, The Sikka Art Fair, Bastaqiyya, Dubai (2012) and the latest was the summer FIFA Fair in Doha, Qatar (2014).