 Musician - Twice nominated Grammy finalist, Eaton has performed and recorded as a soloist, with the Nouveau West Chamber Orchestra, the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, with Native American Flutist R. Carlos Makai, with Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog, with the Drepung Monks, and with ensembles he has formed, including musicians: Claudia Tulip, Will Clipman, Allen Ames, Mary Redhouse, Edgar Meyer, Udi Arouh, Arvel Bird, Robert Tree Cody, Rachel Harris, Keith Johnson, Vusi Shibambo, Fitzhugh Jenkins, and Zirque Bonner. Composer - An innovative artist Eaton's musical composition is an evocative style that captures the spirit of the Southwest. Combining structure with improvisation he has written: scores for chamber orchestra and Sonoran desert ensembles, two Grammy nominated albums for Canyon Records, ambient desert landscape music, lyric folk songs, indigenous trance music, and sound track scores including the Emmy award winning video "Beyond Tradition". Luthier - Acknowledged as one of the world's great designers and builders of unique guitars, Eaton's instruments have been featured in books, magazines, video, luthier conventions and at international exhibits. As an apprentice to John Roberts he built his first guitar in 1971. Along with Roberts and Bob Venn, he co-founded the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix in 1975, where he continues as director of the school and creator of new instruments. Eaton's background is eclectic; he was a champion pole-vaulter and graduate of the year in the school of business at Arizona State University. He later earned an MBA degree from Stanford where he also studied classical guitar with Charles Ferguson.
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