Brother of Clarence and Roland and sometime member of the Kentucky Colonels playing acoustic bass.

Born in Maine to French-Canadian parents, Eric and his brothers took up music at an early age. In 1954, the family moved to Burbank, California, and the White children eventually formed a band called the Three Little Country Boys. They soon secured a regular spot on a local radio programme and attracted the interest of country star, Joe Maphis.

In 1958, Billy Ray Latham joined the White brothers and they abbreviated their name to Country Boys. With Clarence on guitar, Roland on mandolin, Eric on acoustic bass, Latham on banjo and Leroy Mack on dobro, they could now play real bluegrass music.

Eric had to leave the band in 1961, after which they began calling themselves the Kentucky Colonels. After the Kentucky Colonels disbanded in 1965, fan pressure caused them to regroup, including Eric, and they toured for almost a year before disbanding again in 1967.

In April 1973, the Kentucky Colonels were revived again and set off on a European tour, including Eric. On returning to the US, the three brothers formed a new Kentucky Colonels line-up, until Clarence was killed by a drunken driver in July 1973.