Career
Initially, Nagler was a folk musician in the United States, and in 1966 he marched through Mississippi with Martin Luther King Junior., encouraging people to register to vote. In 1972, Nagler returned to the United States to stand trial for draft evasion. He was acquitted. Around 1971, Eric and Martha owned a guitar/folk-music store on Avenue Road in Toronto called the Toronto Folklore Centre.
The couple divorced in 1977.
In 1991–1996, he had a children"s television show called Eric"s World, which aired on the Canadian provincial networks (TVOntario, Knowledge Network, SCN, and Access) and Family Channel Nagler plays a variety of instruments, often homemade or improvised, in the skiffle style. 1982: Award for Excellence, American Library Association for the album Fiddle Up a Tune.
