Eric Andersen

Subject: Eric Andersen
From: KenM
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 12:01 AM

I want to know if there are other Eric Andersen fans out there. I have followed this guy from his early beginnings, "Thirsty Boots", "Violets of Dawn" to the present....including some of his misteps into rock.. His most recent jazz oriented recordings are pretty good.

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: Benjamin
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 02:45 AM

I like some of his music. I must admit that I haven't paid attention to much past "Ghosts upon the Road," but I did at least find that to be an interesting album in itself. I think he is back living in Europe now, but I'm not sure.

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 11:15 AM

Eric Andersen will be performing at the Hurdy Gurdy in Fair Lawn, NJ on Saturday November 1. Tickets will be going on sale soon. Visit www.hurdygurdyfolk.org.

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 11:47 AM

He has just been touring the UK and I have his new album which ain't half bad. Incidentally when I performed his "Thirsty Boots" at Beverley a couple of years ago I was accused of being an old hippy.

R

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: PoppaGator
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 02:05 PM

"Old Beatnik" would be more like it. Eric had already been around for a while before the folk scene began moving toward hippy-ness.

And what's rong with being an Old Hippy, anyway? I'm one, and an unapologetic one at that.

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 02:13 PM

I can't say I am an Eric Andersen fan, but "Blue River" is one of my favorite CD's (OK, it was an album when I first heard it). "I've not always been faithful, but I always have been true." Some reviewer called this recording "his masterpiece".

Rib RiB

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: Wesley S
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 03:35 PM

Were there any of us folkies from the 60's that DIDN'T sing "Thirsty Boots"? I know it's one of my favorites. And I remember being disappointed that Anderson started recording with - gasp - a band.

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: PoppaGator
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 03:56 PM

Eric Anderson was one of the very few strictly-acoustic folk acts on the legendary "Festival Express" train ride across Canada in the early 1970s.

He does not appear in the recently-released feature film, but if you get a chance to see the DVD, he performs "Thirsty Boots" as one of the "bonus tracks" on Disk One.

(If you're renting the Festival Express DVD, which is a two-disk set, you should know that ALL the musical performances are on Disk One: the complete theatrical release plus a bunch of additional songs. Disk Two is all talk ~ interesting enough, but not essential. If you just want to enjoy the music, rent the first disk and don't bother with the other.)

Subject: RE: Eric Andersen
From: GUEST,Tina
Date: 24 Nov 14 - 01:50 PM

Do any of you know about the documentary being done on Eric? It is called The Songpoet! Check it out:
www.ericandersen.com/index.php/songpoet.html