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"Eric Andersen is living quite compellingly in the present, making music that tells us resonant truths about our own movement through time." (Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone Magazine)
With a career spanning over 30 years, singer/songwriter ERIC ANDERSEN has indeed served to chronicle through both his music and writings the times in which he has lived.
Born in Pittsburgh, Andersen taught himself guitar and piano at an early age, later forming folk groups performing the political songs of Woody Guthrie and The Weavers. After two years of pre-medical studies, Andersen set out for the coffeehouses of San Francisco to try out his songs. Songwriter Tom Paxton spotted Andersen and invited him to New York, where he entered the circle of Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan. Shortly after he signed with Vanguard Records and began work on his debut album, Today Is The Highway.
Andersen was greatly influenced by the blues and jazz greats he saw in Village clubs, including such artists as Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Doc Watson, Anita O'Day, John Coltrane and Miles Davis. His first four albums showcase those influences on such classics as "Ghosts Upon The Road." Critics began to take note of Andersen, including the New York Times' Robert Shelton, who cited the lyrics of "Come To My Bedside" as "typical of what will one day be called an 'Eric Andersen song'."
Andersen's second album, ’Bout Changes and Things, was followed by Tin Can Alley, Avalanche (Warner Bros. Records), Eric Andersen (Warner Bros. Records) and A Country Dream. He was featured on The Festival Express, the legendary musical train tour across Canada that included Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy and The Band and, upon his return to New York, began a friendship with poets Patti Smith and Gregory Corso. Blue River (Columbia Records) was released in 1972 and featured a duet with Joni Mitchell on the title track. The Arista Records releases Be True To You and Sweet Surprise followed.
In 1989, Eric's first American album in a decade, Ghosts Upon The Road, was released to critical acclaim and won two New York Music Awards (Best Contemporary Folk Album and Performer). His 1990 release, Stages: The Lost Album, won a New York Music Award for Best Folk Album of the Year and was described by Rolling Stone as "a masterwork."
Eric's critically-acclaimed album Memory of the Future (Appleseed Records) was released in 1999 and featured such supporting talent as John Prine (producer), Howie Epstein and Benmont Tench (both of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers), Dylan bassist Tony Garnier, and Rick Danko and Garth Hudson (The Band). In addition, his writings were included in The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats (Hyperion) and he participated in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Phil Ochs tribute and "Joni's Jazz," a Joni Mitchell celebration that took place in New York's Central Park.
His latest release, You Can't Relive The Past, explores the depth of Andersen's talents, integrating the best of classic Eric Andersen soulfulness with the Mississippi blues sounds of James "Super Chikan" Johnson, the New York edge of Lou Reed (who co-wrote and performs the deeply moving title song with Eric) and the country feel of the late, great Townes Van Zandt. In fact, four tracks were co-written and recorded with Van Zandt, a testament to the respect accorded to Eric's songwriting talent, since Townes rarely collaborated with others. The lost tapes of the never-before-released songs, written by the two in New York in 1986, were rediscovered last year.
"The album claims you can't relive the past. That's true," says Andersen in the CD's liner notes. "But music is a flame that keeps a memory alive." Eric utilizes his gift of song to explore the past, present and future with thought-provoking and insightful lyrics, which continue to touch audiences worldwide.
Eric Andersen divides his time between his homes in New York and Oslo, Norway.
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- Spotlighted: Wednesday, April 12th 2006
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