ERIC ANDERSEN'S songs, voice, and guitar have created a career, spanning over 40 years, that includes 25 albums of original songs, and numerous tours of North America, Europe, and Japan. His songs; have been recorded by artists all over the world, including Judy Collins, Fairport Convention, Peter Paul and Mary, Rick Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, The Grateful Dead, and Francoise Hardy.  Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1943, he received his early education in Buffalo, where he taught himself guitar and piano- He saw Elvis Presley perform in a gold suit at the local city auditorium and the Everly Brothers play at his unruly high school gym. He also saw the Miles Davis Quintet at Kleinhan's music hall. He had folk groups that performed the  political songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers and spent a great deal of time reading the books of Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg. After two years of pre-medical studies at Hobart College, he hitchhiked to San Francisco to try out his new songs in North Beach coffeehouses and seek out the poets of the Beat Generation. He succeeded in meeting Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Neal Cassady at the City Lights Bookstore. Weeks later, he heard them recite at a poetry reading in Haight Ashbury, on the same evening President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.  Songwriter Tom Paxton discovered him that late fall of 1963, performing at the Coffee Gallery in North Beach. He heard his songs and invited him to New York City. In 1964, Eric was soon introduced to the Greenwich Village songwriting circle of Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan. He played his first gig as an opening act at Gerde's Folk City. Robert Shelton of the-New York Times wrote a review where he called him "a writer and performer of the first rank…possessing that magical element called star quality." He was signed to Vanguard Records and began recording his first album.  In the Village folk and jazz clubs, he witnessed the singing and playing of some of America's greatest blues, and jazz masters alive. The list of people heard whose music he absorbed, was vast; performers like Mississippi John Hurt, Judy Roderick, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Skip James, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Doc Watson, Dave Van Ronk, Doc Watson, Reverend Gary Davis, David Blue, Uncle Dave Macon, Fred Neil, Son House, Anita O'Day,, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. It was in these clubs where he learned, first-hand, how a master musician can with one voice or one instrument, captivate an audience.  Over the next three years he wrote and recorded four albums of his earliest songs, including his early classics "Come To My Bedside", "Thirsty Boots", and "Violets of Dawn", for Vanguard. The Brothers Four recorded a single of "Bedside" for Columbia Records and it was immediately banned from AM radio, on the grounds of obscenity. Judy Collins and the Blues, Project created pop hits of the latter two songs.  While waiting for his first album to be released, in 1964, Eric moved to the Boston area, where he often performed at the Club 47, in Cambridge. While living there, he attended Harvard Night school, to study literature courses on James Joyce, for one winter  semester. In addition to scuffling at odd jobs, he  miraculously avoided being drafted into the army, a harrowing tale later told in his epic song, "Ghosts Upon The Road." He found Boston a dead town and moved back to New York City, where he lived for a time with Gorden Friesen and Sis Cunningham, the publishers of Broadside magazine. His first songs were published there.  In the summer of 1965, he traveled to England for the first time, to play in London and at the Cambridge Folk Festival. That August, Phil Ochs introduced Eric to his audience at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, were they harmonized together on "Thirst Boots." That same year, Today Is The Highway, was released. In speaking about Eric's song "Come To My Bedside," New York Times critic, Robert Shelton, cited the lyrics –"typical of the new language and poetic patterns of what will one day be called an 'Eric Andersen song'."  In 1966, he made his Newport Folk Festival debut, and that same summer, he starred in the Andy Warhol film, Space. His second album 'Bout Changes and Things was released. The following year, 1967, he was about to be signed by manager Brian Epstein before he died. He met the Beatles in London and attended some recording sessions. Then Tin Can Alley, his third album, was released and he went on to record two albums, in 1968 and 1969, for Warner Brothers (Avalanche and Eric  Andersen) and one more for Vanguard (A Country Dream).  In 1970, he visited Amsterdam, London, and Paris, and upon his return, played the Festival Express, the legendary musical train tour across Canada. Eric was the only solo acoustic performer on a show that included Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, and the Band. He made his first appearance on national television, as a guest on The Johnny Cash Show.  He lived off and on at the Hotel Chelsea in New York, starting in 1971, where he spent time writing and performing. It was here he met the poets Patti Smith and Gregory Corso.  In 1972, Blue River, his largest selling album to date, was released on Columbia, produced by Norbert Putnam. Joni Mitchell sang the duet harmonies on the title track. The Rolling Stone, Album Guide awarded it four stars and credited it as being "the best example of the 70's singer-songwriter movements." The master tapes to his follow up album, Stages, were mysteriously lost by someone at Columbia as a result of a company shake-up and internal job  politics. That senseless act was a devastating blow to his career. Between 1974 and 1977 he recorded two albums with Clive Davis at Arista Records, Be True To You and Sweet Surprise. He performed at the opening show of the Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, at Gerde's Folk City in New York, and again in Niagra Falls, in 1975.

In 1989, Eric's Ghosts Upon the Road, his first American album  in a decade, was released to wide critical acclaim. It was produced by Steve Addabbo (co-producer of Suzanne Vega). Assisting musicians included John Leventhal Andy Newmark (drummer from John Lennon and Roxy Music), and Shawn Colvin (background vocals). New York Times music critic Robert Palmer wrote the liner notes. CD Review gave it 9 and 10 stars both for performance and sound. The album won two New York Music Awards (for best contemporary folk album and performer). The Rolling Stone Album Guide awarded it 41/2stars, saying that "The entire set stand as one of the best albums of the 1980's."  The 90's witnessed a host of new, recordings that resulted in four new albums from Eric, two in a trio format with Rick Danko and Jonas Fjeld. In addition to those have come re-issues of six of his earlier albums (including three Vanguard CDs, an Arista/Archive compilation, and two upcoming Sony and Plump releases.  In 1990, after 17 years, the missing tapes for the Columbia album, Stages, were found under mysterious circumstances, in the Sony tape  vaults in New York. They were re-mastered and released for the first time, in 1991, as Stages: The Lost Album, on Columbia Legacy records. It won the New York Music Award for best folk album of the year. Rolling Stone magazine, while reviewing Stages as a new album, described it as "a masterwork".  While working together on extra bonus tracks for The Lost Album, in New York City, Eric  teamed up with lead singer and bassist Rick Danko of the Band and Norwegian musician and songwriter Jonas Fjeld. In Oslo, in early 1991, they recorded and album built around their songs and harmonies. D.A. Pennebaker followed them on an Amtrak concert tour in upstate New York, and made a documentary film that has still never been shown.  The album Danko Fjeld Andersen was awarded the Spelleman's Pris, the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Award, in 1992. In the United States, it won the American Independent  Distributors award for best adult contemporary album of the year. Paul Evans called it "soul music of deep and lasting appeal (Rolling Stone). A second album, Ridin' On The Blinds, was recorded in 1994, both for Rykodisk, and that release made the top ten charts of the Americana and Triple A radio airplay lists.  In November, 1996, Eric was, an invited guest at the Conegliano (Venice), Italy Poetry Festival where he performed his songs and poetry alongside the Russian poets Andrei Voznezensky and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. He returned there again in November, 1997, to perform with guests Lou Reed and Jay McInerney.  The fall of 1997 witnessed the release of Collection, a re-mastered CD compilation of Eric's 1970's Arista albums, on Archive Records. This newly collected set according to Dirty Linen's February, 1998 review, was the resulting union of "two brilliant, largely overlooked studio albums." Eric was also a guest on the Jack Keroac tribute album Kicks, Joy, Darkness on Rykodisk, and the Phil Ochs tribute double CD, What's That I Hear, on Sliced Bread Records, released respectively, in May, 1997, and March, 1998.  Memory of the Future, Eric's first new studio recording in ten years, was released this year on Appleseed Records. Memory was recorded in Los Angeles, New York and Oslo. The  supporting talents included Howie Epstein and Benmont Tench (both from the Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker band); Dylan bassist Tony Garnier, Rick Danko and Garth Hudson (from the Band); sax and keyboardist, Robert Aaron; backup singers Eleanor Mills and Sari Andersen; Jonas Fjeld and Richard Thompson. Goldmine called Memory "a strong, ambitious album, if not Andersen's best…let's hope it won't be another decade between albums." Eric is working on a new album for Appleseed Records and will be recording this spring and summer 1999.  In July, 1999 his classic album, Blue River, newly re-mastered (and will include two previously unreleased tracks) was released on Sony Legacy; Ghosts Upon The Road was released on Plump Records (distributed by RE.D./Sony). As Robert Palmer wrote in his liner notes for Ghosts "This is great American music from one of the masters. And it's about time." In addition, his writings were part of a compendium book published by Hyperion Press entitled The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats, released in July 1999. He also performed on May 15 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a Phil Ochs Tribute conference and concert and on July 1 at Central Park in New York for a Joni Mitchell celebration. He also appeared on the Bravo cable channel, on their artist interview series, and in the upcoming American PBS television special, Lost Voices, which is scheduled to be aired next year.  His website will soon include an ordering page from which his audience will be able to purchase his CDs and books.  (Clockwise from top) With Joni Mitchell at McCabe's, Los Angeles 1989. With Elizabeth Cotton at the Philadelphia Folk Festival 1974. At Rolling Thunder Review debut concert with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Rob Stoner at Gerde's Folk City, 1975. With Janis Joplin on Festival Express Canadian train tour, 1970, Patti Smith's original 1970 notes for Eric Andersen songbook, "Selected Songs." with Patti Smith at the Chelsea Hotel 1971.

RIC ANDERSEN COMPLETE VINYL and CD DISCOGRAPHY 
(*currently available on CD) and SONGBOOK 

The Best Of Eric Andersen* 
(20 song compilation from The Vanguard albums 
Today is the Highway, 'Bout Changes 'n Things 
Take 2, Tin Can Alley, and A Country Dream.. 
'Bout Changes 'n Things Take 2, 
Produced by Bill Szymszyk. With Paul Harris 
piano, B-3 organ, chimes; Harvey Brooks, bass; Herbie 
Lovelle, drums. A Country Dream, Eric Andersen 
guitar and vocals. Andy Johnson, lead guitar; Ken 
Buttrey, drums; Norbert Putnam, bass; David Briggs, 
piano; Weldon Myrick, steel guitar; Charlie 
McCoy, Hammond B-3 organ, harmonica, banjo, dobro.) 
Recorded in New York and Nashville. Vanguard 
LP VSD-7/8, 1970. Rereleased on CD*, 1988. 
Cover Photo: John Pilla. 

1. My Land Is A Good Land 
2. Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin' 
3. Thirsty Boots 
4. The Hustler 
5. Close The Door Lightly 
6. Lovesick Blue 
7. Eyes Gently Rolling 
8. Just A Country Dream 
9. Devon, You Look Like Heaven 
10. All I Remember Is You 
11. Song To J.C.B. 
12. Dusty Box Car Wall 
13. Looking Glass 
14. Bumble Bee 
15. Violets Of Dawn 
16. Rollin' Home 
17. Miss Lonely Are You Blue 
18. Broken Hearted Mama 
19. A Woman Is A Prism 
20. Hello, Sun

The Original New Folks* 
Vanguard Records. 
(with Phil Ochs, Lisa Kindred, Bob Jones, 
The Greenbriar Boys, Hedy West, Jackie Washington, 
and David Gude). Vanguard LP, 1964. Vanguard 
CD rerelease, 1993. VCD-143/44 

1. Boot of Blue 
2. Dusty Box Car Wall 
3. Come To My Bedside 
4. Rambler's Lament

Today Is The Highway* 
Vanguard Records. 
(Eric Andersen accompanying himself on guitars and 
harmonica. Debbie Green, second guitar). Recorded in 
New York. Vanguard LP, 1965. Vanguard CD re-
release, 1994. Cover Photo: David Gahr. 

1. Time For My Returnin 
2. Dusty Box Car Wall 
3. Why Does The Bumblebee Fly 
4. Everything Ain't Been Said 
5. The Looking Glass 
6. Rambler's Lament 
7. By The Bay of Mexico 
8. Come To My Bedside 
9. Today is the Highway 
10. Never Comin' Home 
11. Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)

'Bout Changes 'n Things* 
Vanguard Records. 
(Acoustic version. Eric Andersen accompanying 
himself on acoustic guitar and harmonica. 
Debbie Green, 2nd guitar. Harvey Brooks, bass) 
Recorded in New York. Vanguard LP VRS- 79206, 1966. 
Vanguard rerelease CD VMD 79206, 1993. 
Cover Photo: Joel Brodsky. 

1. Violets of Dawn 
2. The Girl I love 
3. That's Alright Mama (Arthur Crudup) 
4. Thirsty Boots 
5. The Hustler 
6. Cross Your Mind 
7. I Shall Go Unbounded 
8. Champion at Keeping Them Rolling (Ewin McCall) 
9. Hey Babe, You Been Cheatin 
10. Blind Fiddler 
11. Close The Door Lightly When You Go 
12. My Land Is A Good Land

'Bout Changes 'n Things Take 2 
Vanguard Records. 
(Produced by Bill Szymszyk. Eric Andersen, vocals, 
guitar, and harmonica). Bass: Harvey Brooks. Piano, 
Hammond B-3 organ, and chimes: Paul Harris. 
Drums: Herbie Lovelle). Recorded in New York. 
Vanguard VSD 79236, 1966. 
Cover Photo: Joel Brodsky. 

1. Close The Door Lightly 
2. That's Alright Mama (Arthur Crudup) 
3. Blind Fiddler 
4. The Hustler 
5. Thirsty Boots 
6. My Land Is A Good Land 
7. Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin' 
8. Cross Your Mind 
9. Champion At Keeping Them Rolling (Ewan McCall) 
10. I Shall Go Unbounded 
11. Violets Of Dawn 
12. The Girl I Love

Tin Can Alley * 
Vanguard Records. 
(Produced and arranged by Al Gorgoni. Eric Andersen, guitar and 
vocals. Electric Guitars: Hugh McCraken, Bob Rafkin, 
Don Thomas, Al Kooper, and Amos Garret. 
Bass: Bob Bushnell, Joe Mack, Steve Anander. 
Drums: Al Rogers, Herb Lovelle, Bobby Gregg. 
Percussion: George Devins, Jack Jennings, Herb Lovelle. 
Piano: Debbie Green, Paul Harris, Paul 
Griffin. Concert Master for strings and horns: 
Irving Spice.) Recorded in New York. 
Vanguard LP VSD 79271, 1968. Rereleased 
Vanguard CD 79271-2, 1994. 
Cover Photo: Jerry Schatzberg. 

1. Tin Can Alley, Part 1 
2. 16 Year Grudge 
3. Miss Lonely, Are You Blue 
4. Mary Sunshine 
5. Honey 
6. Just a Little Something 
7. Rollin' Home 
8. On The Edge Of You 
9. Broken-Hearted Mama 
10. Hello Sun 
11. A Woman is a Prism 
12. Tin Can Alley (Part 2, conclusion)

A Country Dream 
Vanguard Records. 
(Eric Andersen, guitar and vocals. Andy Johnson, 
lead guitar. Ken Buttrey, drums. Norbert Putnam,
bass. David Briggs, piano. Weldon Myrick, steel guitar. 
Charlie McCoy, B-3 organ, harmonica, banjo, and dobro). 
Recorded in Madison, Tennesee. 
Vanguard LP VSD-6540, 1969. 
Cover Photo: John Pilla 

1. (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay 
2. All I Remember Is You 
3. Deborah, I Love You 
4. Devon, You Look Like Heaven 
5. Eyes Gently Rolling 
6. Just A Country Dream 
7. Lovesick Blues 
8. Second Time Around 
9. Smashville Jam (instrumental) 
10. Waves Of Freedom

Eric Andersen 
Warner Brothers Records. 
(Produced by Paul Tannen. Eric Andersen 
vocal, piano, and guitar. Bass: Norbert Putnam. 
Drums: Ken Buttrey. Guitars: Andy Johnson, 
Charlie McCoy. Steel Guitar: Weldon Myrick.
Piano: Paul Harris, David Briggs, Debbie Green. 
Strings and Horns arranged by Paul Harris. Backing 
Vocals: Hurshel's Group). Recorded in Madison, 
Tennessee. Mixed in New York and Los Angeles. 
Warner BrothersLP, 1969, *CD rerelease 
WPCP- 4732, 1990 (Japan only). 

1. Don't Leave Me Here For Dead 
2. It Wasn't A Lie 
3. Sign Of A Desperate Man 
4. I Will Wait 
5. What Is It Like To Be Free 
6. She Touched Me 
7. Lie With Me 
8. I Was The Rebel (She Was The Cause) 
9. Secrets 
10. Go Now, Deborah

Avalanche 
Warner Brothers Records. 
(Produced by Eric Andersen and 
Jerry Goldstein. Eric Andersen 
vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, and piano. 
Bass: Steven Anander, Bruce Langhorn, 
Chuck Rainey. Drums: Nick Gefroe, Herb Lovelle. 
Tambourines: Bruce Langhorn. Guitars: 
Andy Johnson, Bruce Langhorn. Piano: Lee Crabtree, 
Debbie Green. Steel Guitar: Jay Dee Manness. 
"Think About It " arranged by Paul Harris. 
"For What Was Gained" the lost album", Gene Paige). 
Recorded in Los Angeles. Warner Brothers 1970. 
*CD rerelease WPCP-4731, 1990 (Japan only). 
Cover design: Eve Babbitz 

1. It's Comin' And It Won't Be Long 
2. An Old Song 
3. Louise 
4. Think About It 
5. So Hard To Fall 
6. Good To Be With You 
7. (We Were) Foolish Like The Flowers 
8. Avalanche 
9. For What Was Gained

Blue River* 
Columbia Records. 
(Produced by Norbert Putnam. Eric Andersen 
(acoustic guitar, piano and harmonicas). 
Guitars: Andy Johnson, Eddie Hinton, Grady 
Martin. Bass: Norbert Putnam, Mark Sporer. 
Drums: Kenny Buttrey, Jim McKevitt, Richard 
Schlosser. Perussion: Gerry Carrigan, Kenny 
Buttrey. B- 3 Organ: Glenn Spreen, David Briggs. 
Accordian: Kevin Kelly. Steel Guitar: Weldon 
Myrick. Dobro: David Bromberg. Vibes: Andy 
Johnson, Farrel Morris. Piano: Deborah Green 
Andersen, David Briggs Woodwind and string 
arrangements: Glenn Spreen. Background 
vocals: Joni Mitchell, Eric Andersen, Deborah Green 
Andersen, Florence Warner, The Jordanaires, 
The Holidays with Temple Riser). Columbia 
Records 1972. Columbia CD CK 31062, 1988. 
Columbia Sony . Remastered re-issue, Sony Legacy, 
1999 CK65696 includes 2 bonus tracks: Charlie McCoy, 
dobro). Blue River was recorded in 1971 in 
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, and New York. 
Mixed in Nashville. Cover Photo: Don Nelson. 

1. Is It Really Love At All 
2. Pearl's Goodtime Blues 
3. Wind and Sand 
4. Faithful 
5. Blue River 
6. Florentine 
7. Sheila 
8. More Often Than Not (David Wiffen) 
9. Round The Bend 
Re-issue bonus tracks: 
10. Come To My Bedside 
11. Why Don't You Love Me (Hank Williams)

Be True To You 
Arista Records. 
(Produced by Tom Sellers and John Florez. 
Eric Andersen, vocals, acoustic and 12-string 
guitars, harmonica, Fender Rhodes electric 
piano. Drums: John Guerin, Russ Kunkel, 
Dennis St, John. Bass: Scott Edwards, 
Mark Sporer, Emory Gordy. Electric guitar: 
Dean Parks, Chris Bond, Richard Bennett. 
Piano: Tom Hemsley, Allen Lindgren. 
Acoustic guitars, dobro: Howie Emerson. 
Percussion: Gary Coleman. Tenor Saxophone: 
Tom Scott. Electric Clavinet: Tom Sellers. 
Electric Wurlitzer: Allen Lindgren. 
Flute: Ernie Watts. Cello: Jesse Ehrlich. 
Concert Master and first violin: Emanuel Moss. 
Backup singers: Jennifer Warren, Andy Robinson, 
Eric Andersen, Ginger Blake, Maxine Willard 
Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Doug Haywood, 
Jackson Browne, Herb Pedersen, Mike Condello, 
Deborah Green-Andersen, Joni Mitchell, Orwin 
Middleton, and Maria Muldaur. Recorded in 
Los Angeles, 1974. Arista AL 4033. 1975. 
Cover Photo: Edie Baskin. 

1. Moonchild River Song 
2. Be True To You 
3. Wild Crow Blues 
4. Ol' 55 (Tom Waits) 
5. Time Run Like A Freight Train 
6. Liza, Light The Candle 
7. Woman, She Was Gentle 
8. Can't Get You Out Of My Life 
9. The Blues Keep Fallin Like The Rain 
10. Love is Just A Game

Sweet Surprise 
Arista Records. 
(Produced by Tom Sellers. Eric Andersen: 
vocals and acoustic guitar. Chis Parker: drums. 
Richard Bell: keyboards and ARP synthesizer. 
Tony Brown: bass. Arlen Roth: lead acoustic 
and electric guitar. David Mansfield: fiddle 
and guitar. Antonio Ramos: percussion. 
Tom Sellers: additional keyboards. June 
(Sister Joon) Millington: additional acoustic 
and electric guitar. Tim Scmitt: background vocal 
on "Sweet Surprise." Silver (John Batdorf, 
Brent Mydland, Greg Coller): background 
vocals on "Crazy River" and "Dreams of Mexico.
" Jennifer Condos: acoustic guitar and vocal duet 
on "Love Will Meet Again." Happy Traum: 
concertina and mandolin on "Down at the Cantina.
" Paul Horan: Acoustic guitar and harmony on 
"Lost in a Song." Dennis Perracra: background 
vocals on 'Lost in a Song." Wacky Jacky Robbins: 
cello on "Love Will Meet Again." Ben Keith: steel 
guitar on "How it Goes" and "Sweet Surprise." 
Tom Scott: sax on "San Diego Serenade." Tim Schmitt: 
Background vocal on "Sweet Surprise." Concert 
Master: Syd Sharp. Strings arranged by Tom Sellers 
and Eric Andersen. Recorded in New York and 
Los Angeles. Arista LP 4075, 1976. Liner Notes: Eric 
Andersen. Cover Photo: Guy Cross, Woodstock. 

1. Lost In A Song 
2. How It Goes 
3. Dreams Of Mexico 
4. San Diego Serenade (Tom Waits) 
5. Sweer Surprise 
6. Down At The Cantina 
7. Crazy River 
8. Love Will Meet Again

Best Songs 
Arista Records compilation; 
includes live and new studio recordings. 
(Produced by Eric Andersen, Tom Sellers, 
Norbert Putnam. "Is it Really Love at All" 
and "Blue River" has same personnel as the 
1972 Columbia Blue River album. "Time Run Like 
a Freight Train," "Be True To You," "Moonchild 
River Song" has same personnel as the 1975 Arista 
Be True To You album. Three songs, "Thirsty Boots," 
"I Shall Go Unbounded" and "Violets of Dawn" 
were recorded live at the Bitter End, New York. 
Eric Andersen, vocal and guitar. Mark Kunkel: 
harmonica. Arlen Roth: lead acoustic 
guitar. "Hey Babe Have You Been Cheatin" 
and "Close The Door Lightly" were recorded 
in Los Angeles. Eric Andersen, vocal and guitar. 
Mike Baird: drums. Bob Glaub: bass. Jesse 
Ed Davis: guitar. Bill Smith Piano. Steve Woods 
and Brooks Hunnicut: background vocals. 
Bobbye Hall: percussion. Cover 
Photo: Ken Regan, Camea 5. 

1. Is It Really Love At All 
2. I Shall Go Unbounded 
3. Violets Of Dawn 
4. Be True To You 
5. Hey Babe Have You Been Cheatin' 
6. Thirsty Boots 
7. Moonchild River Song 
8. Blue River 
9. Close The Door Lightly 
10. Time Run Like A Frieght Train

MIDNIGHT SON 
CBS Norway, 
(released in Europe, 1980. Rereleased on CD 
1992 Columbia Sony (Norway), remastered by 
Morten Lund, Masterhuset) Produced 
by Eric Andersen and Brad Stahl; 
Musicians: Randy Ciarlante: drums; Brad Stahl: 
bass; Robert Lustgarten: electric and Spanish guitars, 
Tom Patrick Salisbury: keyboards; Backing 
Harmonies: Brad Stahl and Robert Lustgarten. 
Cover photo: Roger N. Olsen. 
CD/Columbia 471677 2. 

1. It Must Be Love (EA/ Artie Funaro) 
2. Rock 'n Roll Woman 
3. Midnight Son 
4. Walked Out the Door 
5. Picture of my Heart 
6. Norway 
7. Who's Gonna Keep my Love 
8. Come Runnin' Like a Friend 
9. Don't Cry Now 
10. Thurman 
11. Messiah

Retrospective 
CBS Norway 
(Selections from from 3 1970's Arista albums .) 
Released Norway, 1981. 
(Album personnel information the same). 

1. Can't Get You Out Of My Life
2. Down At The Cantina
3. Dreams Of Mexico
4. Liza, Light The Candle
5. Lost In A Song
6. Love Will Meet Again
7. Moonchild Riversong
8. Ol` 55
9. San Diego Serenade
10.The Blues Keep Fallin` Like The Rain
11. Wild Crow Blues

Tight In The Night 
EMI Sweden/Scandanavia 
(Produced by Eric Andersen. 1983 Canadian 
and Swedish recordings). Released, 1984, in 
Scandanavia. Japan, 1990, on Pony Canyon 
Records. *Canadian musicians: Bucky Berger, 
drums; Terry Wilkins, bass; Scott "Professor" 
Cushnie, piano and keyboards; Mitch Lewis, 
guitar; Sax, Jody Golick. Swedish musicians: 
Pelle Alsing, drums; Backa Hans 
Eriksson, bass; Hasse Olson, keyboards; 
Dvid Carlson, guitar; Glen Meyerscough, 
sax; Per Cussion, percussion; backing vocals: 
Eva Dahlgren, Mikael Rikfors, Basse Wickman, 
* Mitch Lewis and Terry 
Wilkins. Cover Photo: Calle Bengsston, Stockholm. 

1. Walkin in my Sleep* 
2. Lovin' You, Lovin' Me 
3. Jonah* 
4. Girls of Denmark 
5. Someone in my Life 
6. What will you do with my Heart 
7. She can Dance* 
8. Straight Life* 
9. Count on You 
10. Tight in the Night*

Istanbul 
EMI Belgium/ Benelux. 
(Sound track album from the film Istanbul. 
Directed by Marc Didden. Songs and soundtrack 
written, composed, produced, and arranged 
by Eric Andersen. Orchestral arrangements 
by Ann Sheldon and Eric Andersen with members 
of the the Brussels Symphony Orchestra 
and Brussels Opera. Released, 1985, Europe only. 
All musician information not available. Cover Photo: 
Movie still of Brad Dourif and Dominique DeRuddre. 

1. Cliffs of Dover (instrumental) 
2. Movin' With the Wind 
3. Istanbul (Highway song) 
4. Is it Love 
5. Where Goes my love (sonata) 
6. Is it Love (instrumental) 
7. Tell me what you Want 
8. Where goes my Love (instrumental. Ann Sheldon, 
cello; Marilyn Crispell, piano). 
9. Higher Ground (Roland Van Campenhout, guitar, 
harmonica) 
10. Movin' With the Wind (instrumental)

Ghosts Upon The Road* 
Gold Mountain 
Records (U.S.), Virgin (Europe), Alert (Canada), 
Festival (Australia), Pony Canyon (Japan), Plump 
( U.S. reissue, 1994) (Produced by Steve Addabbo. 
Eric Andersen: Vocal, guitar, piano, snare drum 
on title track. Andy Newmark: Drums. Bashiri 
Johnson and Michael Blair: Percussion. John 
Leventhal and Steve Addabbo (on"Carry me Away"): 
Electric and acoustic guitars. Michael Visceglia: 
Bass. Tony Garnier: Upright acoustic bass. 
Mark Hamza: Hammond B-3 Organ. Anton Sanko, 
Steve Gabori, John Leventhal: Keyboard synthesizers. 
Frode Larsen: harmonica. Marilyn Crispell: Additional 
piano on "Irish Lace." Barbara Higbie: violin 
on "Belgian Bar." Shawn Colvin, Eric Andersen: Backup 
harmonies. Recorded in New York, 1988. 
Released world-wide 1989. Rerelease Plump Records, 
1998. Liner Notes: Robert Palmer. 
Cover Photo: Birgit Rudi. 

1. Belgian Bar 
2. Spanish Steps 
3. It Starts With A Lie (with John Leventhal) 
4. Trouble In Paris 
5. Listen To The Rain 
6. Ghosts Upon The Road 
7. Too Many Times (I will Try) (with John Leventhal) 
8. Carry Me Away 
9. Six Senses Of Darkness 
10. Irish Lace

Stages: The Lost Album* 
Columbia Legacy 
Records (Sony). (Produced Norbert Putnam. 
Eric Andersen: Vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica. 
Acoustic and electric guitars: Teddy Irwin, Eddie Hinton, 
Andy Johnson, Reggie Young, Leon Russell, Troy Seals. 
Bass: Norbert Putnam, Tommy Cosgrove. Drums: 
Kenny Malone, Kenny Buttrey. Piano: David Briggs, 
Leon Russell, Debbie Green Andersen. Hammond 
B-3 organ: Glenn Spreen, David Briggs. Wurlitzer 
electric piano: Leon Russell. Acoustic stand-up bass, 
arco bass, cello, harmonium: Norbert Putnam. 
Percussion: Farrell Morris, Charlie McCoy. 
Steel Guitar: Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick. Gut string 
guitar: Grady Martin. Background vocals: Joan Baez, 
Florence Warner, Dan Fogelberg. Three new bonus 
track recordings: Produced by Steve Addabbo. Eric 
Andersen: Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica. Acoustic, 
12-string, and electric guitars: Jonas Fjeld, 
Jon Gordon, Wille Nile, Joe Spivey. Bass: Rick Danko. 
Drums: Andy Newmark. Accordian: Garth Hudson. 
Synthesizer: Steve Addabbo. Mandolin and concertina: 
Eric Bazillian. Fiddle: Joe Spivey. Background singers: 
Rick Danko and Shawn Colvin). Recorded in Nashville 
and New York, 1972-73 and 1990. Columbia original 
CD 47120, 1991. Liner Notes: Anthony DeCurtis. 
Cover Photo: David Gahr. 

1. Baby, I'm Lonesome 
2. Mnnchild River Song 
3. Can't Get You Out Of My Life 
4. Woman, She Was Gentle 
5. Time Run Like A Frieght Train 
6. Wild Crow Blues 
7. Be True To You 
8. I Love To Sing My Ballad, Mama (But They Only 
Wanna Hear Me Rock And Roll) 
9. Dream To Rimbaud 
10. Make It Last (Angel In The Wind) 
11. Lie With Me 
12. Soul Of My Song (Jonas Fjeld, Ole Paus, Willie Nile)

Danko Fjeld Andersen * 
Stageway/Mercury Records 
(Scandanavia) Rykodisc, world-wide. (Produced 
by Rick Danko, Jonas Fjeld, Eric Andersen, and 
Ingar Helgessen. Eric Andersen: Vocals, guitar, 
piano. Jonas Fjeld, Vocals and guitars. Rick Danko: 
Vocals,bass, guitar. Rune Arnesen: Drums and 
percussion.Kristine Skaare: Piano and accordian. 
Knut Riersrud: Electric guitars, piano, harmonica. 
Lasse Hafræger: Hammond B-3 organ. Garth 
Hudson: Accordian on "Blue River." Hallvard T. 
Bjørgum: Hardanger fiddle. Oslo Gospel Choir: 
backing vocals on "Blue River." Audun Erlen: 
Bass. Frode Larsen: Harmonica. Vidar Busk: 
Electric guitar). Recorded in Oslo. Released 1991, 
Ryko RCD 10270, 1992. 
Liner Notes: Robert Palmer. 

1. Driftin' Away (EA with Rick Danko) 
2. Blue Hotel (Jonas Fjeld/Jim Sherraden) 
3. One More Shot (Paul Kennerly) 
4. Mary I'm Comin' Back Home 
5. Blue River 
6. Judgement Day (fiddle slått) 
7. When Morning Comes To America 
(Jonas Fjeld/Jim Sherradan) 
8. Wrong Side Of Town (Eric Andersen/Jonas Fjeld) 
9. Sick And Tired (Chris Kenner) 
10. Angels In The Snow (Jonas Fjeld/Ole Paus/ 
Eng. lyrics EA) 
11. Blaze Of Glory (Johnny Slate/Danny 
Morrison/Larry Keith) 
12. Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton)

Ridin' On The Blinds * (DANKO FJELD ANDERSEN)
Grappa Records (Norway) Rykodisc world-wide. 
(Produced by Danko, Fjeld, Andersen, 
Ingar Helgessen. Eric Andersen: Vocals, guitar, 
Hammond B-3 organ. Rick Danko: Vocals, bass, guitar. 
Jonas Fjeld: vocals, guitars. Knut Reirsrud: Electric and 
acoustic guitars, harmonics, Tyrkish saz, slide guitar, 
electric sitar, Langeleik guitar, baritone guitar. 
Kristin Skaare: Grand piano, accordian, Fender 
Rhodes piano, Harmonium. Garth Hudson: Accordian, 
Kurzweil keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ. Rune 
Arnesen: Drums and percussion. Hallvard T. Bjørgum: 
Hardanger fiddle. Bugge Wesseltolt: Wurlitzer electric 
piano, Hammond B-3 organ. Bent Bredesen: 
Electric lead guitar (Come Runnin'). Tone Hulbækmo: 
Norwegian medieval harp, harmonium. Hans 
Fredrik Jakobsen: Medieval Swedish bagpipes. 
Norwegian selje flute, wooden flutes, kantele 
Finnish lap harp. Kirsten Bråten Berg: 
Duet voice on "Dimming Of The Day." Ed Kaercher: 
Harmony on "Twighlight." Jørun Bøgeberg: 
Martin acoustic guitar bass. Lillebjørn Nilsen: Banjo. 
Members of the Oslo Gospel Choir: Backup harmonies). 
Recorded in Oslo. Released Grappa GRCD 4080, 
1993.Rykodisc, 1994. Liner notes: Eric Andersen. 
Cover Photo: Fin Serok-Hanssen. 

1. Ridin' On The Blinds (EA/Jonas Fjeld/Rick Danko) 
2. Twighlight (Robbie Robertson) 
3. Dimming Of The Day (Richard Thompson) 
4. Ragtop (EA/Jonas Fjeld/Rick Danko) 
5. Come Runnin' Like A Friend 
6. Women 'Cross The River (David Olney) 
7. Lie With Me 
8. All Creation (EA/Rick Danko) 
9. Outside Track (Henry Lawson/Gerry W. Hallum) 
10. Every Man Is His Own Hero (EA/Jonas Fjeld/Rick Danko) 
11. Baby I'm Lonesome 
12. Your Eyes (Jonas Fjeld/Jim Sherradan) 
13. Bottle Of Wine (Tom Paxton) 
14. Keep This Love Alive (EA/Rick Danko)

Collection* 
Archive Recordings, New York 
(Remastered compilation album of three Arista recordings: 
Be True To You, Sweet Surprise, Best Songs. Compilation 
produced by Barry Ehrmann. Track sequencing by 
Nick Cinque. 24 bit SMB digital mastering by Mark 
Wilder at Sony, NY. Personnel the same as the 
originals: Be True To You, Sweet Surprise, and Best 
Songs). Archive ACH80017, 1997. 
Cover Photo montage: Edie Baskin. 

1. Moonchild River Song 
2. Be True To You 
3. Ol' 55 (Tom Waits) 
4. Time Run Like A Freight Train 
5. Liza, Light The Candle 
6. Woman, She Was Gentle 
7. Love Is Just A Game 
8. Lost In A Song 
9. How It Goes 
10. Down At The Cantina 
11. Sweet Surprise 
12. Love Will Meet Again 
13. I Shall Go Unbounded 
14. Violets Of Dawn 
15. Thirsty Boots 
Bonus track 15. Sunshine And Flowers

Memory Of The Future * 
Appleseed Records APR 1028 
(Redhouse/Koch distrib.). (Produced by Howie 
Epstein*, Eric Andersen, Jonas Fjeld, Robert Aaron**. 
Album co-producer: Ingar Helgesen. Eric Andersen: 
Vocal, guitar, harmonica. Los Angeles musicians-- 
Howie Epstein: Bass, acoustic and slide guitars, 
vocal harmony. Benmont Tench: Keyboards. Joe Ramosa: 
Drums. John Beasley: Keyboards. 
Richard Thompson: Electric guitars. Sari Andersen: 
Backing harmonies. New York musicians-- Rick 
Danko: Bass and harmonies. Tony Garnier: electric 
and acoustic double bass. Robert Aaron: Keyboards, 
keyboard bass, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones, 
flute, trumpet, Hammon B-3 organ, percussion. 
Jon Gordon: Electric guitar. Ismael Bruno: Percussion. 
Garth Hudson: Accordians, tenor sax. Eleanor 
Mills: Backup vocals. Norway musicians-- Jonas Fjeld: 
Acoustic, high-string, baritone guitars, 
keyboards, pump-organ, and harmony vocal. Per 
Hillestad: Drums and percussion. 
Dag Arve Sandenes: Electric guitar. Steve Addabbo: 
Electric guitar.. Ingrid Kindem: Acoustic grand piano. 
Frode Larsen: Bass. Unni Askeland: duet vocal 
and backgound vocals). Recorded West Hollywood, 
Santa Monica, New York, Oslo, Asker, and Drammen. 
Release Appleseed, 1998. Liner notes: David Fricke. 
over Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, NYC. 
Normal Records, Germany N220, 
distributed by Indigo 8620-2/LC8820 

1. Blue Heart* 
2. Foghorn 
3. Sudden Love 
4. Rain Falls Down In Amsterdam* 
5. Goin Gone* 
6. Memory Of The Future ** 
7. Sex With You 
8. Chinatown 
9. No Man's Land** 
10. When I'm Gone 
11. Hills Of Tuscany

Violets of Dawn* 
Compilation CD 79539-2 selected and 
produced by Tom Vickers. Liner notes by Billy 
Altman. Released 1999. Selections and musicians f
rom 6 original Vanguard 60's vinyl recordings, 
including the New Folks album, 'Bout Changes 'n 
Things Take 2*, and Just A Country Dream**. Cover 
Photo: Joel Brodsky. 

1. Boot of Blue 
2. Rambler's Lament 
3. Violets of Dawn 
4. Thirsty Boots 
5. Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin' * 
6. The Hustler 
7. Close the Door Lightly When You Go 
8. Song to JCB 
9. Dusty Box Car Wall 
10. Come To My Bedside 
11. Looking Glass 
12. Just a Country Dream** 
13. Eyes Gently Rollin' ** 
14. On the Edge of You 
15. All I Remember is You ** 
16. Rollin' Home 
17. Miss Lonely Are You Blue 
18. Broken Hearted Mama

You Can't ReliveThe Past* 
Appleseed Records 
APR 1032(Redhouse/Koch distrib.), Norske Gram 
Records-EMI, Scandanavia. Released 2000. 
Produced by Eric Andersen. Recorded at Live 
Wire Studios, New York (by Steve Gaboury) and 
Money Shot Studios, Water Valley, Mississippi 
(Bruce Watson). Mixed by Steve Gaboury, 
NY. Mississippi Musicians: Eric Andersen, 
vocals, guitar and harmonica; Sam Carr, 
drums; Kenny Brown, slide; James "Super Chikan" 
Johnson, guitar. New York Musicians: Eric Andersen, 
vocal, guitar and harmonica; Lou Reed, guitar and vocal; 
Ismael Bruno, percussion; Artie Traum, Spanish 
guitar; Lucy Kaplansky, backing vocals; Dan Hovey, 
slide guitar; Eric Frielander, cello; Robert Aaron, 
flute, piano and clarinet. Liner Notes: Anthony DeCurtis. 
Cover Photo: Unni Askeland. 

1. Eyes of the Immigrant 
2. You Can't Relive the Past (EA/Lou Reed) 
3. Gonna Go Crazy 
4. The Meadow Lark (EA/Townes Van Zandt) 
5. Once in a Pale Blue Moon 
6. Stand Me Up Easy 
7. Dear Mama 
8. The Road (EA/Townes Van Zandt) 
9. Cold Country 
10. Night Train (EA/Townes Van Zandt) 
11. Magdalena 
12. The Blue March (EA/Townes Van Zandt) 
13. Fat Possum Reprise (EA/ instrumental)

BEAT AVENUE  
Appleseed Records 
APR 1068 Released 2003. 
Produced by Eric Andersen for Play-it-by-Ear productions.
Recorded and mixed on Studer and Ampex analog machines
by David Seitz at Theater 99, New York City, April - May 2002

CD 1
1. Ain't No Time to Blled 
2. Before Everything Changed 
3. Salt On Your Skin
4. Song Of You And Me 
5. Shape OF A Broken Heart 
6. Great Pyramid 
7. Under The Shadows
8. Rains Are Gonna Come
9. Runaway
10. Stupid Love
11. Still Looking For You 
12. Feel Like Comin' Home

CD 2  
1. Beat Avenue
2. Blue Rockin' Chair

The Street Was Always There
Great American Song Series Vol. 1
Appleseed Records 
APR 1082 Released 2004.  

1. Little Bit of Rain (Fred Neil)
2. These 23 Days in September (David Blue)
3. Universal Soldier (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
4. Johnny Half-Breed (Peter LaFarge) 
5. Waves of Freedom (Eric Andersen) 
6. I Ain't Marching Anymore (Phil Ochs)
7. Louise ( Paul Siebel)
8. Misty Roses (Tim Hardin)
9. White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land (Phil Ochs)
10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan)
11. Many a Mile (Patrick Sky)
12. The Other Side of This Life (Fred Neil)
13. The Street Was Always There (Eric Andersen)
14. Phil Ochs speaks