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Songwriter Eric Andersen crossed paths with everyone from Dylan to Warhol. Now, he’s getting his due.

With the release of a new documentary about his life, the cult-favorite balladeer recalls hanging with Patti Smith, befriending Lou Reed, and almost being managed by the man who gave us the Beatles.

EVEN IN THE Sixties, Eric Andersen was never a typical troubadour. Harper’s once described him as sporting “high cheekbones like Rudolf Nureyev’s,” and he eschewed folk sing-alongs for his own sensuous ballads, like “Violets of Dawn,” “Thirsty Boots,” and “Close the Door Lightly When You Go.” The Beatles’ Brian Epstein wanted to manage him, Johnny Cash invited Andersen onto his network TV series, and Andersen’s friend Joni Mitchell guested on Blue River, the stately 1972 album that became the singer-songwriter’s commercial breakthrough. Andersen was even cast in one of Andy Warhol’s earliest movies, 1965’s Space.

Yet for whatever reasons and misfortunes, Andersen never hit the stratosphere in the same way as so many of his contemporaries. Epstein died right before he planned to take Andersen on, and the tapes for Stages, the follow-up to Blue River, went mysteriously missing, derailing his career (they weren’t found until nearly 20 years later, when they were finally released). In the Eighties, Andersen moved to Norway, where he lived for more than 20 years, and continued releasing strong albums like Ghosts Upon the Road and You Can’t Relive the Past, some of which included co-writes with his friend Lou Reed.

Tracks:
DISC: 1
1. Thirsty Boots - Bob Dylan (Previously Recorded and Unreleased)
2. Goin' Gone - Richard Shindell
3. Eyes of the Immigrant - Lucy Kaplansky
4. You Can't Relive the Past - Syd Straw
5. Salt on Your Skin - Albert Lee
6. Before Everything Changed - Scarlet Rivera
7. Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam - Willie Nile
8. Cold Country - Elliott Murphy
9. Ain't No Time to Bleed - Eric Bazilian
10. Foghorn - Larry Campbell ; Teresa Williams
11. Singin' Man - Eric Lee
12. Blue Heart - Paul Lamont
13. Rains Are Gonna Come - Evan Stanley
14. Violets of Dawn - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Previously Recorded)

DISC 2:
15. Moonchild River Song - Dan Navarro
16. Hills of Tuscany - Janis Ian
17. Time Run Like a Freight Train - Wesley Stace
18. Woman, She Was Gentle - Scott Severin Featuring Stateleigh Holmes
19. Sweet Surprise - Arlen Roth
20. Baby, I'm Lonesome - Denice Franke
21. Listen to the Rain - Sari Andersen with Debbie Green (Previously Recorded)
22. Belgian Bar - Steve Postell
23. Trouble in Paris - Robert Aaron
24. Driftin' Away - Signè Andersen
25. Six Senses of Darkness - Steve Addabbo
26. Come Runnin' Like a Friend - John Gorka
27. Mary I'm Comin' Back Home - Happy Traum
28. Blue River - Amy Helm

DISC 3:
29. (I Ain't Always Been) Faithful - Linda Ronstadt (Previously Recorded)
30. Wind and Sand - David Buskin and Robin Batteau
31. The Hustler - Don Graham
32. Is It Really Love at All - Alice Howe
33. Sheila - Jim Wurster
34. Miss Lonely Are You Blue - Lenny Kaye
35. Round the Bend - Inge Andersen (Previously Recorded)
36. Song to J.C.B. - Dom Flemons
37. Come to My Bedside, My Darling - Simon Keats (Aka Paul Zoontjens) (Previously Recorded)
38. For What Was Gained - Joyce Andersen (Previously Recorded)
39. Dusty Box Car Wall - Cliff Eberhardt
40. Waves of Freedom - the Kennedys
41. Close the Door Lightly When You Go - Richard Barone Featuring Allison Moorer) (Previously Recorded)
42. Blue River (Live) - Rick Danko (Previously Recorded)

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