Eric Andersen - Dance Of Love & Death (Gate) [LP]

Dance of Love and Death is a 2 LP set containing 17 songs, the first studio album of new Eric Andersen songs since 2003. Featuring special guests (Lenny Kaye, Larry Campbell, Steve Addabbo, Eric Lee, Joyce Andersen, Tony Garnier, Michele Gazich, Inge Andersen, Robin Batteau, Mark Dann, Abby Newton, Mike Visceglia, Jagoda, Cheryl Prashker and Wyatt Offit) accompanying Eric Andersen. All songs on this album were previously unreleased except for live versions of 3 songs which appear on live concert albums and 2 songs previously released on digital albums. All songs written by Eric Andersen except "Cross of Gold" written by Robin Batteau. Andersen first came to prominence as a performer in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and immediately became part of the Village folk and songwriter scene and was at the epicenter of the American Greenwich Village singer-songwriter explosion. Aside from his own classics, he's co-written songs with Lou Reed, Townes Van Zandt, Rick Danko, and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead). And his songs have been covered by many artists including Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, Fairport Convention and Peter, Paul & Mary. He is featured in an Andy Warhol film (Space) and in many music documentaries. A full-length documentary about Eric Andersen The Songpoet (released 2019) is available for streaming on PBS. He has broken the boundaries of songwriting with a 26-minute recitative and incorporating literary influences and works in his writing. He is currently working on a memoir.