Blue River (album)
Encyclopedia
Blue River is the 1972 album from Folk rock
musician Eric Andersen
. The album was recorded in Nashville
, and is a regarded as a landmark recording for the Singer-songwriter
/Folk rock
genre. Guest musician Joni Mitchell
contributes vocals on the title track "Blue River".
~ = Bonus Track on CD Release (recorded during album sessions)
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
musician Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:In the early 1960s, Eric Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York...
. The album was recorded in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, and is a regarded as a landmark recording for the Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
/Folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
genre. Guest musician Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
contributes vocals on the title track "Blue River".
Track listing
- "Is It Really Love at All" (Andersen) – 5:21
- "Pearl's Goodtime Blues" (Andersen) – 2:21
- "Wind and Sand" (Andersen) – 4:30
- "Faithful" (Andersen) – 3:15
- "Blue River" (Andersen) – 4:46
- "Florentine" (Andersen) – 3:31
- "Sheila" (Andersen) – 4:37
- "More Often Than Not" (David WiffenDavid WiffenDavid Wiffen is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter. Two of his songs, "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not", have become cover standards.- Career :...
) – 4:52 - "Round the Bend" (Andersen) – 5:38
- "Come To My Bedside, My Darlin'" (Andersen) - 4:58 ~
- "Why Don't You Love Me" (Hank Williams) - 2:54 ~
~ = Bonus Track on CD Release (recorded during album sessions)
Personnel
- Eric AndersenEric AndersenEric Andersen is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:In the early 1960s, Eric Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York...
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals - David BrombergDavid BrombergDavid Bromberg is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Bromberg has an eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the...
- dobro, acoustic guitar - Andy Johnson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vibraphone, background vocals
- David BriggsDavid Briggs (American musician)David Briggs is an American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner....
- organ, keyboards, celeste - Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
- Norbert PutnamNorbert PutnamNorbert Putnam is an American record producer and musician. He grew up near Florence, Alabama and was part of the Muscle Shoals musicians brought to Nashville to play for Elvis Presley in 1965. Putnam worked there as a bassist on recording sessions with Presley, Roy Orbison, Al Hirt, Henry...
- bass - Glen Spreen - organ, harpsichord, keyboards, woodwinds
- Eddie HintonEddie HintonEddie Hinton was an American songwriter and session musician best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers...
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar - Grady MartinGrady MartinThomas Grady Martin was one of the most renowned, inventive and historically significant American session musicians in country music and rockabilly....
- gut string guitar, acoustic guitar - Kevin Kelly - accordion
- Mark Sporer - bass
- Kenneth Buttrey - drums, percussion, tambourine
- Jim McKevitt - drums
- Rick ShlosserRick ShlosserRick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee School of Music, has been a member ofVan Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer.-Discography:* Andy Pratt - Records Are Like Life...
- drums - Deborah Andersen - piano, background vocals
- Joni MitchellJoni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
- vocals, background vocals - Farrell Morris - vibraphone, background vocals
- Jerry CarriganJerry CarriganJerry Carrigan is an American drummer and record producer born 13 September 1943 in Florence, Alabama. He first achieved widespread recognition by being part of the first wave of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later as a session musician in Nashville, Tennessee for over 3 decades...
- percussion - Millie KirkhamMillie KirkhamMildred 'Millie' Kirkham is an American singer who was featured on many classic hit recordings from the mid 1950s through the 1980s.-Early life:Kirkham was born in Nashville, Tennessee...
- background vocals - Sonja Montgomery - background vocals
- Laverna Moore - background vocals
- Florence WarnerFlorence WarnerFlorence Warner is an American singer who has worked mainly in recordings of TV commercials, including the Hello News image campaign from Gari Communications....
- background vocals - Temple Riser - background vocals
- The JordanairesThe JordanairesThe Jordanaires are an American vocal quartet, which formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are best known for providing vocal background for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972...
- background vocals - The Holidays - background vocals
Production
- Producer: Norbert Putnam
- Recording Engineer: Stan Hutto/Glen Kolotkin/Stan Tonkel
- Production Manager: Jessica Sowin
- Art Direction: John Berg
- Liner Notes: Anthony DeCurtis
- Photography: Urve Kuusik/Sandy Speiser/Don Nelson