Blue River (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Blue River
Type = Album
Artist = Eric Andersen


Released = February, 1972
Recorded = 1971
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 46:43
Label = Columbia
Producer = Norbert Putnam
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9yqvadskv8w6 link]
*Piero Scaruffi rating-10|7 [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol1/andersen.html link]
Last album = "Eric Andersen" (1969)
This album = "Blue River" (1972)
Next album = "" (1972)

"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".

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 Wiffen) – 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 Andersen - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals
*David Bromberg - dobro, acoustic guitar
*Andy Johnson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vibraphone, background vocals
*David Briggs - organ, keyboards, celeste
*Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
*Norbert Putnam - bass
*Glen Spreen - organ, harpsichord, keyboards, woodwinds
*Eddie Hinton - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Grady Martin - gut string guitar, acoustic guitar
*Kevin Kelly - accordion
*Mark Sporer - bass
*Kenneth Buttrey - drums, percussion, tambourine
*Jim McKevitt - drums
*Richard Schlosser - drums
*Deborah Andersen - piano, background vocals
*Joni Mitchell - vocals, background vocals
*Farrell Morris - vibraphone, background vocals
*Jerry Carrigan - percussion
*Millie Kirkham - background vocals
*Sonja Montgomery - background vocals
*Laverna Moore - background vocals
*Florence Warner - background vocals
*Temple Riser - background vocals
*The Jordanaires - 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