You are listening to Nakedly Examined Music, a podcast about songs and songwriters. My name is Mark Lintonmeyer. My guest for episode 238 is Eric Anderson. He was a major figure in the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York City

and 60s. You're right now hearing his biggest hit, Violets of Dawn, from Bout Changes and Things,

his second album from 1966. He has just released his 22nd solo album, Dance of Love and Death.

Gonna discuss the song, Don't It Make You Want to Sing the Blues from that album?

They look back to Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam from Memory of the Future, 1998.

They look back to six senses of darkness from Ghosts Upon the Road, 1989.

And we'll conclude by Time Run Like a Fright Train,

the Version from Stages the Lost album recorded in 1973.

Eric's early songs have been covered by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, John Denver, Judy Collins,

Ricky Nelson, a number of others, and in addition to those solo albums, he's released two albums with Danko Fyeld Anderson with Rick Danko from The Band.

And he's also released at least seven live albums.

And he also co-wrote at least one song for The Grateful Dead.

More information at Eric Anderson.com.

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