The Street Was Always There Great American Songs Series : Vol. 1 (2004)

"Eric Andersen, one of America's premier singer-songwriters for almost four decades, puts aside his original material to 'sing as freshly as possible the songs I first heard sung in the streets, cafes, and clubs by certain performing songwriters in the 1960s Greenwich Village'. On this latest CD Andersen presents passionate new versions of classics and forgotten gems written by the pantheon of his '60s elders, contemporaries, and friends - Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Fred Neil, Tim Hardin, Peter La Farge, Patrick Sky, David Blue, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Paul Siebel. The Village was a hotbed of folk clubs and the talented singers, songwriters and performers to fill them. Eric was one of the first of the musicians to concentrate on creating personal, poetic songs, rather than updating traditional tunes or writing folk-oriented urban blues. Andersen applies his time-seasoned baritone to all-to-relevant anti-war songs like Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall,' and Sainte-Marie's 'Universal Soldier'." (Amazon)