Eric Anderson - Thirsty Boots 1970

[TheDonnellymarie]

I enjoyed hearing this song again. I don't wish to seem rude but this clip isn't rare. The original reel of the festival express was found some time ago and lovingly restored onto dvd I don't remember the year the dvd came out. It also featured interviews of the stars and organisers. I am only in my 20s and I am a fan of 60s folk music. I would have liked to have seen this performance 1st hand. Still it is refreshing to hear Eric Andersons melodic song stylings again.

[friend839]

I have just returned from visiting my son in Perth W.A. where I heard this gut on a MOJO compilation. I am a child of the 60's. Dylan fan from '63: but I have never heard of Eric Andersen. Why not. His voice is fantastaic. Where has he beed for the past 40 odd years.

[kilbarchanstation]

Snuck in free and go to see The Band.

Also accross the road in the park, Mountain played for free!

Great show!

[TheGB1950]

Too bad the audience looks bored. They didn't know what they missed.I read some comments that this was written as a dedication to Phil Ochs, if so its very fitting.

[goodtimefolkrock]

great version...great film too!



[bipolarbert]

i guess it was "eating cold from cans" (ghosts upon the road) that gave him a 28 inch waistline !!

[chrysabra]

this guy lived in my street in the netherlands , great people

[BornOutOfAGuitar]

3:12 Coming up: village People

[MsKatchina]

My man...love his voice.....

[Mickagume]

What a beautifully gentle man...and beautiful music he gave us!

[cannedpoo]

Eric Andersen, with Amalgamated Muck

Time

Sunday, November 14 · 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Location The Kate (Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts center)

300 Main Street

Old Saybrook, CT

[RexRed2]

Excellent perfectos.

[RolloffDeBunk]

Wow 1970! The wayback machine's alive and well! thanks for sharing !

[boomerlady]

what does the audience look like now?

[metacouture]

eric. thank you. and deadhead for posting this.

eric. sir. it is so heartening to see your work finally getting the attention it deserves.

blessings from emmy and i (i'm her son).

~stefan

[MARKERIC23]

CHECK OUT EL PASO SINGER my space music/MARK ERIC.....THE SONG "BLESS MYSELF

[frilaif]

great!

[DarthCouragous]

this is so very undoubtedly performed in the year nineteen seven-o

[jonasjar]

Eric is wonderful but the audience doesnt seem that interested, think he would fit better in a small club than in this giant arena.

[mikeymodavis123]

the easier times man

fack mee

[chazma]

I have the album and listen to it at least once a year. i saw him in the Village in NYC when I was a kid-he is great. Where is he?

[drpeebles]

Eric lives overseas. Was in Norway, now Amsterdam, I think.  He comes to US frequently.

[RoyFive]

Somebody really needs to upload It's Comin' And It Won't Be Long. Someone really, truly, and seriously needs to do that because it's a great song and it needs to be done. It's Comin' And It Won't Be Long. PLEASE!

[nynan45]

I knew Eric very well and this song was written way before Phil passed away--I first hear it on Marthas Vineyard in 1962. Then I hung out with Eric in Boston at the 47 and knew his playlist very well!

[DNAblues]

Didn't he write this while living in New York City? And yes it was written way before Phil passed away. (Damn I miss Phil Ochs.)

[verbaud]

This is a song written for Phil Ochs. RIP

[reverendjesse]

Wrong. I love Phil, but he didn't write this.

[verbaud]

Saw Eric a few times. He always said,"These words and this song were written for Phil Ochs." Maybe he was just dedicating.....Walk in Peace.

[DNAblues]

You are correct that he did dedicate it to Phil. There is a link on the side here that says Eric Andersen (approx. 7 minutes). It is Eric playing at the Phila Folk Festival. In that video you can hear Erica dedicate it to feel and "all those who are marching to be free."

[rattlunhum]

When I 1st heard the album 'Bout Changes 'n Things It was my belief that Eric Andersen would achieve the icon status that Bob Dylan eventually did. (not to take away anything from Bob) Eric was one of the defining artists of our time, however little notoriety he may have achieved. A giant talent.

[JTho658351]

WELL SAID

[slowpokecat]

I often wonder do performers look down in the audience and wonder why all the geeks come to hear me sing?

[cyberoid]

We're seeing Eric Andersen tonight at the Tucson Folk Festival. I wouldn't miss him for anything. One of the timeless greats. His new music is as good as his old.

[sasimljoelver]

my mom used to sing this to me as "take of your bossy boots".

[cbyam1300]

Saw him singing this song with Roger McGuinn last night... fabulous.

[lagooie]

I have listened to this guy since about 1971-I love him-you can sometimes catch him at Eddie's Attic-Decatur, Ga-have not gone-but have seen him on the schedule.  I am always doing something when the great things happen.

[Sandmansolves]

Great song

[MROSEN62]

I saw Eric Andersen and Phil Ochs in a joint appearance at the Gaslight in NYC in 1964. Eric did a full set followed by a set by Phil. Then Eric came back with another set and did not repeat a single song. Then Phil did the same. They were both at the very top of their game. An evening never to be forgotten.

[a46474647]

The Gaslight in '64? Wow! You were there at the beginning! I spent the summer of '67 in the village playing guitar on the street corners and in the park. Worked at the Figaro. Will never forget it. Wonderful memories of the Village and all the various characters that crossed my path. Wouldn't trade it for the world! What a place, what a time! The summer of Love!

[rollingbrick]

Saw him in the late 1960's at the Steamboat(?) in Yorkville, Toronto after the release of "Bout Changes and Things". Awesome performance!

[marylamb1]

eric andersen would have made peoples 50 most beautiful people in his youth it is too bad that the only clip from that era is this one where he looks like he could be in those geiko ads as one of the cave men he is a very special song writer that is very unappreciated

[Love4Danko]

I agree with you!

[davidlenander]

Hey, there are several other Eric Andersen YouTube clips from even earlier than this, including one from 60s TV--might be Violets of Dawn or Rolling Home where he looks lots younger and less hairy.

[4787Macks]

One of Eric's best. Brings back many a memory of hearing him at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr, PA in the late 1960's.

[2rainbowed]

Great wording: "thirsty boots"!!

Written, I'm told for a friend of Andersson's who participated in "freedom rides" and so bore the painful retribution. Eric said b/c he didn't go, that tne ordeals should be remembered.

[fishcake48]

wonderful to see this, thank you so much for sharing, it brings back many memories

[jacquesmees]

Great video and song,

Thanks for sharing

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