Eric Andersen – Be True To You (1975, Arista)
Dopo il grande successo di “ Blue River “, nel 1973 l’artista di Pittsburgh registrò a Nashville un album intitolato “ Stages “. Erano nove canzoni prodotte come per il precedente disco da Norman Putman con cameo di Joan Baez e Leon Russell . Andersen era carico di giovanile determinazione e la sua musica non conosceva l’affronto d’una qualsiasi mediazione compromissoria. Aveva registrato un capolavoro superiore a Blue River e pareva avesse la vittoria già in pugno. Ma la storia cambiò di colpo perché misteriosamente da Nashville a New York i nastri andarono perduti. L’artista accusò il colpo, si separò dalla Columbia e firmò un contratto con la Arista di Clive Davis con la quale incise tra il 1974 e il 1976 due dischi : Be True To You e Sweet Surprise. Davis cercò di valorizzare al meglio le doti di Andersen mettendo a disposizione produttori competenti (Tom Sellers e John Florez) , numerosi musicisti del giro losangelino come Tom Scott , Ernie Watts, John Guerin, Russ Kunkel, Dean Parks, Tom Hensley e i contributi vocali di Maria Muldaur, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Jennifer Warnes, Herb Pedersen. Sei canzoni dell’album perduto furono re-incise con un approccio diverso dalle originali sessions di Nashville privilegiando un certo eclettismo pop nella scelta degli arrangiamenti (Can't Get You Out Of My Life), colorandole in alcuni episodi da orchestrazioni lussureggianti (Moonchild River Song , Be True To You), esaltandone le ricamature armoniche come nella lunga e maestosa ballata Time Run Like A Freight Train con il flauto di Ernie Watts. E’ un lavoro, l’unico di Andersen, che possiede la fascinazione evidente del sound west coast. Peculiarità che si ritrova nei tre brani inediti Liza Light The Candle, Love Is Just A Game, The Blues Keep Fallin' Like Rain e nel bellissimo remake di Ol’ 55 di Tom Waits.
Mauro Ronconi
Tracks:
01 Moonchild River Song
02 Be True to You Wild Crow Blues
03 Ol' 55 (Tom Waits)
04 Time Run Like a Freight Train
05 Liza, Light the Candle Woman
06 She Was Gentle
07 Can't Get You out of My Life
08 Blues Keep Fallin' Like the Rain
09 Love Is Just a Game
02 Be True to You Wild Crow Blues
03 Ol' 55 (Tom Waits)
04 Time Run Like a Freight Train
05 Liza, Light the Candle Woman
06 She Was Gentle
07 Can't Get You out of My Life
08 Blues Keep Fallin' Like the Rain
09 Love Is Just a Game
Credits:
Eric Andersen: Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Jackson Browne: Vocals
Joni Mitchell: Vocals
Tom Scott: Saxophone
Maria Muldaur: Vocals
Deborah Anderson: Vocals
Richard Bennett: Guitar
Ginger Blake: Vocals
Christopher Bond: Guitar
Ray Buckwich: Vocals
Gary Coleman: Percussion
Mike Condello: Vocals
Scott Edwards: Bass
Jesse Ehrlich: Cello
Howie Emerson: Guitar
Emory Gordy: Bass
John Guerin: Drums
Jon Douglas Haywood: Vocals
Tom Hensley: Piano
Russ Kunkel: Drums
Alan Lindgren: Keyboards
Orwin Middleton: Vocals
Emanuel Moss: Violin
Dean Parks: Guitar
Herb Pedersen: Vocals
Andrew Robinson: Vocals
Julia Tillman Waters: Vocals
Mark Sporer: Bass
Dennis St. John: Drums
Jennifer Warren: Vocals
Maxine Willard Waters: Vocals
Ernie Watts: Saxophone
Jackson Browne: Vocals
Joni Mitchell: Vocals
Tom Scott: Saxophone
Maria Muldaur: Vocals
Deborah Anderson: Vocals
Richard Bennett: Guitar
Ginger Blake: Vocals
Christopher Bond: Guitar
Ray Buckwich: Vocals
Gary Coleman: Percussion
Mike Condello: Vocals
Scott Edwards: Bass
Jesse Ehrlich: Cello
Howie Emerson: Guitar
Emory Gordy: Bass
John Guerin: Drums
Jon Douglas Haywood: Vocals
Tom Hensley: Piano
Russ Kunkel: Drums
Alan Lindgren: Keyboards
Orwin Middleton: Vocals
Emanuel Moss: Violin
Dean Parks: Guitar
Herb Pedersen: Vocals
Andrew Robinson: Vocals
Julia Tillman Waters: Vocals
Mark Sporer: Bass
Dennis St. John: Drums
Jennifer Warren: Vocals
Maxine Willard Waters: Vocals
Ernie Watts: Saxophone
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