"I LOVED your film The Songpoet. I thought it was gorgeously shot and put
together. Deeply soulful. Clear-eyed and beautiful...It was that rare film that
was so personal, I felt it was speaking only to me...It has lingered with me in
all the best ways." ~ Cameron Crowe
director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Broadcast/Media Award in pop music
Eric Andersen was at the vanguard of the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s and positioned to be a rising star of that movement.
But in a five year period, he found himself a victim of improbable circumstances that changed his trajectory.
His story is finally being told
"The film is really wonderful...Bitter sweet but also with a lovely sense of optimism and humor. Just perfect."
- Sandrina Bordigoni, Film Critic
Image courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution
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Image courtesy of the Eric Andersen Archives
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Image courtesy of the Marshall Fallwell Estate
Image courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
Eric Andersen - The Songpoet