Music Blog | Eric Anders

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4 days ago

"Won't Live it Down" and My JEA Statement for Teaching Jobs

Below is the JEA statement I've been using during my attempt to execute a late-career switch from clinical work back to academia and...

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Oct 20, 2023

"Hey Josephine": Addressing the Virulent Misogyny of A Great American Rock Song

I was inspired to do our version of "Hey Joe" for our 2022 album, So Far Gone, by Otis Taylor's fantastic live version from 2014: Mark...

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Sep 22, 2023

From "Blister in the Sun" to "Who'll Stop the Rain": A Tale of Altered-Lyric Covers

With the exception of our 2020 album, American Bardo, Mark and I would both choose my 2006 album, Tethered to the Ground, as our most...

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Sep 5, 2023

Rock Era Magazine interviews Eric Anders regarding his summer 2023 release of "Answers Belie"

Viola Karmy for Rock Era Magazine: We are thrilled to have you! Before we dive into your latest mesmerizing creation, Answers Belie, can...

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Dec 30, 2021

The Loss We've Won

Americana songs about family, marriage, parenting, getting old ... and human extinction. Mike Butler has been our producer for all of the...

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Dec 4, 2021

True September Songs

True September Songs = Songs About Getting Old Written By Older Songwriters. For stylistic reasons, our song, "True September Songs,"...

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Aug 6, 2021

Stuck Inside and Variant Blues

Music in the Time of Coronavirus, Parts III & IV Stuck Inside was originally intended to be a 5-song EP, but Mark and I continued to...

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Aug 5, 2021

Morton's Pillory Plea

"Morton's Pillory Plea" is the first song on our 2021 album, Stuck Inside, the third installment of our "music in the time of...

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Mar 5, 2021

"Searise" - The Single and The Music Video

An Anders/O'Bitz Single featuring Evelyn Anders It was late summer of 2018 and I heard my just-turned-eleven-year-old daughter, Evelyn...

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Feb 20, 2021

Sirens Go By

Music In the Time of Coronavirus, Part II Mark and I released Sirens Go By on February 11, 2021. This 8-song LP is the second...

Eric Anders & Mark O'Bitz : Singer-Songwriter Duo