Released in 1989 after years of silence, Ghosts Upon the Road finds ‘60s folksinger Eric Andersen in prime form, recollecting his memories in stirring tranquility. The title track is a nearly eleven-minute dramatic spoken word tale that pays homage to friends and legends decades in the past, the “Ghosts Upon the Road.” Andersen writes with a quiet eloquence, the sound of a man who has secrets he will never tell. So, in the fragments we are given we learn of a young French girl who works in a “Belgian Bar” and in a moment of crisis Andersen offers us the luminous “Six Senses of Darkness.” Coming at the end of the ‘80s, the album is carefully produced, modestly electrified where it once would’ve been solely acoustic. However, the addition of electric guitars adds to Andersen’s thoughtful alienation. He sounds like a weathered folkie who still believes in the romance of a distant era many centuries ago, such is the beauty of “Spanish Steps” and “Irish Lace.” Some songwriters express the dreams and desires of their era. Others, like Andersen, belong to another time and place.