Laserbeams and Dreams (2011, City Salvage Records/UFO)

Laserbeams and Dreams was recorded over a twenty-four hour period with a lone bottleneck guitar overdub on "Pennsylvania Blues."  The album was mixed in the studio as Friedman, bassist Stephan Crump (Vijay Iyer), and guitarist David "Goody" Goodrich (Chris Smither) rolled along.  "May I Rest When Death Approaches" is based upon poems written by Friedman's father-in-law during his final hours.


Weary Things (2009, City Salvage Records/UFO)

Andy’s sophomore album of original songs, “Weary Things” appeared beside “Glitter and Doom,” by Tom Waits, and “Let Freedom Ring,” by Chuck Prophet, on a short-list of 2009’s “Most Underrated Albums” by the Associated Press.


Taken Man (2006, City Salvage Records/UFO)

Friedman's debut album of original songs, Taken Man was recorded less than a year after the artist learned his first chords on the guitar.  The album features appearances by Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor, Paul Curreri, Devon Sproule, Natalia Zukerman, and Melissa Ferrick.  The title track appeared at #30 on a "207 Best Songs To Download in 2007" list compiled by The New York Post, while the song "Probably Shouldn't Call" was cited by The Avett Brothers' Scott Avett among one of his favorites in a 2012 Vanity Fair interview.


 

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