maandag 1 juli 2019

The Animals (feat.Eric Burdon) - Wembly Empire Pool (April 11,1965)

                                 Eric Burdon - Hilton Valentine-Alan Price- Chas Chandler

    Boom Boom Boom

One of the most important bands originating from England's R&B scene during the early '60s, the Animals were second only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B-based bands in the first wave of the British Invasion. The Animals had their origins in a Newcastle-based group called the Kansas City Five, whose membership included pianist Alan Price, drummer John Steel, and vocalist Eric Burdon. Price exited to join the Kontours in 1962, while Burdon went off to London.

                                         John Steel

    Don,t Let It Be Miss Understood

  The Kontours, whose membership included Bryan "Chas" Chandler, eventually were transmuted into the Alan Price R&B Combo, with John Steel joining on drums. Burdon's return to Newcastle in early 1963 heralded his return to the lineup. The final member of the combo, guitarist Hilton Valentine, joined just in time for the recording of a self-produced EP under the band's new name, the Animals. That record alerted Graham Bond to the Animals; he was likely responsible for pointing impresario Giorgio Gomelsky to the group

    Talkin About You

In May of 1965, immediately after recording "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place," Alan Price left the band, citing fear of flying as the reason; subsequent biographies of the band have indicated that the reasons were less psychological.

 The lineup shifts continued, however: Steel exited in 1966, after recording Animalisms, and was replaced by Barry Jenkins, formerly of the Nashville Teens. Chandler left in mid-1966 after recording "Don't Bring Me Down," and Valentine remained until the end of 1966, but essentially "Don't Bring Me Down" marked the end of the original Animals.

 Hey Gyp
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2019/04/eric-burdon-and-animals-hey-gyp-woburn.html

 Paint It Black/Monterey
 https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2017/11/eric-burdon-new-animal-paint-it.html