Van Morrison - Burning Ground

                     

 

                    Culloden Estate & Spa Belfast, Northern Ireland TG4 broadcast (March 18)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Van the Man leads the tributes in a special television programme by TG4 celebrating President Michael D Higgins' 80th birthday.

Van Morrison - vocals, guitar ,Nicky Scott - bass,John McCullough - keyboards ,Earmon Ferris - drums

 

“The Old New World” (Photo-based animation project)

"The Old New World" (Photo-based animation project) from seccovan on Vimeo.

Eric Burdon - Stage On Sixth (Austin, TX) March. 16 - 2013

The Animals : Red Young- Hammond B3, Teresa James- keyboard en dwarsfluit, Eric McFadden en Billy Watts- gitaren, Terry Wilson- bas, Tony Braunagel- drums en Wally Ingram op percussie.

                Spill The Wine

 "Spill the Wine" is a 1970 song performed by Eric Burdon and War. Released as a single in May 1970 (backed by the non-album track "Magic Mountain"), it was War's first chart hit, peaking at number three in the US. It was also a top three hit in Canada and Australia. It charted #15 in Netherlands and #28 in Germany.^(Wikipedia)

When I Was Young

"When I Was Young" is a song with a countercultural theme released in early 1967 by Eric Burdon, with The Animals and was written by five of the band members Eric Burdon (vocals), Barry Jenkins (drums), John Weider (guitar/violin), Vic Briggs (guitar) and Danny McCulloch (bass). It charted in Australia peaking #2 and stayed 4 weeks there. Later it was a hit charting #10 on the Canadian RPM chart, # 15 in the United States and #7 in the Netherlands.(Wikipedia)

                                          Water
                                           From the new  Album "Til Your River Runs Dry"
"Water" was inspired by a conversation he had with Former Soviet Premiere Mikhail Gorbachov.

                                          Wait
 One of several pleasant surprises on ‘Til Your River Runs Dry is to hear Eric Burdon, who made his name as a blues shouter, croon achingly on “Wait”, a slow, self-written Latin piece with a tango rhythm. It’s one of the album’s stand-outs, perhaps because it ‘s a deeply personal number, written for his wife (and manager) Marianna (Uncut)

                                          Black Dog

From the album Eric Burdon & The Greenhornes (2012).
 “Black Dog”, was born after Burdon injured himself on a patch of ice a few years back, living in agony under a constant state of duress. But after writing the song, which takes its name from the Winston Churchill-coined “black dog of depression” used to describe a similar despair, Burdon’s outlook’s improved. “Now I’m finding black dogs in the neighborhood that are kind to me, and I’m finding that I have no fear,” he told Rolling Stone. “I’m putting my hands through fences and stroking these dogs. It’s amazing how music can make things happen like that.”

                                               House of the Rising Sun

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the English rock group The Animals, was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden, Finland, and Canada.

 An interview with Eric Burdon revealed that he first heard the song in a club in Newcastle, England, where it was sung by the Northumbrian folk singer Johnny Handle. The Animals were on tour with Chuck Berry and chose it because they wanted something distinctive to sing.^[3] This interview refutes assertions that the inspiration for their arrangement came from Bob Dylan. The band enjoyed a huge hit with the song, much to Dylan's chagrin when his version was referred to as a cover. The irony of this was not lost on Dave Van Ronk, who said the whole issue was a "tempest in a teapot," and that Dylan stopped playing the song after The Animals' hit because fans accused Dylan of plagiarism. Dylan has said he first heard The Animals' version on his car radio and "jumped out of his car seat" because he liked it so much.(Wikipedia)

more Eric Burdon(1966-1969)
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/2014/05/eric-burdon-animals1966-1969.html

 The Animals
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/2011/01/animals.html

Eric Burdon & War(1)
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/2012/03/eric-burdon-war-archive-footage-from.html

Eric Burdon & War(2)
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/2010/10/eric-burdon-war.html

Eric Burdon plays Dylan
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/2010/11/eric-burdon-one-more-cup-of-coffee-for.html

Muddy Waters live at the Ash Grove (July 29 -1971)

The Ash Grove was a folk music club located at 8162 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, founded in 1958 by Ed Pearl and named after the Welsh folk song, "The Ash Grove."
In its short fifteen years, the Ash Grove forever altered the music scene in Los Angeles and helped many artists find a West Coast audience. Bob Dylan recalled that, "I'd seen posters of folk shows at the Ash Grove and used to dream about playing there...."^{[citation needed]}
The club was a locus of interaction between older folk and blues legends, such as Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Earl Hooker and Muddy Waters, and young artists that produced the 'Sixties music revolution. Among those Pearl brought to the Ash Grove were Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, June Carter, Johnny Cash, Jose Feliciano, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, Johnny Otis, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ian and Sylvia, Kathy and Carol, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, New Lost City Ramblers, The Weavers, The Greenbriar Boys, Lightnin' Hopkins, Luke "Long Gone" Miles, Barbara Dane, Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Rising Sons, Mance Lipscomb, Guy and Candie Carawan, John Jacob Niles, Bukka White, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Shines, John Fahey, Willie Dixon, Lonnie Mack and Kris Kristofferson.(Wikipedia)
This is the evening with  the Muddy Waters Bluesband!

                                          Hoochie Coochie Man
 "Hoochie Coochie Man" (originally titled "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man") is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954. The song references hoodoo folk magic elements and makes novel use of a stop-time musical arrangement. It became one of Waters' most popular and identifiable songs and helped secure Dixon's role as Chess Records' chief songwriter.

                                         Blow Wind Blow.- Album Fathers and Sons (1969)
Fathers and Sons is the seventh studio album by American blues musician Muddy Waters, originally released as a double LP by Chess Records in August 1969.
The album features both studio and live recordings recorded in April 1969 with an all-star band including Michael Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. & the M.G.'s and Sam Lay in Chicago, Illinois.
The album was Muddy's biggest mainstream success, reaching #70 on the Billboard 200, which was his only appearance in the top half of the chart. Muddy would not make another appearance on the 200 until Hard Again in 1977.

                               Strange Woman - Album Muddy Waters Live (at Mr Kelly)

                                            Walking Thru The Park

Waters wrote this song, and although the melody is pleasant and even humorous, the story behind the lyrics tell of a man who's staying at the park to be away from his abusive wife. Hence the line, "Don't you bother my baby - No tellin' what she'll do - The girl she may cut you - She may shoot you too." (thanks, Landon - Winchester, OH)
 Waters recorded this song with fellow Blues legend Howlin' Wolf for the 1983 album Muddy & The Wolf.

                                          Honey Bee
Muddy Waters was born in rural Mississippi, and learned his blues at the feet of Son House and Robert Johnson.
By the 1940’s he took that delta blues to Chicago and led the gradual transition to electrified urban blues. He then recorded “Honey Bee” in 1951 with just bass and guitar accompaniment. The sound was closer to the delta, but you can hear the beginnings of the more aggressive modern sound starting to happen.

 The Muddy Waters Bluesband: Paul Oscher - Harmonica,Pee Wee Madison - guitar.Willy"Big Eye" Smith - drums.Sammy Lawnhorn - guitar,Pinetop Perkins - piano

                                          Muddy & Band Backstage