Thursday 30 March 2000
Presented by Clinton Walker
Eric Burdon’s lengthy recording career began in
Newcastle, England where his band The Animals quickly gained notoriety as England’s
best R&B bad. He was the driving force of the grittiest British Invasion band, he
pioneered the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene, fronted WAR - the biggest funk band of
the 1970’s and cut an LP with an early influence, jazz-blues great Jimmy Witherspoon
before coming full-circle and reuniting his original band, The Animals, for a series of
projects and a world-wide tour. He has now formed a new group of “Animals” and
is releasing a series of live CDs
Musicians:
Eric Burdon - Singer
Dave Meros - Bass
Ainsley Dunbar - Drums
Dean Restum - Guitar
Martin Gerschwitz - Keys
Performed:
It’s My Life
When I Was Young
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Boom Boom
