As the lead singer of the Animals, Eric Burdon was one of the British Invasion's most distinctive vocalists, with a searingly powerful blues-rock voice. When the first lineup of the group fell apart in 1966, Burdon kept the Animals' name going with various players for a few years. Usually billed as Eric Burdon & the Animals, the group was essentially Burdon's vehicle, which he used to purvey a far more psychedelic and less R&B-oriented vision. Occasionally he came up with a good second-division psychedelic hit, like 'Sky Pilot'; more often, the music was indulgent, dating it almost immediately. Burdon's real triumphs as a solo artist came at the beginning of the '70s, when he hooked up with a bunch of L.A. Journeyman soul/funksters who became his backing band, War.

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Recording three albums' worth of material in the year or two that they were together, the Burdon/War records could ramble on interminably, and would have benefited from a lot of editing. But they contained some spacy funkadelia of real quality, especially their number three hit single 'Spill the Wine,' which was almost recorded as an afterthought in the midst of sessions dominated by exploratory jams. Eric Burdon & War were already big stars on record and stage when Burdon, for reasons unclear to almost everyone, quit the band in 1971. War defied expectations and became even bigger when left to their own devices; Burdon, after recording an album with veteran bluesman Jimmy Witherspoon, cut a series of generally desultory solo albums. He recorded off and on after that, at times with the Animals, but has never come close to reaching the heights of his work with the early Animals and War. Burdon was always a riveting live performer, though, and he continued to tour with various incarnations of the Animals and as a solo act, branching out as a painter and author as well, and working in the studio when it suited him.Burdon continued on this journeyman path until well into the new millennium, recording such solid albums as 2004's My Secret Life and 2006's Soul of a Man. In 2012, he experienced an unexpected comeback when Bruce Springsteen made him a cornerstone of his keynote speech at South by Southwest.

Burdon joined Springsteen on-stage and was soon in demand. First, he recorded an EP with the Ohio-based garage rockers the Greenhornes, and then he devoted himself to the full-length 'Til Your River Runs Dry, which received a high-profile launch in January 2013.

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Contents.Early life Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His father, Matt, was originally from. His mother, Rene, was originally from and moved to before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s. He also had a younger sister, Irene. Burdon states he often had a divided loyalty in his sense of place and identity.

He was born to a lower working-class family; his father did electrical work in some of the clubs Burdon would later play. Because of his dad's line of work in electrical repair, the Burdon family had a TV by the time Eric was 10; in his autobiography, he recalls the electrifying moment of first seeing Louis Armstrong on TV only beginning his love for music. This led him to take up the trombone.

However, realizing that he wasn't that good a player, he took up singing and went to Newcastle Art College. In a song he wrote, 'When I Was Young', he states he met his first love at 13, who was very experienced while he was not. He also sings he smoked his first cigarette at 10 years old and would skip school with his friends to drink.Burdon describes his early school years as a 'dark nightmare' that 'should've been penned by.” Due to the river pollution and humidity in Newcastle he suffered asthma attacks daily.During primary school, he was 'stuck at the rear of the classroom of around 40 to 50 kids and received constant harassment from kids and teachers alike'. He goes on to say his primary school was 'jammed between a slaughterhouse and a shipyard on the banks of the. Some teachers were sadistic – others pretended not to notice – and sexual molestation and regular corporal punishment with a leather strap was the order of the day'.By the time he got to secondary school, a teacher by the name of Bertie Brown was responsible for getting him into art school and changing his life forever. There he first met the original drummer for the Animals.

He also met a lot of other 'young rebels' who shared his interest in, and movies.Burdon started out his young adult life as one of a bunch of people who hung out at the local jazz club, The Downbeat. He describes his friends as 'like a motorcycle gang. Without the motorcycles' – they were tough, hard-drinking, and listened to American music. Burdon and fellow rocker and guitarist, American became very close friends in the mid sixties and remained so up until Hendrix's death in 1970; Burdon was in fact the person Hendrix's girlfriend called when she found him overdosed on drugs. Burdon was also a good friend of ' and was mentioned in one of their songs, ' as 'the eggman'.

Eric states, 'The nickname stuck after a wild experience I’d had at the time with a Jamaican girlfriend called Sylvia. I was up early one morning cooking breakfast, naked except for my socks, and she slid up beside me and slipped an capsule under my nose. As the fumes set my brain alight and I slid to the kitchen floor, she reached to the counter and grabbed an egg, which she cracked into the pit of my belly. The white and yellow of the egg ran down my naked front and Sylvia began to show me one Jamaican trick after another.

I shared the story with John at a party at a Mayfair flat one night with a handful of others.' Lennon, finding the story amusing and hilarious, replied,“Go on, go get it, Eggman”, incorporating the incident into his song in tribute to the unique experience. Career The Animals.

Eric Burdon and the AnimalsBurdon was lead singer of, formed during 1962 in. The original band was the Rhythm and Blues Combo, which formed in 1958; they became the Animals shortly after Burdon joined the band. The Animals combined with rock; in the US they were considered one of the leading bands of the.

Along with, and, the group introduced contemporary British music and fashion to American audiences. Burdon's powerful voice can be heard on the Animals' singles ', ', ', ', ', ', ', ', ', ', ', and '.May 1965, original members keyboardist and April 1966 drummer had left.

Burdon has often attributed the disintegration of the band to conflict with Price, specifically that Price had claimed sole rights and ownership to 'House of the Rising Sun'. Burdon and drummer reformed the group as Eric Burdon and the Animals. This more incarnation featured future member and was sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals. Keyboardist joined during 1968 until the band split up in 1969. This group's hits included the ballad ', the –-pioneering ', ', the ', ' and the progressive cover of '.In 1967, Burdon married Angela King, an Anglo-Indian hippie connected to the music scene.

The next year she left him for and she and Burdon were subsequently divorced. She was murdered in 1996 by an estranged boyfriend.In 1975, the original Animals reunited and recorded an album called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted, released in 1977. In May 1983, the Animals reunited with their original line-up and released the album on 16 June 1983, along with the singles ' and 'Love Is For All Time'. A world tour followed, and the concert at, London, recorded on 31 December 1983, was released in 1984 as Rip it to Shreds. Their concert at the Royal Oak Theatre in April 1984 was released in 2008 as Last Live Show; the band members were augmented by, Nippy Noya,. The original Animals broke up for the last time at the end of 1984.

Eric Burdon on the Dutch TV programme FanClub on 7 January 1967Although the band Burdon formed in the late 1960s was sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals, it wasn't until 1998 that the name Eric Burdon and the New Animals was officially adopted. The 1998 band had bassist, guitarist Dean Restum, drummer and keyboard guitarist. They recorded Live at the Coach House on 17 October 1998, released on video and DVD in December that year. In 1999 they released The Official Live Bootleg No. 2 and in August 2000 The Official Live Bootleg 2000, with on keyboards.In June 2003, he formed another Eric Burdon and the Animals, with keyboardist Martin Gerschwitz, bassist, guitarist Dean Restum, and drummer. They disbanded in 2005. During 2008 Burdon toured again as Eric Burdon and the Animals with a variable line-up of backing musicians.On 13 December 2008, Burdon lost a three-year legal battle to win the name 'the Animals' in the UK.

Since then drummer John Steel owned the rights in the UK only. Burdon still tours as Eric Burdon and the Animals, but was prevented from using the name 'the Animals' in Britain while the case was under appeal. Steel was a member in its heyday and left in 1966, before the band split up 3 years later in 1969. Steel later played in various reunion versions of the band with Burdon. On 9 September 2013 Burdon's appeal was allowed.

Burdon is now entitled to use the band name in the UK.In 2016, Burdon formed the current lineup of the Animals, including Johnzo West (guitar/vocals), Davey Allen (keys/vocals), Dustin Koester (drums/vocals), Justin Andres (bass guitar/vocals), Ruben Salinas (sax/flute), and Evan Mackey (trombone).On May 10, 2018, the night before Burdon's 77th birthday, he and the Animals played to a packed house at the in. The 12 song set included his 1966 hit, 'When I Was Young.'

War In 1969, while living in San Francisco, Burdon joined forces with Californian band. In April 1970, the resulting album was titled which produced the singles ' and '. A entitled, was released later in September 1970.

The singles from the double album, ' and ', had moderate success during 1971. During this time Burdon collapsed on the stage during a concert, caused by an attack, and War continued the tour without him.In 1976, a compilation album, released by, included recordings of Eric Burdon with War doing a live version of ' and a cover of ' song '.' The band also featured ex-NFL star who coined the term ' and sang on the band's 1975 song 'Eric Burdon and War were reunited for the first time in 37 years, to perform an Eric Burdon & War reunion at the concert at the London on 21 April 2008. The concert coincided with a major reissue campaign by Rhino Records (UK), which released all the War albums including Eric Burdon Declares 'War' and The Black-Man's Burdon. Solo career Burdon began a solo career in 1971 with the Eric Burdon Band, continuing with a ––funk style. In August 1971, he recorded the album!

Which featured the, and also Ike White of the Band. In 1973, the band performed at the and in 1974 they travelled to New York City. At the end of 1974, the band released the album Sun Secrets and this was followed by the album Stop in 1975. Burdon moved to Germany in 1977 and recorded the album Survivor with a line-up including guitarist and keyboardist; the album also had a line-up of four guitarists and three keyboard players and is known for its interesting, which depicts Burdon screaming. The album was produced by former Animal's bassist Chas Chandler. The original release included a booklet of illustrated lyrics done in ink by Burdon himself.In May 1978, he recorded the album at the Roundwood House in, using and featuring guitarist and vocalist from, who had left a few months before. The album was eventually released in 1980.

During January 1979, Burdon changed his band for a tour taking in, Germany and the Netherlands.On 28 August 1982, the 'Eric Burdon Band' including Red Young (keyboards) performed at the Open Air Concert at the, Germany. Following this Burdon toured heavily with his solo project from March 1984 to March 1985, taking in UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Canada and Australia. In 1986, Burdon published his autobiography entitled I Used To Be An Animal, But I'm Alright Now.In March 1979, he played a concert in and changed the band's name to 'Eric Burdon's Fire Department', whose line-up included backing vocalist Jackie Carter of, Bertram Engel of 's 'Panik Orchester' and Jean-Jaques Kravetz. In mid 1980, they recorded the album The Last Drive. 'Eric Burdon's Fire Department' toured Europe with this line-up and Paul Millins and made special appearances in Spain and Italy.

By December 1980, the band had broken up.In April 1981, Christine Buschmann began to film with Burdon as the star. They created a new 'Eric Burdon Band' whose line-up included, Tony Braunagle, John Sterling. This band recorded live tracks in Los Angeles. They also recorded in Berlin with another line-up, the only remaining member being John Sterling. In September 1981, the final scenes of Comeback were shot in the Berlin Metropole and Burdon and his band continued to tour through Australia and North America. A studio album titled was released in 1982. The 1983 album also included songs recorded during the Comeback project.

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Eric Burdon at the Audimax with the Eric Burdon Band in Hamburg, July 1973In 1988, he put together a band with 15 musicians including – keyboards, Steve Stroud – bass, Adrian Sheppard – drums, Jamie Moses – guitar and four backing vocalists to record the album in, in the United States. In 1990, Eric Burdon's of ' was used for the film. The song, which played at the beginning of the film, was also released as a single. He also recorded the singles 'We Gotta Get out of this Place' with and 'No Man's Land' with. Later in 1990, he had a small line-up of an Eric Burdon Band featuring Jimmy Zavala (sax and harmonica), (bass), Jeff Naideau (keyboards), Thom Mooney (drums) and John Sterling (guitar) before he began a tour with guitarist and they appeared at a concert from, California, which was released as a DVD on 20 June 2008.On 13 April 2004, he released a 'comeback' album, which was his first album with new recordings for 16 years. When died in 2001, Burdon had written the song 'Can't Kill the Boogieman' the co-writers of the songs, on the album, were Tony Braunagel.

In 2005, they released a live album, with special DVD bonus material and a bonus studio track and disbanded in November 2005. He began a short touring as the 'Blues Knights'.On 27 January 2006, he released his blues–R&B album. This album was dedicated to. The cover of the album was a picture which was sent to Burdon a few years before. Burdon then formed a new band, with the following members: (keyboards), Paula O'Rourke (bass), (guitar), Carl Carlton (guitar) and (drums). They also performed at the Festival and in 2007 he toured as the headlining act of the 'Hippiefest' line-up, produced and hosted by.Burdon, at 71, recorded an E.P.

With garage band called, simply, Eric Burdon & the Greenhornes. The album was recorded at an all-analogue recording studio, and released on 23 November 2012 as part of 's 'Black Friday.' In 2013, Eric Burdon came out with a new album called, Til Your River Runs Dry.

The lead single off the album was called 'Water' and was inspired by a conversation he had with former Soviet premier. Other associations. Eric Burdon at the Daffodil Festival at Hubbard Park, in Meriden, Connecticut, in 2008In 1991, Burdon and formed the 'Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band' with the following line-up: Eric Burdon – vocals, Brian Auger – keyboards, vocals, – bass, vocals, – guitar, vocals and – drums, vocals. By 1992, Larry Wilkins replaced Kirkpatrick and Karma Auger (Brian's son) replaced Crowder and in 1993 they added Richard Reguria (percussion).

The live album was then released. In 1994 the 'Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band' disbanded. Burdon then formed the 'Eric Burdon's i Band'. The line-up included Larry Wilkins, Dean Restum (guitar), Dave Meros (bass) and Mark Craney (drums).In 1995, Burdon made a guest appearance with, singing 'It's My Life'/' medley at the Hall of Fame.

He also released the album Lost Within the Halls of Fame, with past tracks and re-recordings of some songs from I Used to be an Animal. In October 1996, replaced Craney on drums.

The Official Live Bootleg was recorded in 1997 and in May that year Larry Wilkins died of cancer. He also released the compilations Soldier of Fortune and I'm Ready which featured recordings from the 1970s and 1980s.In 1996, the lead singer of Brazilian rock band, the vocalist worked in partnership with the former lead singer of the Animals. Burdon and Nova composed the song 'Black & White World' and sang in a duet on 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' on the Camisa de Venus album, produced by Burdon.In 2000, he recorded the song ' together with and for the motion picture.

On 11 May 2001, the Animals were inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame on Burdon's 60th birthday. On 3 March 2002, the live album Live in Seattle was recorded. Ex-War member made a guest appearance on the album.

In 2003 he made a guest appearance on the album Joyous in the City of Fools by the rock band, singing lead vocal on 'Someone Wrote 'Save me' On a Wall'. 1964:. 1964: Whole Lotta Shakin'.

1965:. 1965: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. 1967: World of the Animals. 1967: The War (short).

1967:. 1967:. 1968: All My Loving. 1968:. 1973: Mirage (never filmed).

1975: Hu-Man (French). 1979: 11th Victim. 1980: Gibbi (West German). 1982:. 1991:. 1999: Snow on New Year's Eve. 2001: Plaster Caster.

2001: Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me. 2003: Fabulous Shiksa in Distress. 2003: Yes, You Can Go Home. 2007: The Blue Hour. 2008: Nowhere Now: The Ballad of Joshua Tree. 2010: Remembering NigelReferences.

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