by Antion | Aug 25, 2019 | Antion Meredith
This is a story I might not have told had I not visited Dealey Plaza recently and been so vividly reminded of the Kennedy Assassination. In the spring of 1968, while I was still with The Animals, we flew to New Orleans for a gig. When we arrived at the airport we were...
by Antion | Aug 24, 2019 | Antion Meredith
In August 2019, for the first time, I drove through Dealey Plaza, in Dallas, TX. This was the location of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963. It felt particularly poignant coming to this place on a day when our nation is in shock and...
by Antion | Aug 21, 2019 | 1967, Antion Meredith, London, Music History, Studio Musicians, Vic Briggs
Magic Moments in the Summer of Love #4 – Recording with Paul McCartney Chris Barber was a legendary figure on the Brit music scene. In 1967, he was 37, much older than the rest of we rock musicians. He mostly played trombone, although he dabbled in other instruments,...
by Antion | Aug 15, 2019 | 1967, Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, London, Music History, Vic Briggs
Magic Moments in the Summer of Love #3 – Charles Lloyd In the years preceding my joining The Animals, I had been a huge jazz fan, almost to the point of fanaticism. After my first LSD experience in April of 1967, I mostly quit listening to jazz. I was moving into...
by Antion | Aug 15, 2019 | 1967, Antion Meredith, London, Music History, Vic Briggs
Magic Moments in the Summer of Love #2 – Sergeant Pepper When I returned from the US to London, at the end of April 1967, the energy in London was exciting and so was mine. I was stoked from my first tour with the band, plus a trip around the world, plus going to...
by Antion | Jul 16, 2019 | 1967, Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, London, Music History, Vic Briggs
29th August, 1967 Only two days later, we were slated to appear on one of the UK’s hottest TV shows. Simon Dee was originally a pirate radio DJ on Radio Caroline. In 1967, BBC 1 gave him his own TV show, the first chat show on Brit TV, called Dee Time. It proved to be...
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