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, Eric Burdon and the Animals, London, Music History, Vic Briggs
I promised you some magic moments from summer 1967, also known as the Summer of Love. Here’s: Magic Moments in the Summer of Love #1 – The Isley Brothers During the mid-60s, American R&B music became very popular in the UK. Originally, Brit artists would...
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...
by Antion | Jul 16, 2019 | 1967, Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Music History, Vic Briggs
August 11th, 1967 I had returned from California to London to find the Brit version of the “Summer of Love” in full swing. On August 11th, we played the Friday night session of the national Jazz and Blues Festival. I had played this festival in 1965 with Steampacket...
by Antion | Jul 15, 2019 | 1967, Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Music History, San Francisco, Vic Briggs
24th July, 1967 I returned to London with a swagger in my step. After all, I was 22 years old and I had played not only the first rock music festival in history, but also two legendary venues in California. I would like to think I was not full of myself, but I...
by Antion | Jul 15, 2019 | Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Music History, San Francisco, Vic Briggs
July 10th, 1967 After the gig at the Whiskey, we were free. The tour was over and we had two weeks before our next commitment. Bill Kreutzman, Phil Lesh and their ladies had very graciously invited me to come back to San Francisco and spend some more time with them....
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