by Antion | Jul 13, 2019 | Antion Meredith, LA Recording, Music History, San Francisco, Studio Musicians, Vic Briggs
July 6th, 2019 David Meltzer was a poet and musician of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance. Some of his contemporaries were Gary Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth and Lawrence Ferlinghetti who described David as “one of the greats of post-World-War-Two San...
by Antion | Jun 22, 2019 | Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, LA Recording, Monterey Pop Festival, Music History, Studio Musicians, Vic Briggs
June 17th of this year represents the 50th anniversary of the second day (Saturday) of the fabled Monterey Pop Festival. Here’s how I spent that day. Because we were through with our performance on Friday night, we were able to kick back for the rest of the festival....
by Antion | Jun 7, 2019 | Antion Meredith, LA Recording, Music History, Studio Musicians, Vic Briggs
In the spring of 1969, I was working as an independent arranger and producer in the recording studios of Hollywood. I got a call from Norm Ratner, a staff producer at Uni Records. I was Norm’s go-to arranger and had already done several projects with him. “Wally...
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