by Antion | Sep 6, 2019 | 1967, Antion Meredith, Studio Musicians, Vic Briggs
Magic Moments in the Summer of Love #5– Recording with Serge Gainsbourg I don’t know if this next story can be exactly described as magical, but it was definitely interesting. Having worked with America’s greatest songwriters at the beginning of 1967 (Bacharach 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 | 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 21, 2019 | Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Monterey Pop Festival, Music History, Studio Musicians, Vic Briggs
The dates don’t exactly match, but the third weekend in June marks the 52nd anniversary of the first day of the Monterey Pop Festival. That 1967 Friday morning found the Animals in a Los Angeles airport hotel, ready to fly to Monterey. We were up bright and early to...
by Antion | Jun 8, 2019 | Antion Meredith, Music History, Studio Musicians, Vic Briggs
With the recent deaths of Hal Blaine (March 11th) and Mac Rebbenack (Dr John) who died June 6th, it made me want to look up other members of the fabled Wrecking Crew, the studio musicians who formed the core of the recording scene in Hollywood in the 60s and 70s. Sad...
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