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 20, 2019 | Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Monterey Pop Festival, Music History, Vic Briggs
1967 was a very special year, for me as well as for the whole planet. My memories from that year are still vividly etched in my mind. Two years ago, June of 2017, I was on a roll. I was sharing my memories of that year on Facebook and just getting into the “Summer of...
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...
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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