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....
by Antion | Jun 30, 2019 | Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Fillmore Auditorium, Music History, San Francisco, Vic Briggs
June 27th, 1967 I barely had time to recover from my UCLA Med Center experience, when we were on the plane to SFO to play the Fillmore Auditorium. We would be there from June 27th, 1967 to July 2nd. I had renewed my friendship with Bill Kreutzman, the Dead’s...
by Antion | Jun 28, 2019 | Antion Meredith, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Monterey Pop Festival, Music History, Vic Briggs
That evening I ingested some of the purple-colored LSD that Augustus Owsley Stanley had brought to Monterey. Obviously this had a strong effect on my perception of the evening’s events. I couldn’t handle being out in the crowd so I stayed in the clubroom behind...
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