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 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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