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Use British English|date=April 2011BLP sources|date=October 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Eric Burdon| image = Eric-Burdon 1973.jpg| caption = Burdon at the Audimax in Hamburg, July 1973| image_size =| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer | birth_name = Eric Victor Burdon| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1941|5|11|df=y|birth_place = Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker , Newcastle upon Tyne , England| death_date =| instrument = Vocals | genre = Electric blues , blues rock , psychedelic rock , rock and roll , latin rock , Heavy metal music|heavy metal , hard rock , funk rock , rhythm and blues , jazz fusion | occupation = Musician, songwriter, actor, painter| years_active = 1960–present| label = SPV GmbH|SPV , Polydor , Universal Music Group|Universal , Sony BMG , MGM , One Way Records|One Way , Repertoire Records , Avenue, Rhino Entertainment|Rhino , Line Records|Line , Teldec , Flying Eye, Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary , Columbia Records|Columbia , EMI , Decca Records|Decca | associated_acts = The Animals , War (band)|War | website = URL| http://www.ericburdon.com/ Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer-songwriter best known as a member and vocalist of rock band The Animals , and the funk rock band War (band)|War http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2009/01/28/soul-of-a-man-the-story-of-eric-burdon Soul of A Man: The Story of Eric Burdon Crawdady archives and for his aggressive stage performance. He was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone 's list - The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time . http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231 The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time
Career
The Animals
Burdon was lead singer of The Animals , formed during 1962 in Newcastle, England. The original band was the Alan Price Combo which formed in 1958.Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll They became the Animals shortly after Burdon joined the band. They combined electric blues with rock and in the USA were one of the leading bands of the British Invasion . Along with The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , The Dave ClarkFive , and The Kinks , the group introduced British music and fashion. Burdon's powerful voice can be heard in The Animals singles " The House of the Rising Sun ", " SkyPilot (song)|Sky Pilot ", " Monterey (song)|Monterey ", " I'm Crying ", " Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song)|Boom Boom ", " Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood ", " Bring It OnHome to Me ", " Baby Let Me Take YouHome ", " It's My Life (The Animals song)|It's My Life ", " We Gotta Get out of This Place ", " Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)|Don't Bring Me Down ", and " See See Rider ".
By late 1966 the other original members, including keyboardist Alan Price , had left. Burdon and drummer Barry Jenkins reformed the group as Eric Burdon and The Animals . This more psychedelic rock|psychedelic incarnation featured future Family (band)|Family member John Weider and was sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals . Keyboardist Zoot Money joined during 1968 until they split up in 1969. This group's hits included the ballad " San Franciscan Nights ", the grunge – Heavy metal music|heavy metal -pioneering " When I Was Young ", " Monterey (song)|Monterey ", the Opposition to the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam anthem " SkyPilot (song)|Sky Pilot " and the progressive cover of " Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire ".
In 1975 the original The Animals|Animals reunited and recorded an album called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted , released in 1977 and overlooked due to the dawning of Punk music|punk . In May 1983 The Animals reunited with their original lineup and the album Ark (The Animals album)|Ark was released on 16 June 1983, along with the singles " The Night (The Animals song)|The Night " and "Love Is For All Time". A world tour followed and the concert at Wembley Arena , London, recorded on 31 December 1983 was released in 1984 as Rip It To Shreds . Their concert at the Royal Oak Theatre in April 1984 was released in 2008 entitled Last Live Show ; the band members were augmented by Zoot Money , Nippy Noya, Steve Gregory and Steve Grant . The original Animals broke up for the last time at the end of 1984.
Although the band Burdon formed in the late '60s was sometimes called Eric Burdon and The New Animals, it wasn't until 1998 that the name Eric Burdon and The New Animals was officially adopted. The 1998 band had bassist Dave Meros , guitarist Dean Restum, drummer Aynsley Dunbar and keyboard guitarist Neal Morse . They recorded Live At The Coach House on 17 October 1998, released on video and DVD in December that year. In 1999 they released The Official Live Bootleg #2 and in August 2000 The Official Live Bootleg 2000 , with Martin Gerschwitz on keyboards.
In June 2003, he formed another Eric Burdon and The Animals , with keyboardist Martin Gerschwitz, bassist Dave Meros , guitarist Dean Restum, and drummer Bernie Pershey. They disbanded in 2005. During 2008 Burdon toured again as Eric Burdon and The Animals with a variable lineup of backing musicians.Eric Burdon vocals and percussion, Red Young keyboards and vocals, Hilton Valentine guitar and vocals, Paula O'Rourke bass and vocals, Billy Watts guitar, Steve Conte lead guitar, Tony Braunagel drums, Herman Matthews drums, Steve Murphy (drummer)|Steve Murphy drums, Bobby Furgo violin
On 13 December 2008, Burdon lost a three-year legal battle to win the name "The Animals" in the UK. Drummer John Steel now owns the rights in the UK only. Burdon still tours as Eric Burdon and the Animals, but is prevented from using the name "The Animals" in England while the case is under appeal. Steel was a member in its heyday and left before the band split in 1966. Steel later played in various reunion versions of the band with Burdon.Daniel Boffey, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1094461/Eric-Burdon-loses-battle-Animal.html Eric Burdon loses battle to be the only Animal, The Daily Mail , 14 December 2008.
War
During 1969, while living in San Francisco, Burdon joined forces with Californian funk rock band War (band)|War . The resulting album was entitled Eric Burdon Declares "War" which produced the singles " Spill the Wine " and " Tobacco Road (song)|Tobacco Road ". A double album|two-disc set entitled '' The Black-Man's Burdon '', was released later in September 1970. The singles from the double album, " Paint It, Black " and " They Can't Take Away Our Music ", had moderate success during 1971. During this time Burdon collapsed on the stage during a concert, caused by an asthma attack, and War continued the tour without him.
In 1976 a compilation album, Love Is All Around (album)|Love Is All Around , was released by ABC Records which had recordings of Eric Burdon with War and a live version of "Paint it Black" and a jam session called "A Day In The Life".
Eric Burdon and War were reunited for the first time in 37 years, to perform a concert at the Royal Albert Hall London on 21 April 2008. Eric Burdon & War reunion at the Royal Albert Hall The concert coincided with a major reissue campaign by Rhino Records (UK), who released all the War albums including Eric Burdon Declares "War" and ''The Black-Man's Burdon .Clear left
Solo career
Burdon began a solo career in 1971 with The Eric Burdon Band , continuing with a hard rock – Heavy metal music|heavy metal –funk style. In August 1971 he recorded the album Guilty (1971 album)|Guilty ! which featured the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon , and also Ike White of the San Quentin Prison Band. In 1973 the band performed at the Reading Festival and in 1974 they travelled to New York. At the end of 1974 the band released the album Sun Secrets and this was followed by the album Stop in 1975. Burdon moved to Germany in 1977 and recorded the album Survivor with a lineup including guitarist Alexis Korner and keyboardist Zoot Money ; the album also had a line-up of four guitarists and three keyboard players and is known for its interesting album cover , which depicts Burdon screaming.
In May 1978 he recorded the album Darkness Darkness at the Roundwood House in County Laois , Ireland, using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio and featuring guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench from The Jeff Beck Group , who had left Streetwalkers a few months before. The album was eventually released in 1980.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p35171/biography|pure_url=yes Darkness Darkness atAllmusic.com During January 1979 Burdon changed his band for a tour taking in Hamburg , Germany and the Netherlands .
On 28 August 1982 "The Eric Burdon Band" including Red Young (keyboards) performed at the Rockpalast Open Air Concert in Lorelei , Germany. Following this Burdon toured heavily with his solo project from March 1984 to March 1985, taking in UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Canada and Australia. In 1986 Burdon published his autobiography entitled ''I Used To Be An Animal, But I'm Alright Now .
In March 1979 he played a concert in Cologne and changed the band's name to "Eric Burdon's Fire Department", whose lineup included backing vocalist JackieCarter of Silver Convention , Bertram Engel of Udo Lindenberg 's "Panik Orchester" and Jean-Jaques Kravetz. In mid 1980 they recorded the album The Last Drive . "Eric Burdon's Fire Department" toured Europe with this lineup and Paul Millins and Louisiana Red made special appearances in Spain and Italy. By December 1980 the band had broken up.
In April 1981, Christine Buschmann began to film Comeback (film)|Comeback with Burdon as the star. They created a new "Eric Burdon Band" whose lineup included Louisiana Red , Tony Braunagle, John Sterling and Snuffy Walden . This band recorded live tracks in Los Angeles. They also recorded in Berlin with another lineup, the only remaining member being John Sterling. In September 1981 the final scenes of Comeback were shot in the Berlin Metropole and Burdon and his band continued to tour through Australia and North America. A studio album titled Comeback (album)|Comeback was released in 1982. The 1983 album Power Company (album)|Power Company also included songs recorded during the Comeback project.
In 1988 he put together a band with 15 musicians including Andrew Giddings - keyboards, Steve Stroud - bass, Adrian Sheppard - drums, Jamie Moses - guitar and four backing vocalists to record the album I Used To Be An Animal in Malibu, California|Malibu , in the United States. In 1990 Eric Burdon's cover version of " Sixteen Tons " was used for the film Joe Versus the Volcano . The song, which played at the beginning of the film, was also released as a single. He also recorded the singles "We Gotta Get out of this Place" with Katrina & The Waves and "No Man's Land" with Tony Carey and Anne Haigis . Later in 1990 he had a small lineup of an Eric Burdon Band featuring Jimmy Zavala (sax and harmonica), Dave Meros (bass), Jeff Naideau (keyboards), Thom Mooney (drums) and John Sterling (guitar) before he began a tour with The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and they appeared at a concert from Ventura, California|Ventura Beach , California, which was released as a DVD on 20 June 2008.
On 13 April 2004 he released a "comeback" album, My Secret Life (Eric Burdon album)|My Secret Life , which was his first album with new recordings for 16 years. When JohnLee Hooker died in 2001, Burdon had written the song "Can't Kill the Boogieman" the co-writers of the songs, on the album, were Tony Braunagel and Marcelo Nova . In 2005 they released a live album, Athens Traffic Live , with special DVD bonus material and a bonus studio track and disbanded in November 2005. He began a short touring as "The Blues Knights".
On 27 January 2006 he released his blues–R& B album Soul of a Man (Eric Burdon album)|Soul of a Man . This album was dedicated to Ray Charles and JohnLee Hooker . The cover of the album was a picture, which was sent to Burdon a few years before. Burdon then formed a new band, with the following members: Red Young (keyboards), Paula O'Rourke (bass), Eric McFadden (guitar), Carl Carlton (guitar), and Wally Ingram (drums). They also performed at the Lugano Festival and in 2007 he toured as the headlining act of the "Hippiefest" lineup, produced and hosted by Country Joe McDonald .
Other associations
In 1991, Burdon and Brian Auger formed the "Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band" with the following lineup: Eric Burdon – vocals, Brian Auger – keyboards, vocals, Dave Meros – bass, vocals, Don Kirkpatrick – guitar, vocals, and Paul Crowder (filmmaker)|Paul Crowder – drums, vocals. By 1992, Larry Wilkins replaced Kirkpatrick and Karma Auger (Brian's son) replaced Crowder and in 1993 they added Richard Reguria (percussion). The live album Access All Areas (Eric Burdon & Brian Auger Band album)|Access All Areas was then released. In 1994 the "Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band" disbanded. Burdon then formed the "Eric Burdon's i Band". The lineup included Larry Wilkins, Dean Restum (guitar), Dave Meros (bass) and Mark Craney (drums).
In 1995, Burdon made a guest appearance with Bon Jovi , singing " It's My Life (Bon Jovi song)|It's My Life "/" We Gotta Get out of This Place " medley at the Hall of Fame. He also released the album Lost Within The Halls Of Fame , with past tracks and re-recordings of some songs from I Used To Be An Animal . In October 1996, Aynsley Dunbar replaced Craney on drums. The Official Live Bootleg was recorded in 1997 and in May that year Larry Wilkins died of cancer. He also released the compilations Soldier Of Fortune and ''I'm Ready which featured recordings from the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2000 he recorded the song " Power to the People (song)|Power to the People " together with Ringo Starr and Billy Preston for the motion picture Steal This Movie! . On 11 May 2001, The Animals were inducted into the Rock Walk Of Fame on Burdon's 60th birthday. On 3 March 2002, the live album Live in Seattle was recorded. Ex-War member Lee Oskar made a guest appearance on the album. In 2003 he made a guest appearance on the album Joyous in the City of Fools by the Greeks|Greek rock band Pyx Lax , singing lead vocal on "Someone Wrote 'Save me' On a Wall".
In 2001, his second critically acclaimed memoir, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," written with author/filmmaker J. Marshall Craig, was released in the U.S., followed by editions in Greece, Germany and Australia.
On 7 June 2008 Burdon performed at the memorial service of Bo Diddley in Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville , Florida. http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html? id=55a1635a-bd00-4662-9dfd-26fe5f5eb6e6 Bo Diddley, Calgary Herald , 8 June 2008 During July and August 2008, Burdon appeared as the headline act of the "Hippiefest". He also recorded the single " For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)|For What It's Worth " with Carl Carlton and Max Buskohl .
On 12 November 2008 Rolling Stone ranked Eric Burdon #57 on the list of the 100 Greatest Singers of all Time. On 22 January 2009 he first performed with his new band, including keyboardist Red Young , guitarist Rick Hirsch, bass player Jack Bryant and drummer Ed Friedland. For a few months he was sick and did not perform except in the United States. On 26 June, he began his European tour. The band includes Red Young (keyboards), Billy Watts (guitar), Terry Wilson (bass), Brannen Temple (drums) and Georgia Dagaki ( cretan lyra ). On 7 August the tour ended.
Influence
The sound of The Animals influenced many Britpop , alternative rock and power pop groups, and his voice has been highly respected by many people such as Jim Morrison , Robert Plant , Tom Petty , David Johansen , Joe Cocker and Dan Zanes .citation needed|date=January 2012 Iggy Pop and Bruce Springsteen voted for Burdon in the poll of Rolling Stone s list of the Top One Hundred best singers.citation needed|date=January 2012
Brian Jones called him "The best blues singer to ever come out of England."citation needed|date=January 2012 Alan Price has called him "The best singer in a white band."citation needed|date=January 2012 Guthrie Thomas credits Burdon as being the deciding influence in 1964 to embark on a career in recording.citation needed|date=January 2012 In his 2012 keynote speech at SXSW, Bruce Springsteen said We Gotta Get Out of This Place "is every song I've ever written." He then played the opening guitar riffs from Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and Badlands (Bruce Springsteen song)|Badlands and said, "It's the same expletive riff, man.".
Film career
Burdon wanted to act in the movie Blowup (1966). Director Michelangelo Antonioni wanted to use him as a musician in a club scene. Burdon turned the role down, because he had acted in movies before, where he sang songs. He disbanded The Animals and went to California where he met Jim Morrison and came to the realisation that his real inspiration was acting .
Later, he turned down major roles in Zabriskie Point (film)|Zabriskie Point and Performance (film)|Performance (both 1970).
In 1973 he formed The Eric Burdon Band and recorded the soundtrack for his own film project, Mirage . He spent much money to make this film, produced as a motion picture for Atlantic (label)|Atlantic . The film and the soundtrack were to be released in July 1974, but somehow they never were. The soundtrack was released in 2008.
In 1979 he acted in the TV movie The 11th Victim . Then in the German motion picture Gibbi - Westgermany (1980). In 1982 he starred in another German motion picture, Comeback (film)|Comeback , again as a singer.
In 1991 he had a cameo appearance in The Doors (film)|The Doors .
In 1998 he acted as himself in the Greek movie My Brother and I , followed by a bigger role in the German motion picture ''Snow on New Year's Eve (1999).
In the following years he was credited in many documentaries and in an Independent film|independent movie called Fabulous Shiksa in Distress (2003), along with Ned Romero and Ted Markland .
In 2007 he performed the traditional " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child " in the drama festival film The Blue Hour and in a documentary about Joshua Tree, California|Joshua Tree , where Burdon lives, called Nowhere Now (2008).
Discography
Main|Eric Burdon discography
Filmography
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Burdon, Eric. ''I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now . Faber and Faber, 1986. ISBN 0-571-13492-0.
Kent, Jeff. The Last Poet: The Story Of Eric Burdon . Witan Books, 1989. ISBN 0-9508981-2-0.
Egan, Sean. ''Animal Tracks - Updated and Expanded: The Story of The Animals, Newcastle's Rising Sons . Askill Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-0-9545750-4-5.
Burdon, Eric (with J. Marshall Craig). ''Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir''. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56025-330-4.
External links
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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/music/talkto_the_animal38129609.html Eric Burdon Eric Burdon Interview from 2009
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