LOVE, APPRECIATION & THANKS to THE ANIMALS
This is an unofficial channel (by a fan) in tribute to THE ANIMALS (1963-1966), one of the GREATEST British R&B bands of the 1960s.
The original line-up:
Eric Burdon - vocals, Alan Price - keyboards, Hilton Valentine - guitar, Chas Chandler - bass, John Steel - drums
Later personnel:
Mick Gallagher - keyboards (temporary replacement), Dave Rowberry - keyboards, Barry Jenkins - drums
A great blog by The Daily Guru about The Animals & their rousing version of House of the Rising Sun:
tinyurl.com/bssedyg
"The best blues singer to come out of England, ever" - Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, about Eric Burdon
"A wildly exciting instrumentalist" - Chuck Berry on guitarist Hilton Valentine
"The Animals were a revelation" - Bruce Springsteen
"Really to me they are the best group I've ever heard" - Little Richard in 1964
"If anybody had the sound that we wanted to get it was The Animals" - Robby Krieger, guitarist, The Doors