Tinnitist: Classic Album Review: Eric Burdon | Soul Of A Man
The first thing you notice about Eric Burdon’s new disc Soul Of A Man is how damn good he sounds.
Read MoreFar Out Magazine: The Animals’ Eric Burdon identified the “secret of life” back in 1967
“My opinions are changing so fast I can hardly keep up with meself,” Eric Burdon told an Associated Press reporter in 1967. By this point, his band The Animals were already one of the old veterans of the British Invasion, but at the age of 25, Burdon was still a growing boy.
Read MoreForbes : Eric Burdon, Still One Cool Animal (by Jim Clash) →
Eric Burdon, singer of The Animals, now 82, later pursued acting and wrote two highly entertaining books: I Used To Be An Animal, But I’m All Right Now; and Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir. He still tours occasionally. This interview was conducted between gigs just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, parts of which ran previously.
Read MoreKSLX Classic Rock : WAR releases new mix of classic album ‘The World Is a Ghetto,’ vinyl box set coming November 25 →
Fifty years ago this month, WAR’s classic album The World Is a Ghetto was released, hitting number one on the Billboard chart and going on to become the bestselling album of 1973. Now there’s a whole new way to listen to it. Avenue/Rhino has released a new Dolby Atmos mix of the album, which features the top-10 title track and the number-two hit “Cisco Kid.” The World Is a Ghetto was WAR’s fifth album. The band was first formed in the late ’60s by ex-Animals frontman Eric Burdon and producer/songwriter Jerry Goldstein.
Read MoreDW : Blues, drugs and rock 'n' roll: Eric Burdon turns 75 →
The singer of "House of the Rising Sun" and founder of the band The Animals is considered one of the greatest white blues performer ever. Following his 75th birthday, Eric Burdon will once again go on tour.
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