January 01, 2008 - Hiliton just finished off 2007 playing
with Eric for about 95% of the gigs and will continue to do so for
2008. At least that's two originals together. January 01, 2008 - Hiliton just finished off 2007 playing
with Eric for about 95% of the gigs and will continue to do so for
2008. At least that's two originals together. February 18, 2007 - Hiliton reunites with Eric for a Hippie
Fest gig in Cypress
Gardens/Winter Haven FL.
January 01, 2007 - Loads of cool Animals videos can be found
on YouTube.com. Here is just a small example
BOOM BOOM
- NME POLLWINNERS CONCERT
DON'T LET ME BE
MISUNDERSTOOD
- NME POLL WINNERS CONCERT
TALKIN' 'BOUT YOU
- NME POLL WINNERS CONCERT
DON'T LET ME BE
MISUNDERSTOOD
- Ed Sullivan.
March 30, 2005 - More exposure for The Animals on "American
Dreams"!
It's My Life made the soundtrack for the episode titled It's My Life.
March 09, 2005 - More exposure for The Animals on "American
Dreams"!
Although portrayed by others, The Animals original recording of We
Gotta
Get Out Of This Place made the soundtrack for the episode titled Commencement.
Jan 30, 2005 - More exposure for The Animals on "American
Dreams"!
Don't Bring Me Down made the soundtrack for the episode titled Starting
Over.
Jan 23, 2005 - Prime Minister Tony Blair dropped everything
on Thursday
to allow cameras into Downing Street to reveal his favourite No 1 song
was The Animals' House Of The Rising Sun. Mr. Blair told the 2.5
million
Top Of The Pops viewers: "There have been so many great No 1s on Top Of
The Pops, but the one I've chose in House Of The Rising Sun by The
Animals
because it is the first song I learned to play on the guitar." - taken
from the English paper "The Mail On Sunday"
All of 2004 - The so-called Animals
40th Anniversary tour is not what you think. People continue to
write
to us believing that Hilton Valentine is participating.
Apparently
gigs are being advertised with this information. THIS IS NOT THE
CASE! The drummer John Steel is the ONLY Animal that has anything
to do with that. Hilton hasn't played with John since June 2001 and has
no intention of doing so. Also, many of you are writing in to ask if
Mickey
Gallagher was an Animal. He was not. He served as a
substitute
only for about a week when Alan Price quit the band and they were
waiting
for Dave Rowberry to join up with them.
April 4, 2004 - More exposure for The Animals on "American
Dreams"!
House Of The Rising Sun made the soundtrack (again) for the season's
finale
episode titled No Way Out.
Oct 27, 2003 - Tom Petty performed a cover of "I'm Crying"
on the Radio
Music Awards.
June 6, 2003 - Animals keyboard player Dave Rowberry passed
away in his
home from a heart attack.
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Dave Rowberry July 7, 1940 - June 6, 2003 |
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Dave,
Likeable, easy going,
intelligent,
great sense of humour
and a f*cking great keyboard
player.
That's who you are and was glad
I could share that with you.
I really enjoyed our time
together,
then and now.
Love,
Hilton
May 30, 2003 - Our producer, Mickie Most, from '64-'65 passed away at
his
home in London with his wife by his side. Rest in Peace Mickie.
~Hilton
Valentine
May 4, 2003 - More exposure for The Animals on "American
Dreams"!
House Of The Rising Sun made the soundtrack for the episode titled, Down
The Shore.
March 2, 2003 - The Animals are portrayed on the NBC series
"American Dreams"
Sunday the 2nd. The episode was titled Act Of Contrition.
Watch for the repeat! Though they played the actual Animals recording
of
Boom Boom, they did not use any footage of The Animals appearing on
American
Bandstand. This is unusual as every other artist I've seen being
portrayed on that show (when showing them at Bandstand), they mixed it
in with vintage footage of the actual artist. They really need
someone
checking the historical details though. They had the "Chas" and
"Alan"
guys in crewcuts! Helloooo - British Invasion band here ---
that's
a clue to give the actors some more hair! And they had the "Hilton" guy
playing a Rickenbacker. He was using the Gretsch Tennessean when
he was playing Boom Boom. It was still pretty cool. Oh, and
for those of you who did catch it...... According to Hilton, Eric did
NOT
do that with the camera. Also, on Sunday March 9th for the
Past
Imperfect episode, "Meg" & "Luke" state that The Animals are
their
favorite band!
Feb 2003 - Audio page launched. 25 songs and more to
come!
Nov 2002 - There have been 941 Number One songs since the
charts began
and the company which compiles the weekly listing, The Official UK
Charts
Company, counted nearly 190,000 votes to draw up its list.
Darren Haynes, of The Official UK Charts Company, said: "This list of the nation's favourite songs once again shows the enduring appeal of classics such as Bohemian Rhapsody and Imagine."
The top 100
1 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2 John Lennon - Imagine
3 Beatles - Hey Jude
4 Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over
Troubled Water
5 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
6 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade
Of Pale
7 Animals - The
House
Of The Rising Sun
Dec 2001- Eric's new book is out. Visit
www.EricBurdon.com
Oct 2001 - www.HiltonValentine.com has been launched!
Hear MP3 audio
clips for his current project. The site is still under
construction
but will soon feature video clips as well as additional audio clips and
many other goodies!
July 2001 - Hilton, Dave & John no longer tour together.
Interview
with Hilton Valentine conducted 31, March 2001 by Digger of
www.sixtiespop.com
Log onto his site to see interviews with other 60's British icons such
as Andrew Loog Oldham, Eddie Phillips and Jim McCarty. He also
has
a great interview with Sid Bernstein!
The
Animals were inducted into Hollywood's Rock Walk of Fame on May 11,
2001.
Visit the Rock Walk of Fame web site at: http://www.rockwalk.com
See
the photos!
The
Animals had a "reunion" of sorts for Eric's 60th birthday party May
11th
& 12th at the El Rey Theatre in Hollywood CA. Hilton
Valentine,
John Steel and Dave Rowberry were there along with many other musicians
from Eric's career. People came from all over the world (Japan,
Australia,
England, Canada, Germany, all over the U.S.....YOU NAME IT!) to witness
this once in a lifetime opportunity! See
the photos!
Animal
Tracks - The Story of The Animals: Newcastle's Rising Sons is the
latest,
most informative biography of the band by Sean Egan and is available
through
our merchandise page. http://members.aol.com/TheAnimalsSite/merchandise.html
The
Animals appear twice on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's list of
| The
Animals -
The
House Of The Rising Sun
The
Animals -
We
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