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Power Company (album)
''Power Company'' is an album by the Eric Burdon Band, released in 1983. It features recordings from the Comeback project. It also features live recordings. Track listing Side One # "Power Company" (Bernd Gärtig, Bertram Passmann, Eric Burdon, Frank Diez, Jackie Carter, Jean-Jacques Kravetz, Nippy Noya) # "Devil's Daughter" (Eric Burdon, Iverson Minter) # "You Can't Kill my Spirit" (Tony Greco, Ranji K. Bedi) # "Do You Feel It" (Eric Burdon, John Sterling, Pat Couchois) # "Wicked Man" (George Suranovich, John Sterling, Terry Ryan) Side Two # "Heart Attack" (Chris Couchois, Howard Messer, Pat Couchois) # "Who Gives a Fuck" (Eric Burdon, John Sterling) # "Sweet Blood Call" (Iverson Minter) # "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional; arranged by Eric Burdon and John Sterling) # "Comeback" (Traditional; arranged by Eric Burdon and John Sterling) Personnel * Eric Burdon - sung, screamed and growled vocals * John Sterling - guitar * Snuffy Walden - guitar * Steve Goldste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer. He was previously the lead vocalist of R&B and rock band the Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He is also known for his aggressive stage performances. In 2008, he was ranked 57th in ''Rolling Stone'''s list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". Early life Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His father, Matt, was originally from Tyneside. His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and moved to Scotland before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s. He also had a younger sister, Irene. Burdon later recalled that his middle name "Victor" had been chosen after encouragement from the Lord Mayor, who offered new mothers £25 if their new-borns were given a patriotic "war name." Burdon states he often had a divided loyalty in his sense of place and identity. He was born to a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Jacques Kravetz
Jean-Jacques Kravetz (born 23 May 1947) is a French keyboardist, saxophonist and composer. He has played in the bands backing German rock singers Udo Lindenberg and Peter Maffay since the 1970s as well as playing with many other German bands as a guest musician. He was the keyboardist for the German progressive rock band Frumpy from 1969 to 1972. Biography Jean-Jacques Kravetz studied alto saxophone and piano at the Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ... from 1960 until 1965. He founded his first band in Paris in 1965. In 1966 he joined the band Les Piteuls with who he recorded for the first time. In 1967 he moved to Hamburg, Germany and worked as a saxophone teacher at the Hamburger Konservatorium until 1975. He played as a member of the bands D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Braunagel
Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter from Houston, Texas, United States, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Braunagel has played on many film scores and television shows as well as numerous albums as a musician, composer and producer. He is best known as a session drummer and/or percussionist of over 200 albums including those of Otis Rush, Eric Burdon, Johnny Nash, Coco Montoya, Lucky Peterson, as well as Grammy winning albums of Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy (percussion) and for performing live with dozens of music icons including Bonnie Raitt, Rickie Lee Jones, BB King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Bette Midler, Lyle Lovett, and Taj Mahal to name just a few. Braunagel's recording and performing career encompasses numerous and diverse rhythms and drum styles, but he is most known for Rhythm and Blues, Blues, Americana Rock ‘n’ Roll, Blues shuffle, Back Beat, as well as his own blend of Reggae and West African rhy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Wilson (musician)
Robert Terry Wilson (born October 4, 1949) is an American bass player, record producer and composer. Biography He was born in Warren, Arkansas, United States. In the late 1960s, he started as a professional musician, playing bass for bands/artists such as Blackwell, Bloontz, John Martyn amongst others. In 1975, he became a member of the rock band Back Street Crawler. Around this time he also worked with Johnny Nash, John Bundrick, Speedy Keen, Paul Travis, Shusha, Sue Glover, Paul Kossoff, Eddie Quansah, No Slack, Mark Ashton, Geoff Whitehorn and others. In 1981–1982, he played bass for Eric Burdon on the album '' Comeback'' and on live shows, as well as the ''Rockpalast'' concert. He was also credited on many later released compilations of Burdon and as the composer of The Animals's 1983 reggae/rock-single, "Love is for all Time" (which was performed in the live shows of his wife, Teresa James). Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, he worked with Gary Dayton Hill, Johnn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Barron
Ronnie Barron (born Ronald Raymond Barrosse, October 9, 1943, in Algiers, New Orleans – March 20, 1997) was an American actor, keyboardist, organist, and blue-eyed soul singer during the 1970s. He was known for his work as a session musician, and a sideman for several artists, as well as his collaborations with Dr. John, a fellow New Orleans native. Musicians who employed him include Paul Butterfield, Canned Heat, Ry Cooder, Tom Waits, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, and others. Barron met Mac Rebennack in 1958 and performed with him at several venues around New Orleans. They were classmates at Jesuit High School in New Orleans. During that period, he created the Reverend Ether persona to satisfy audiences who were primarily interested in entertainers. Rebennack was so impressed with the gimmick that he wanted Barron to become Dr. John. Barron was hired by Sonny and Cher Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of The Rising Sun
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iverson Minter
Iverson Minter (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012), known as Louisiana Red, was an American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. He was best known for his song "Sweet Blood Call". Biography Born in Bessemer, Alabama, Minter lost his parents early in life; his mother died of pneumonia shortly after his birth, and his father was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in 1937.Wynn, Ron. Louisiana Red: Biography Allmusic.com. He was brought up by a series of relatives in various towns and cities. Red recorded for Chess in 1949, before joining the Army. He was trained as a parachutist with the 82nd Airborne and was sent to Korea in 1951. The 82nd Airborne was not deployed as a complete unit in Korea, but soldiers from this unit were dispatched as Rangers in the 2nd, 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions. Minter said he was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. After leaving the Army, he played with John Lee Hooker in Detroit for two years in the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippy Noya
Nippy Noya (born 27 February 1946) is an Indonesian, Netherlands-based percussionist and songwriter, specialising in congas, kalimba, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shekere, caxixi, triangle and the berimbau. History Son of Japanese Taiko drummer Fusao San Nakato, he was born on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and came to Europe in 1968. He began his professional career as a conga player in Amsterdam with percussion-rock band Massada. He played with them till 2016 on and off whilst becoming a sought-after musician; he made a one-off return for the recording of their 2018-released live dvd. Artists he since played and recorded with include Peter Herbolzheimer, John McLaughlin, Jan Akkerman, Hellmut Hattler, Volker Kriegel, Earth and Fire, Stan Getz and Dick Morrissey. In addition he toured with Richard Tee, Eric Burdon, Billy Cobham, Miko Aleksic Chaka Khan, Peter Maffay, Udo Lindenberg, Gitte Haenning, John Hondorp and Herbert Grönemeyer. He also taught and perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Company (song)
Power Company is a song written and performed by Eric Burdon. It was released in 1980. Background The first version of the song was recorded with "Eric Burdon's Fire Dept." in April 1980 in France. It was released as a single and peaked No. 11 in Austria. In 1981, Burdon recorded a different rendition, released on the 1983 album ''Power Company An electric utility is a company in the electric power industry (often a public utility) that engages in electricity generation and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market. The electrical utility industry is a major pr ...''. In 1992 another version, recorded 1981, was released on ''The Unreleased Eric Burdon''. References {{Eric Burdon Eric Burdon songs 1980 singles 1980 songs Songs written by Eric Burdon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comeback (film)
''Comeback'' is a 1982 semi-autobiographical film starring Eric Burdon, an English singer best known as a member and vocalist of rock band The Animals and of the funk rock band War, and for his aggressive stage performances. It was shot first in Los Angeles then in Berlin. In spring 1984, MGM released the film on VHS. A soundtrack to the movie was also released in 1982, ''Comeback (Eric Burdon album), Comeback''. Premise A once-famous blues singer whose career has taken a downturn tries to get back on top. Cast File:Eric-Burdon 1973.jpg, Eric-Burdon 1973 File:Eric Burdon & the Animals.jpg, Eric Burdon & the Animals * Eric Burdon as Rocco * Julie Carmen as Tina * Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Michael Cavanaugh as The Manager * John Aprea as Lawyer * Louisiana Red as "Louisiana" * Jorg Pfennigwerth as Paul * Blackie Dammett as "Heavy" * Edwin Craig as "Freak" * Emily Woods as Laura * Bob Lockwood as Marilyn * Rosa King as Rosa * Blair Ashleigh as Liz * Dan van Husen as Zuhaelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Used To Be An Animal
''I Used to Be an Animal'' is a studio album by English singer Eric Burdon, released in 1988 by Metronome Records. It was his first studio album in almost four years. It was recorded at Indigo Ranch in Malibu, California. Following his autobiography, ''I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now'' (1986), it was his comeback. "Going Back to Memphis", "Run for Your Life", "Don't Give a Damn" and "I Will Be with You Again" were released as singles worldwide. Most of the albums' titles are featured on many compilations. Burdon mixed several pop and rock-influenced styles like jungle, new wave, disco, alternative rock, hip hop, glam metal, electronica and blues. Track listing All songs were composed by Eric Burdon and Steve Grant; except where noted. Side A # "I Used to Be an Animal" ( Geoff Bastow, Eric Burdon, Michael Jackson-Clark) – 3:19 # "The Dream" (Burdon) – 1:33 # "American Dreams" – 3:36 # "Going Back to Memphis" – 4:12 # "Leo's Place" – 4:07 Side B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
