Eric Burdon & "My Secret Life"
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:03 am
Eric Burdon to release new album!
Eric Burdon's life has been a musical journey matched by few other performers in rock music history. As the founding leader of “The Animals”
he was the driving force of the grittiest British Invasion Band that knocked the Beatles off the No. 1 charts with “House of the Rising Sun”.
He then went on to help pioneer the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene with the landmark Monterey performance, fronting “WAR” - the biggest funk band of the 70s with its two immediate classics: “Tobacco Road” and “Spill the Wine”.
Besides the No. 1 landslide “House of the Rising Sun”, his top charting hits include “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”, “It’s My Life”, “I’m Crying”, “Inside Looking Out”, “The Story of Bo Diddley”, “Bring It On Home to Me”, “See See Rider”, “Sky Pilot”, “When I Was Young” and “Monterey”.
His fans all around the world will be thrilled to know that Eric is about to release “My Secret Life”, his first studio album in two decades.
The title track, “My Secret Life”, was recorded because “Leonard Cohen’s always been one of my all-time favourite singer/songwriters”, Eric says. “There were so many of his songs I wanted to cover but I think this one takes the biscuit”.
The original tune “Black And White World” came from Eric’s longstanding love of the movies. “Growing up in Newcastle, most of those films were black and white. They’re ingrained in my mind forever and will always be
an escape for me. That’s what the song is about.”
Another track is “Can’t Kill The Boogieman” which grew directly out of Eric and his band playing with John Lee Hooker at the late blues legend’s annual birthday bash at a club in California. “Can’t Kill The Boogieman
– his spirit lives on!
--thanks to Bernd Fischer for the hint!
Eric Burdon's life has been a musical journey matched by few other performers in rock music history. As the founding leader of “The Animals”
he was the driving force of the grittiest British Invasion Band that knocked the Beatles off the No. 1 charts with “House of the Rising Sun”.
He then went on to help pioneer the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene with the landmark Monterey performance, fronting “WAR” - the biggest funk band of the 70s with its two immediate classics: “Tobacco Road” and “Spill the Wine”.
Besides the No. 1 landslide “House of the Rising Sun”, his top charting hits include “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”, “It’s My Life”, “I’m Crying”, “Inside Looking Out”, “The Story of Bo Diddley”, “Bring It On Home to Me”, “See See Rider”, “Sky Pilot”, “When I Was Young” and “Monterey”.
His fans all around the world will be thrilled to know that Eric is about to release “My Secret Life”, his first studio album in two decades.
The title track, “My Secret Life”, was recorded because “Leonard Cohen’s always been one of my all-time favourite singer/songwriters”, Eric says. “There were so many of his songs I wanted to cover but I think this one takes the biscuit”.
The original tune “Black And White World” came from Eric’s longstanding love of the movies. “Growing up in Newcastle, most of those films were black and white. They’re ingrained in my mind forever and will always be
an escape for me. That’s what the song is about.”
Another track is “Can’t Kill The Boogieman” which grew directly out of Eric and his band playing with John Lee Hooker at the late blues legend’s annual birthday bash at a club in California. “Can’t Kill The Boogieman
– his spirit lives on!
--thanks to Bernd Fischer for the hint!
! Thanks, Jarkko 
!