| Name | Bobby Tench |
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| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Robert Tench |
| Alias | Bob Tench, Bobby Gass |
| Born | September 21, 1944 |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Instrument | Vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards |
| Genre | Rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Label | A&M;, Parlophone, Polydor, Atco, RSO, Sanctuary, RCA, Vertigo, Epic, Stiff, Indigo |
| Associated acts | Catch My Soul, Gass, The Jeff Beck Group, BBA, Ginger Baker, Hanson, Freddie King, Boxer, Hummingbird, Bernard Purdie, Streetwalkers, Widowmaker, Axis Point, Eric Burdon, Van Morrison, Humble Pie, Topper Headon, Roger Chapman, The Electric Blues Company, Peter Green, Ruby Turner, Max Middleton, Gonzalez, Linda Lewis |
| Url | Official website |
| Notable instruments | Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul |
At the start of his career he performed and recorded with his own band Gass. Tench left Gass, moving on to appear with Gonzalez, before joining The Jeff Beck Group. He recorded with Ginger Baker before touring with Beck, Bogert & Appice as vocalist and recording sessions with Linda Lewis. Associations with Junior Marvin and the blues, rock guitarist Freddie King followed.
He signed to A&M; Records and formed Hummingbird, later joining Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney in Streetwalkers as a parallel project. During this period he had brief associations with Boxer and Widowmaker, recording an album with each before working with Van Morrison. When his commitments with Morrison came to an end he moved on to work with Eric Burdon, also Axis Point, before Steve Marriott included him in a new lineup of Humble Pie.
More collaborations and associations followed with musicians such as Brian Robertson, Topper Headon, Roger Chapman, Ruby Turner and Alan Price. Tench was re-united with Humble Pie in the new millennium, when the band was re-formed by their drummer Jerry Shirley. The lineup he joined also featured Humble Pie's original bassist Greg Ridley. In the same year he appeared at the Steve Marriott Memorial Concert, held at the Astoria Theatre, London. More recently he has been involved with studio collaboration and production.
At the end of May 1971 Tench joined The Jeff Beck Group. Jeff Beck had signed a record deal with CBS in June 1971, having reformed The Jeff Beck Group. Vocals by Alex Ligertwood had been unexpectedly rejected by record company bosses, forcing Beck to find a replacement singer. Having heard Tench perform with Gass, "Upstairs" at Ronnie Scott's club in Soho London, he employed him as replacement vocalist. In their book about Beck Chris Hjort and Doug Hinman, mention this association and state: "Tench is also a proficient guitar player". He was given only a short time to add his vocals to Rough and Ready (1971), before mixing resumed on tracks previously recorded in London by Beck and the other band members including, drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Clive Chaman and keyboard player Max Middleton. When the album was released in Europe they toured Finland, Holland, Switzerland and Germany. was released in USA eight months later and a sixteen date promotional tour followed. The album eventually reached #46 on the US album charts.
In January 1972 The Jeff Beck Group travelled to USA to join Beck at TMI studios in Memphis, Tennessee, where they recorded the album Jeff Beck Group (1972) with Steve Cropper as producer. The promotional tour which followed included an appearance on the BBC In Concert series, which was recorded on June 29, 1972 at the Paris Theatre, London. During this session Tench's guitar playing was featured on "Definitely Maybe", a rare occasion whilst he was associated with Beck. On July 24, 1972 The second Jeff Beck Group was officially disbanded and Beck's management released this statement:
In July 1972 he played guitar on Stratavarious (1972) with Cream drummer Ginger Baker. He was credited under the pseudonym Bobby Gass and appeared with Afro beat Pioneer Fela Ransome-Kuti, also appearing at live dates with Baker during this period. Stravarious was later re-issued, along with other tracks under the title of Do What You Like.
He was re-united with Jeff Beck during the summer of 1972. Beck was collaborating with bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice and they began touring USA as Jeff Beck Group, on August 1, 1972. Tench was flown in from England to replace vocalist Kim Milford, The tour concluded at the Paramount North West Theatre in Washington, on August 19, 1972 and Tench ended his association with Jeff Beck further to the formation of the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice. In her review of Fathoms Deep for Allmusic, Amy Hanson wrote: |title= Linda Lewis, Fathoms Deep|author=Hanson, Amy|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-07-02}}}}
During February 1973 he joined Junior Marvin, who had appeared with Tench on the Gass album Juju three years previously credited as Junior Kerr, who had formed Hanson also known as Junior Marvin's Hanson and they recorded Now Hear This (1973). The lineup on this album included, drummer Conrad Isidore, bassist Clive Chaman who later joined Tench in Hummingbird and DeLisle Harper who also played bass and had been a member of Gass with Tench. Now Hear This fused rock with funk and was produced by Mario Medious also known as Big "M".
Tench was recruited to appear on recordings with the blues rock guitarist Freddie King and record producer Mike Vernon. He also signed to A&M;, in the same year and formed the rock and soul fusion band Hummingbird, whose lineup included members of the second Jeff Beck Group also second guitarist Bernie Holland and drummer Conrad Isidore. The band was produced by Ian Samwell for A&M; Records and they recorded the first of three albums, Hummingbird (1974) About the band Hummingbird, respected music magazine Gramophone commented that:}} In April 1975 he became a member of Streetwalkers. He had already already been part of a fluid line-up with Chapman and Whitney, performing as a member of Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers and had appeared with their touring band at concerts, such as at Hyde Park in London, the previous year and for television appearances, including Rockpalast in March 1975.
Tench recorded a second album with Hummingbird, We Can't Go On Meeting Like This, which was released in 1975 and was the first of two albums to feature drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. Streetwalkers first album Downtown Flyer was released in October in Europe and USA, the same year. with Streetwalkers and they performed again for John Peel's show, on March 14, 1977. On the April 19, 1977, Streetwalkers appeared on Rockpalast for a final time and their set for this performance with Tench playing guitar and singing, included songs such as "Run for Cover". This song appeared on their groove heavy album, Red Card (1976), their most respected album. They went onto record one more studio album with him and he also appeared on their final release Live Streetwalkers (1977), before the band broke up. Tench and Hummingbird's final album Diamond Nights, was released the same year.Tench moved on to work with former Mott the Hoople and Spooky Tooth guitarist Luther Grosvenor, who was also known as Ariel Bender. Grosvenor had formed Widowmaker (UK), which was considered as a potential supergroup, during 1975. Tench contributed guitar and vocals to their the band's first album Widowmaker (1976), which was recorded in 1975 The lineup on this album also included Love Affair vocalist Steve Ellis, Hawkwind guitarist Hugh Lloyd-Langton, Chicken Shack bassist Bob Daisley and former Lindisfarne drummer Paul Nicholls.
Later in 1976 Tench contributed vocals to Bloodletting with Boxer, a band which had been formed by Mike Patto and Ollie Halsall the year before. Bloodletting was recorded at The Manor Studios in Oxfordshire and would eventually be released as the band's third album three years later. The first track from this album, Lennon and McCartney's "Hey Bulldog" was used as the A-side for a single released during 1976. Tench also appeared on stage with members of Boxer at the Crystal Palace Bowl on August 7 the same year, at a concert promoted by Harvey Goldsmith. The concert featured others such as Eric Clapton and Freddie King who appeared with guests Larry Coryell and Ronnie Wood, on the same bill. Freddie King died of a heart attack on December 29, 1976 aged 42 and the compilation album Freddie King 1934-1976 (1977) was released several months later, featuring tracks Tench had contributed to on King's album Burglar, recorded four years previously. in March 1978 to record the Wavelength (1978). He was recommended to Morrison by drummer Peter Van Hooke, after Hooke had seen him perform in Streetwalkers. In an interview with Johnny Rogan Tench stated, "I quite liked the songs "Natalia" and "Wavelength" because I had a lot to do with them. They came together quickly. He's a very quick worker and once it's there he doesn't see why you can't record it. He let us get on with it, really. It was a good band". He also contributed lead guitar and vocals to the promotional Wavelength tour which followed. The tour started in Santa Clara, California on September 30, 1978 and ended on March 1, 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. By the end of the tour he had appeared in Morrison's lineup sixty two times, before leaving. He appeared with Morrison at the Roxy, on November 26, 1978. This performance was recorded and released as the promotional album Live at the Roxy (1979). Tench also appeared in the video Van Morrison in Ireland, which was filmed in February 1979, when he was performing with Morrison on The Wavelength Tour and was released two years later. Of the bands performance on the video, Tony Stewart commented in the music newspaper NME, that:
During May 1978 Tench joined Eric Burdon to record the album Darkness Darkness, at Roundwood House in County Leix Ireland. The album was released nearly two years later. The album was recorded using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio and with a lineup also including guitarists Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy and Henry McCullough recently departed from Wings, also Mick Weaver from Traffic. He also performed with Burdon at concerts during this time, before joining Streetwalkers guitarist Charlie Whitney's band Axis Point as a guitarist and vocalist to record Axis Point (1979).
He joined Humble Pie in 1980, further to a previously aborted attempt to enlist him. The lineup included founder member, guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott, their original drummer Jerry Shirley and American bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones. They recorded and submitted "Fool For a Pretty Face" which Marriott had written with Shirley earlier, to record companies. The song secured a recording contract with Atlantic subsidiary Atco in USA and Don Arden's Jet Records in UK. Tench remained with them and they recorded On To Victory (1980), which reached #60 in the Billboard 200 album charts and the single "Fool For a Pretty Face" reached #52 in the US singles charts. Tench toured with Humble Pie in USA, as part of the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Bill with Ted Nugent and Aerosmith and recorded Go for the Throat (1980). The band toured this album after its release after Go For The Throat was dropped due to contractual differences. the drummer from The Clash, to record Waking Up (1984). Tracks from these sessions and others such were used for promotional and commercial vinyl releases. The lineup for these sessions included Headon, vocalist and guitarist Tench, vocalist Jimmy Helms, former Clash keyboard player Mick Gallagher and bassist Jerome Rimson.
In 1986 he recorded a cover of "Still in Love with You", as a tribute to Phil Lynott who died on January 4 the same year. The song was released as a single by the Stiff label, later that year. Tench featured alongside Brian Robertson. The B side "Heart Out Of Love" was co-written by Peter Bardens and Tench. In 1993, Tench sang lead vocals for An Evening With The Thin Lizzy Band, which featured former Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey, later member and guitarist Brian Robertson, guitarist Doish Nagle and bassist Dough Brookie. The band was formed to play a short tour of Ireland.
He played guitar and sang vocals with former Animals keyboardist Alan Price and The Electric Blues Company on Covers (1994). Later that year he recorded A Gigster's Life for Me with Alan Price and the Electric Blues Company. The album was recorded between July and August 1995 at Olympic Studios, London and released the next year as part of Sanctuary's Blues Masters Series. Thom Jurek hints at Tench's influence on the album, in his review for Allmusic: |title=A Gigster's Life for Me|author=Tom Jurek|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-02-16}}}}
During 1995 he contributed guitar and vocals to Rattlesnake Guitar. A tribute to Peter Green (1995). He joined Paul Jones and Max Middleton on "Whatcha Gonna Do" and Zoot Money on "Albatross", the album was released in October of the same year. In 1998 he played guitar and sang vocals on Ruby Turner's Call Me by My Name, appearing alongside Boz Burrell, Stan Webb and Zoot Money.
Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley reformed Humble Pie in UK during 2001, with a lineup including former member Tench, their original bassist Greg Ridley and a new rhythm guitarist Dave "Bucket" Colwell. They recorded Back on Track (2002). A brief tour of UK and Europe with Company of Snakes followed, but was curtailed due to Greg Ridley becoming ill. On April 14, 2001 Tench appeared at the Steve Marriott Tribute Concert, in a band which included Zak Starkey, Rabbit Bundrick and Rick Wills. Performances from this concert were released on various CDs and a DVD The Steve Marriott Astoria Memorial Concert 2001 was eventually released on October 5, 2004.
He has since been involved with studio collaborations and production,
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| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Thomas Earl Petty |
| Birth date | October 20, 1950 |
| Origin | Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Instrument | Guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano, percussion, bass, organ, harpsichord |
| Genre | Rock, heartland rock, blues-rock, country |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Label | Shelter, Backstreet, MCA, Warner Bros., American |
| Associated acts | Mudcrutch, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne |
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| Notable instruments | Rickenbacker 660/12Vox Mark IIIGibson DoveGibson Firebird |
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.
He has recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. His music, notably his hits, have become popular among younger generations as he continues to host sold-out shows. Throughout his career, Petty and his collaborators have sold 60 million albums.
Petty and his band the Heartbreakers celebrated their 30th anniversary with a tour in 2006, though Petty has occasionally released solo work, such as 2006's Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation. Members of the Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums. He has also toured with Mudcrutch in order to promote their debut album.
Petty has been managed by Tony Dimitriades since 1976. On February 3, 2008, Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at the Super Bowl XLII Halftime show.
Petty also overcame a difficult relationship with his father, who found it hard to accept that his son was "a mild-mannered kid who was interested in the arts" and subjected him to verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis. Petty was extremely close to his mother, and remains close to his brother Bruce.
After Mudcrutch split up, Petty reluctantly agreed to pursue a solo career. Tench decided to form his own group, whose sound Petty appreciated. Eventually, Petty and Campbell collaborated with Tench and fellow members Ron Blair and Stan Lynch, resulting in the first line-up of the Heartbreakers. Their first album, simply titled Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, gained minute popularity amongst American audiences, achieving more success in Britain. The single "Breakdown" was re-released in 1977 and peaked at #40 in early 1978 after the band toured in the United Kingdom in support of Nils Lofgren. The debut album was released by Shelter Records, which at that time was distributed by ABC Records.
In September 1979, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at a Musicians United for Safe Energy concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their rendition of "Cry To Me" was featured on the resulting No Nukes album.
1981's Hard Promises became a top-ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single "The Waiting". The album also featured Petty's first duet, "Insider" with Stevie Nicks.
Bass player Ron Blair quit the group, and was replaced on the fifth album (1982's Long After Dark) by Howie Epstein; the resulting line-up would last until 1994. In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing four songs at Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium. Southern Accents was also released in 1985. This album included the hit single "Don't Come Around Here No More", which was produced by Dave Stewart. The song's video featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter, mocking and chasing Alice from the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. The ensuing tour led to the live album and to an invitation from Bob Dylan; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers joined him on his True Confessions tour and also played some dates with the Grateful Dead in 1986 and 1987. Also in 1987, the group released Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) which includes "Jammin' Me" which Petty wrote with Dylan.
In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down a Dream". It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums in the video for "I Won't Back Down", but they were actually performed by Phil Jones). Since all the original Traveling Wilburys except Bob Dylan participated on the album, it is sometimes considered the unofficial second Wilbury record.
Petty & the Heartbreakers reformed in 1991 and released Into the Great Wide Open, which was co-produced by Lynne and included the hit singles "Learning To Fly" and "Into The Great Wide Open", the latter featuring Johnny Depp, Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, and Matt LeBlanc in the video.
Before leaving MCA Records, Tom and the Heartbreakers got together to record, live in the studio, two new songs for a "Greatest Hits" package. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air". This was Stan Lynch's last recorded performance with The Heartbreakers. Tom commented "He left right after the session without really saying goodbye." The package went on to sell over ten million copies, therefore receiving diamond certification by the RIAA.
In 1996, Petty, with the Heartbreakers, released a soundtrack to the movie She's the One, starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston (see Songs and Music from "She's the One"). The album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" (featuring Lindsey Buckingham), "Climb that Hill" and a song written by Lucinda Williams, "Change the Locks." The album also included a cover of "Asshole," a song by Beck. The same year, the band accompanied Johnny Cash on Unchained, for which Cash would win a Grammy for Best Country Album (Cash would later cover Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on ).
In 1999, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, Echo. Two songs were released as singles in the U.S., "Room at the Top" and "Free Girl Now". The album reached number 10 in the U.S. album charts.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the benefit concert for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The following year, they played "Taxman", "I Need You", and "Handle With Care" (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, and Jim Keltner) at the Concert for George in honor of Petty's friend and former bandmate George Harrison.
2002's The Last DJ included several attacks on the music industry, criticizing it for greed, watering down music, and releasing pop music made by scantily-clad young women and reached number 9 on the U.S. charts. Tom has commented though that he didn't like being called "bitter" by the media and that The Last DJ is full of hope, if you look for it.
In 2005, Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on XM Radio, on which he shares selections from his personal record collection.
In February 2006, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers agreed to be the headline act at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Following that announcement came the itinerary for Tom & the Heartbreakers' "30th Anniversary Tour". Special guests included Stevie Nicks, Pearl Jam, The Allman Brothers, Trey Anastasio, The Derek Trucks Band, and The Black Crowes (who also opened for Petty on their 2005 Summer Tour). Stevie Nicks would join Tom and the Heartbreakers on stage for renditions of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider," and "I Need to Know" where Nicks took the lead vocal spot. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam also joined Tom and the Heartbreakers on stage at some shows where Vedder sang the lead on "The Waiting" (which is available on the Runnin' Down a Dream package: bonus features) and a verse in the concert-closer "American Girl".
In July 2006, Petty released a new solo album titled Highway Companion, which included the hit "Saving Grace". It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200, becoming Petty's highest chart position since the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan system for tracking album sales in 1991. Highway Companion was briefly promoted on the "30th Anniversary Tour" with the Heartbreakers in 2006 with performances of "Saving Grace", "Square One", "Down South," and "Flirting with Time".
In 2006, the American Broadcasting Company hired Petty to do the music for its National Basketball Association playoffs coverage.
During the summer of 2007, Petty reunited with his old bandmates Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The band originally formed in 1967 in Gainesville, Florida before relocating to California where they released one single in 1974 before breaking up. The quintet recorded this self titled new album of fourteen songs that was released on April 29, 2008 (on iTunes, an additional song "Special Place" was available if the album was pre-ordered). The band supported the album with a brief tour of California in the spring of 2008.
In 2007, artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz and Paul McCartney paid tribute to Fats Domino on the double-CD covers set Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. The album's sales helped buy instruments for students in New Orleans public schools and they contributed to the building of a community center in the city’s Hurricane Katrina-damaged Ninth Ward. Tom and the Heartbreakers’ contributed a critically acclaimed cover of “I'm Walkin'" to the package.
In January 2008, it was announced that the band would be embarking on a North American Tour which was set to start on May 30 following the appearance at Super Bowl XLII. Steve Winwood served as the opening act, who joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage at select shows, starting on June 6, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. Winwood's Spencer Davis Group hit "Gimme Some Loving" was performed and occasionally his Blind Faith hit "Can't Find My Way Home" was performed before it.
On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium. During the halftime-show they played "American Girl", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'", and "Runnin' Down a Dream", in that order. 'I Won't Back Down' was used in the closing credits of the coverage on BBC2.
The Live Anthology is the most-recently announced project of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Its announcement comes nearly a year after Petty's last record, Extended Play Live, by Mudcrutch.
In November 2009, Petty told Rolling Stone that he is working on a new album with the Heartbreakers, saying "It's blues-based. Some of the tunes are longer, more jam-y kind of music. A couple of tracks really sound like the Allman Brothers — not the songs but the atmosphere of the band." In February 2010, Petty announced a new Heartbreakers Album, Mojo to be released on June 15, 2010. This will be followed by a North American Summer Tour beginning on June 1, 2010. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers also appeared as musical guests on the season finale of Saturday Night Live on May 15, 2010.
Petty appeared in the 1997 movie The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, as The Bridge City Mayor (from the dialogue it is implied that he is playing a future version of himself).
In 2002, he appeared on The Simpsons in the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation". In it, he spoofed himself as a "tutor" to Homer Simpson on the art of lyric writing, composing a brief song about a drunk girl driving down the road while concerned with the state of public schools. Later in the episode, he loses a toe during a riot.
Petty had a recurring role as the voice of Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the animated show King of the Hill.
In 2008, Petty made a guest appearance as himself in the Comedy Central show Lil Bush's season 2 finale. He is asked to write a song for Bush and his cronies. At the end, he is shown riding off into the sunset in a flying car alongside Iggy Pop, who is a regular voice actor on the series. Petty thus joined various musical guest stars on the show, including Iggy, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, and Anthony Kiedis and Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
In April 1996, Petty received the UCLA's George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement. The next month, Petty won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Golden Note Award.
In 1999 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contribution to the recording industry.
In 2002, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On December 6, 2005, Petty received the Billboard Century Award for his lifetime achievements. The same year, Conversations with Tom Petty, an oral history/biography composed of interviews conducted in 2004 and 2005 with Petty by music journalist Paul Zollo, was published (ISBN 1-84449-815-8).
In 2004, Tom Petty won the prestigious "Greatest Resemblance to Craig Harper" Award. He accepted the accolade with great honour and modesty. He included a Harper appreciation line in his acceptance speech.
On September 21, 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the keys to the city of Gainesville, Florida, where he and his bandmates either lived or grew up. From July 2006 until 2007 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio featured an exhibit of Tom Petty items. Much of the content was donated by Petty himself during a visit to his home by some of the Hall's curatorial staff.
Peter Bogdanovich's documentary film on Petty's career entitled Runnin' Down A Dream premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 14, 2007.
In early 1981, the upcoming Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album, which would become Hard Promises, was slated to be the next MCA release with the new list price of $9.98, following Steely Dan's Gaucho and the Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu soundtrack. This so-called "superstar pricing" was $1.00 more than the usual list price of $8.98. Petty voiced his objections to the price hike in the press and the issue became a popular cause among music fans. Non-delivery of the album and naming it Eight Ninety-Eight were considered, but eventually MCA decided against the price increase.
In 1987, Petty sued tire company B.F. Goodrich for $1 million for using a song very similar to his song "Mary's New Car" in a TV commercial. The ad agency that produced the commercial had previously sought permission to use Petty's song but was refused. A judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting further use of the ad and the suit was later settled out of court.
Some have claimed that the Red Hot Chili Peppers single "Dani California", released in May 2006, is very similar to Petty's Mary Jane's Last Dance. Petty told Rolling Stone, "I seriously doubt that there is any negative intent there. And a lot of rock 'n' roll songs sound alike. Ask Chuck Berry. The Strokes took 'American Girl'
In 1987, an arsonist set fire to Petty's house in Encino, California. The fire caused $1 million in damage but firefighters were able to salvage the basement recording studio and the original tapes stored there, as well as his Gibson Dove acoustic guitar. His signature gray top hat, however, was destroyed. Petty later rebuilt the house with fireproof materials.
For acoustic guitars, Petty has had a signature C.F. Martin HD-40, and has written virtually all of his songs on a Gibson Dove acoustic saved from his 1987 house fire. He currently uses a Gibson J-200 in a natural finish and a late '70s Guild 12-string acoustic.
Petty's current amplifer setup features 2 Fender Vibro-King 60 watt combos.
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| Name | Peter Sinfield |
|---|---|
| Background | non_performing_personnel |
| Birth name | Peter John Sinfield |
| Born | December 27, 1943Fulham, London, England |
| Occupation | Herbalist, poet, gardener, cook, designer, painter, producer, songwriter and lyricist. |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Label | Manticore, E.G. Records, EMI, Imagem Music |
| Associated acts | King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Roxy Music, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Greg Lake, Keith Christmas, Bucks Fizz |
| Url | http://www.songsouponsea.com |
Peter John Sinfield (born 27 December 1943) is an English songwriter, poet and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever released.
In 2005, Sinfield was noted as a "Prog Rock Hero" in Q Magazine, for his impressive lyrical contribution and creative influence while working within the rock music industry.
As a lyricist, Sinfield has a distinctive approach to the sounds of words, filled with surreal (and sometimes fiercely sexual) imagery, and a special facility with water-images and ideas involving the sea. Later on in his career he adapted his writing for pop music, and co-wrote a succession of hits that were to be sung by artists such as Celine Dion, Cher, Cliff Richard, Leo Sayer and Bucks Fizz.
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Bassist Peter Giles exited the group at about this time, to be replaced by Greg Lake, and Sinfield came aboard just about then. In his own words, "I became their pet hippie, because I could tell them where to go to buy the funny clothes that they saw everyone wearing." Sinfield also came up with the name King Crimson. Sinfield loved working with the band and, in addition to writing the phantasmagorical lyrics that came to be part of King Crimson’s trademark, he also ran the group’s light-show at their concerts. Apart from writing lyrics for In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) and In the Wake of Poseidon (1970), Lizard (1970) and Islands (1971) and offering advice on artwork, album design, and other details of the band’s releases, Sinfield’s musical role in the band was limited over the first four albums. He wasn’t a good enough singer to contribute to the band’s vocals, and the presence of Robert Fripp made his guitar skills superfluous. It was during the recording of the song Lizard that his influence reached its peak, as Fripp became involved with other projects (most notably the Centipede orchestra), which left Sinfield with much of the responsibility for the final version and design of the album, including the uniquely ornate jacket. Even so, the relationship between Sinfield and Fripp had become increasingly strained as the band progressed. On the group’s next album, Islands, Sinfield began exploring new lyrical territory, with more sexual imagery juxtaposed with the languidly surreal title track. On January 1, 1972, however, following a tour of the United States in the wake of the release of the Islands album, Sinfield exited the band and broke up his partnership with Fripp.
Sinfield's debut album, Still, united numerous former (Greg Lake, Mel Collins, Ian Wallace) and future (John Wetton) Crimson alumni. Sinfield intended Still as the start of a solo career, but while working on it, he was approached by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, who needed a lyricist of Sinfield’s calibre. Still was originally released on ELP’s own Manticore label in 1973, but Sinfield found himself subsumed into Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Already having a fear of the stage which he had little time to overcome due to writing demands, his solo career was still-born, while he worked with the trio for the next few years, giving their music more lyrical facility than ever before. During this time, Sinfield lived with his first wife Stephanie in The Mill House, Surrey, which was loaned to him by ELP. His neighbour was Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, with whom he co-wrote five songs on Brooker's first solo album "No More Fear of Flying". He also released a book containing his previous lyrics and poems titled "Under the Sky" (one of the lyrics from Still). In 1975, his song written with Greg Lake called "I Believe in Father Christmas" was released.
During the late 1970s, he continued to move in communities around Spain. In 1978, following the success of his previous lyrics for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Sinfield was asked by ELP to produce lyrics for their final contract album Love Beach, now regarded by many (including Sinfield himself) to be the worst of all ELPs albums. In 1978 he also narrated Robert Sheckley's "In a Land of Clear Colours", an audio sci-fi story released the following year on a limited edition of 1000 vinyl records. The backing music for the story was provided by Brian Eno, with whom Sinfield had previously worked while producing Roxy Music. By the time he returned to London in 1980, with his new Spanish wife (a model and runner-up for Miss Spain), he discovered that progressive rock music was no longer in public demand and punk was on the scene in the United Kingdom.
In the United Kingdom, he continued to release hits with Andy Hill, such as "I Hear Talk" by Bucks Fizz and "Have You Ever Been in Love" by Leo Sayer (which they wrote with John Danter). After divorcing his wife and leaving Majorca, he returned to the UK around 1990 to a flat in Holland Park and continued to write lyrics for popular music. In 1993, he re-released his solo album as Stillusion. In the same year, he and Hill released "Think Twice" by Celine Dion, which went on to become a massive hit and won an Ivor Novello award for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically". Sinfield and Hill had won an Ivor Novello a decade previously, for "Have You Ever Been in Love.
During this time Peter wrote an increasing number of haiku. and since his appearance at the Genoa Poetry Festival at Palazzo Ducale, June 2010, he has turned his creative energies more and more towards poetry.
He is still active as a writer and gives interviews to the media concerning progressive music and his career as a songwriter. He appeared in the 2009 BBC Documentary Prog Rock Britannia: An 'Observation' in Three Movements.
Musically he was largely influenced by Bob Dylan and Donovan. Hearing Donovan's opening line of Colours: "Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair" was, Sinfield stated, the defining moment when he decided he had the desire and ability to start writing songs.
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| Name | Pete Brown |
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| Background | solo_singer |
| Born | December 25, 1940Ashtead, Surrey, England |
| Instrument | Percussion |
| Years active | 1960s - present |
| Associated acts | Cream Pete Brown & Piblokto! The Battered Ornaments |
| Url | www.petebrown.co.uk |
Peter Ronald Brown (25 December 1940 in Ashtead, Surrey) is an English performance poet and lyricist.
Best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce, Brown also worked with The Battered Ornaments, formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!, and worked with Graham Bond and Phil Ryan. Brown also writes film scores and formed a film production company. Comedian and actor Marty Feldman was Brown's cousin.
He formed "The First Real Poetry Band" with John McLaughlin (guitar), Binky McKenzie (bass), Laurie Allan (drums) and Pete Bailey (percussion)
Together, Brown and Bruce wrote the majority of Cream's numbers, including the hits "I Feel Free", "White Room" and (with Clapton) "Sunshine of Your Love".
After the breakup of Cream, Bruce and Brown continued to write songs together for Bruce's solo career. Brown wrote the lyrics for Bruce's albums Songs for a Tailor, Harmony Row and Out of the Storm.
After the Battered Ornaments, Brown formed Pete Brown & Piblokto!, which had several line ups and issued two albums and three singles, before disbanding in 1971.
Brown then formed "Brown and Friends" and "Flying Tigers" but neither group got beyond producing demos. He recorded an album of his early poems, The Not Forgotten Association, in 1973 before recording with members of Back to Front, including an album Party in The Rain, which was recorded in 1976, but not released until 1982.
A new Brown/Ryan album Road of Cobras, including Maggie Bell, Arthur Brown, Mick Taylor and Jim Mullen, is due for release in August 2009.
In the 1990s Brown also appeared with The Interoceters, performing his earlier material
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| Name | Max Middleton |
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| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | David Maxwell Middleton |
| Born | August 04, 1946Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Instrument | Fender Rhodes piano, Hohner Clavinet, melotron, Electric organ, Synthesizers |
| Genre | Rock blues, Rock, Melodic rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 1966-present |
| Label | Epic, A&M;, Atco, RCA |
| Associated acts | Jeff Beck, The Jeff Beck Group, BBA, Hummingbird, Chris Rea, Kate Bush, Bobby Tench, Nazareth, Cleo Laine, Cozy Powell, Snowy White, Robert Ahwai, Streetwalkers, Mick Taylor |
| Url | www.maxmiddleton.com |
| Notable instruments | Fender Rhodes piano, Hohner Clavinet |
David Maxwell "Max" Middleton (born 4 August 1946 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England). He is an English composer and keyboardist and was originally a docker on the Liverpool docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesizer and his percussive playing style of the Hohner Clavinet. He started on his professional music career by playing keyboards for Jeff Beck and is best known for his work on Beck's Blow by Blow.
Middleton worked with Beck in the Jeff Beck Group line-up with vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench, Clive Chaman and drummer Cozy Powell. He stayed with Beck as the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice began to emerge as an established act before leaving to join Tench in Hummingbird during 1976. Hummingbird released two successful albums with Middleton as keyboard player We Can't Go On Meeting Like This (1976), and Diamond Nights (1977), both produced by Ian "Sammy" Samwell. He record Blow By Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). and Nazareth's most successful album, Hair of the Dog (1975).
In 1979, he played keyboards on Morrissey Mullen's Cape Wrath and released Another Sleeper in the same year, an instrumental album with guitarist Robert Ahwai. This classic jazz-funk album was released along with Cape Wrath, on Fusion Harvest/EMI Records, the duo is supported by Richard Bailey, Kuma Harada, Darryl Lee Que, Steve Gregory, Bud Beadle, George Chisholm, Trevor Barber, Chris Rainbow and some backing vocalists.
In 1980 Middleton played was involved with the arrangements and played keyboards for Kate Bush's Never For Ever, which had album and single success. He produced Dick Morrissey's Souliloquy (1988) on which he played keyboards. Middleton is credited as co writer of "The Loner" from Gary Moore's Wild Frontier (1987). Middleton released the smooth jazz album Land of Secrets (2003) and became a member of Snowy White & The White Flames in 2005. In 2009 and 2010 he played with Mick Taylor band. In November 2010 Middleton released the album "One Thousand Sails".
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| Name | Linda Lewis |
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| Background | solo_singer |
| Born | September 27, 1950, West Ham, London |
| Origin | British |
| Instrument | Vocals, guitar |
| Genre | Pop, Soul, Rock, Ska, Funk |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Label | Polydor, Warner Bros. Records, Arista, Ariola, Market Square, Turpi |
| Associated acts | Jim Cregan, Ian Samwell, Luther Vandross, Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens, Al Kooper, Basement Jaxx, Bobby Tench, Jamiroquai, Common, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Rick Wakeman, Junior Marvin |
| Url | www.lindalewis.co.uk |
| Notable instruments | Vocals |
Linda Lewis (born Linda Ann Fredericks, 27 September 1950, West Ham, London) is an English vocalist, songwriter and Guitarist known for her singing. Lewis is the oldest of six children two of whom also had singing careers. She is best known for her cross-over music, also the singles "Rock-a-Doodle-Doo" (1972) and "Sideway Shuffle" (1973) which became successful in countries such as Japan. Lewis also provided vocals for others such as David Bowie, Al Kooper, Cat Stevens, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Rick Wakeman, Rod Stewart, Hummingbird and Jamiroquai
Lewis is a self-taught guitarist and keyboard player, influenced by Harry Nilsson, Billie Holiday and Smokey Robinson, also drawing inspiration from others such as Joni Mitchell. In her review about Lewis's album Second Nature (1995) for Allmusic Amy Hanson describes Lewis's voice as, "remarkable and dynamic" and of Lewis' ability to sing in the whistle register Hanson comments in her review of Lark (1972), "no longer a wild weapon that can soar from childlike lilt to screaming dog whistle without a moment's notice, she channels her range to the emotions it demands.". Lewis's voice has also been compared to Mariah Carey and reviewer Melissa Weber commented that her voice had similarities to Minnie Riperton's and also commented that Lewis had "a wider vocal range [than Riperton], with the ability also to sing in a lower register."
During 1969 she formed White Rabbit with Junior Marvin, moving onto replace Marsha Hunt in the soul rock band The Ferris Wheel in 1970 and toured Europe with them. They also recorded the singles "I Can't Break the Habit", "The Na Na Song", and "Can't Stop Now", also the album Ferris Wheel (1970), before the band broke up the same year. and was followed by the album Fathoms Deep, This album established her as one of Britain's most promising young female singer-songwriters and was critically acclaimed, but it did not did have the expected success, probably due to the Warner Bros. Records vanity label Raft Records, becoming insolvent at that time. However, several appearances on the BBC TV show Top of The Pops raised her profile and an extensive world tour with Cat Stevens followed.
Her song "Old Smokey" was used by the Rap artist known as Common, on his single "Go!" (2005), which appeared on his album Be (2005). This was produced by Kanye West and reached #1 on the United States R&B; and Hip Hop charts. this featured a portrait by Lewis's former husband Jim Cregan In 2007 she toured with the Soul Britannia All Stars in the UK and on February 3, 2007 BBC Four featured performances by Lewis, in a sixty minute recording from the Barbican show with The Soul Britannia All Stars. In June of the same year, she collaborated with Basement Jaxx on Close Your Eyes, which featured in the Japanese anime film Vexille.
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| Birth name | James Joseph Brown, Jr. He has been recognized as one of the most iconic figures in the 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing. He was also called "the hardest-working man in show business". |
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| Name | Eric Burdon |
|---|---|
| Landscape | Yes |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Eric Victor Burdon |
| Born | May 11, 1941Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Girlfriend | Marianna Proestou |
| Genre | Rock, Hard rock, Heavy Metal, Blues rock, Progressive, Psychedelic, R&B;, Funk rock, Crossover, Glam Rock, Rock and Roll, Jazz fusion |
| Type of singing | Death growling, Baritone, Screamo |
| Occupation | Musician, songwriter, actor, painter |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Label | SPV, Polydor, Universal, Sony BMG, MGM, One Way, Repertoire Records, Avenue, Rhino, Line, Teldec, Flying Eye, Sanctuary, Columbia, EMI, Decca |
| Associated acts | The Animals, War |
| Url | EricBurdon.com |
| Past members | 70s: Bob Morcereau, George Suranovich, John Sterling, Terry Ryan, Kim Kesterson, John Ussery, Aalon Butler, Alvin Taylor, Randy Rice, Snuffy Walden, Greg Brown, John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Robert Ahwai, Mike Carr, Bobby Gien, Dave Dover, Kenny Parry, Terry McCurker, Brian Paris, Leslie Binks, Zoot Money, Hilton Valentine, John Steel, Alexis Korner, Maggie Bell, Jeff Whitehorn, P.P. Arnold, Vicki Brown, Frank Diez, Hans-Jürgen Fritz, Colin Pincott, Steffi Stephan, Bobby Tench, Derek Austin, Lyle Harp, Glenn Peniston, Brian Robertson, Henry McCullough, Chris Stewart, Mick Weaver, Mel Collins, Bernt Schultz, Nippy Noya, Rosa King, Ingeburg Thomsen, Thomas Kretschner, Paul Vincent, Jean-Jaques Kravetz, Bertram Engel and Cepard Cloning. |
By late 1966 the other original members, including keyboardist Alan Price, had left. Burdon and drummer Barry Jenkins reformed the group as Eric Burdon and The Animals. This more psychedelic incarnation featured future Family member John Weider and was sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals. Keyboardist Zoot Money joined during 1968 until they split up in 1969. This group's hits included the ballad "San Franciscan Nights", the grunge–heavy metal-pioneering "When I Was Young", "Monterey", the anti-Vietnam anthem "Sky Pilot" and the progressive cover of "Ring of Fire".
In 1975 the original Animals reunited and recorded an album called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted, released in 1977 and overlooked due to the dawning of punk. In May 1983 The Animals reunited with their original lineup and the album Ark was released on 16 June 1983, along with the singles "The Night" and "Love Is For All Time". A world tour followed and the concert at Wembley Arena, London, recorded on 31 December 1983 was released in 1984 as Rip It To Shreds. Their concert at the Royal Oak Theatre in April 1984 was released in 2008 entitled Last Live Show; the band members were augmented by Zoot Money, Nippy Noya, Steve Gregory and Steve Grant. The original Animals broke up for the last time at the end of 1984.
Although the band Burdon formed in the late '60s was sometimes called Eric Burdon and The New Animals, it wasn't until 1998 that the name Eric Burdon and The New Animals was officially adopted. The 1998 band had bassist Dave Meros, guitarist Dean Restum , drummer Aynsley Dunbar and keyboard guitarist Neal Morse. They recorded Live At The Coach House on 17 October 1998, released on video and DVD in December that year. In 1999 they released The Official Live Bootleg #2 and in August 2000 The Official Live Bootleg 2000, with Martin Gerschwitz on keyboards.
In June 2003, he formed another Eric Burdon and The Animals, with keyboardist Martin Gerschwitz, bassist Dave Meros, guitarist Dean Restum, and drummer Bernie Pershey. They disbanded in 2005. During 2008 Burdon toured again as Eric Burdon and The Animals with a variable lineup of backing musicians.
On 13 December 2008, Burdon lost a three-year legal battle to win the name "The Animals" in the UK. Drummer John Steel now owns the rights in the UK only. Burdon still tours as Eric Burdon and the Animals, but is prevented from using the name "The Animals" in England while the case is under appeal. Steel was a member in its heyday and left before the band split in 1966. Steel later played in various reunion versions of the band with Burdon.
In 1976 a compilation album, Love Is All Around, was released by ABC Records which had recordings of Eric Burdon with War and a live version of "Paint it Black" and a jam session called "A Day In The Life".
Eric Burdon and War were reunited for the first time in 37 years, to perform a concert at the Royal Albert Hall London on 21 April 2008. The concert coincided with a major reissue campaign by Rhino Records (UK), who released all the War albums including Eric Burdon Declares "War" and The Black-Man's Burdon.
In May 1978 he recorded the album Darkness Darkness at the Roundwood House in County Laois, Ireland, using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio and featuring guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench from The Jeff Beck Group, who had left Streetwalkers a few months before. The album was eventually released in 1980. During January 1979 Burdon changed his band for a tour taking in Hamburg, Germany and Holland.
On 28 August 1982 "The Eric Burdon Band" including Red Young (keyboards) performed at the Rockpalast Open Air Concert in Lorelei, Germany. Following this Burdon toured heavily with his solo project from March 1984 to March 1985, taking in UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Canada and Australia. In 1986 Burdon published his autobiography entitled I Used To Be An Animal, But I'm Alright Now.
In March 1979 he played a concert in Cologne and changed the band's name to "Eric Burdon's Fire Department", whose lineup included backing vocalist Jackie Carter of Silver Convention, Bertram Engel of Udo Lindenbergs "Panik Orchester" and Jean-Jaques Kravetz. In mid 1980 they recorded the album The Last Drive. "Eric Burdon's Fire Department" toured Europe with this lineup and Paul Millins and Louisiana Red made special appearances in Spain and Italy. By December 1980 the band had broken up.
In April 1981, Christine Buschmann began to film Comeback with Burdon as the star. They created a new "Eric Burdon Band" whose lineup included Louisiana Red, Tony Braunagle, John Sterling and Snuffy Walden. This band recorded live tracks in Los Angeles. They also recorded in Berlin with another lineup, the only remaining member being John Sterling. In September 1981 the final scenes of Comeback were shot in the Berlin Metropole and Burdon and his band continued to tour through Australia and North America. A studio album titled Comeback was released in 1982. The 1983 album Power Company also included songs recorded during the Comeback project.
In 1988 he put together a band with 15 musicians including Andrew Giddings - keyboards, Steve Stroud - bass, Adrian Sheppard - drums, Jamie Moses - guitar and four backing vocalists to record the album I Used To Be An Animal in Malibu, in the United States. In 1990 Eric Burdon's cover version of "Sixteen Tons" was used for the film Joe Versus the Volcano. The song, which played at the beginning of the film, was also released as a single. He also recorded the singles "We Gotta Get out of this Place" with Katrina & The Waves and "No Man's Land" with Tony Carey and Anne Haigis. Later in 1990 he had a small lineup of an Eric Burdon Band featuring Jimmy Zavala (sax and harmonica), Dave Meros(bass), Jeff Naideau (keyboards), Thom Mooney (drums) and John Sterling (guitar) before he began a tour with The Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger and they appeared at a concert from Ventura Beach, California, which was released as a DVD on 20 June 2008.
On 13 April 2004 he released a "comeback" album, My Secret Life, which was his first album with new recordings for 16 years. When John Lee Hooker died in 2001, Burdon had written the song "Can't Kill the Boogieman" the co-writers of the songs, on the album, were Tony Braunagel and Marcelo Nova. In 2005 they released a live album, Athens Traffic Live, with special DVD bonus material and a bonus studio track and disbanded in November 2005. He began a short touring as "The Blues Knights".
On 27 January 2006 he released his blues–R&B; album Soul of a Man. This album was dedicated to Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker. The cover of the album was a picture, which was sent to Burdon a few years before. Burdon then formed a new band, with the following members: Red Young (keyboards), Paula O'Rourke (bass), Eric McFadden (guitar) and Wally Ingram (drums). They also performed at the Lugano Festival and in 2007 he toured as the headlining act of the "Hippiefest" lineup, produced and hosted by Country Joe McDonald.
In 1995, Burdon made a guest appearance with Bon Jovi, singing "It's My Life"/"We Gotta Get out of This Place" medley at the Hall of Fame. He also released the album Lost Within The Halls Of Fame, with past tracks and re-recordings of some songs from I Used To Be An Animal. In October 1996, Aynsley Dunbar replaced Craney on drums. The Official Live Bootleg was recorded in 1997 and in May that year Larry Wilkins died of cancer. He also released the compilations Soldier Of Fortune and I'm Ready which featured recordings from the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2000 he recorded the song "Power to the People" together with Ringo Starr and Billy Preston for the motion picture Steal This Movie!. On 11 May 2001, The Animals were inducted into the Rock Walk Of Fame on Burdon's 60th birthday. On 3 March 2002, the live album Live in Seattle was recorded. Ex-War member Lee Oskar made a guest appearance on the album. In 2003 he made a guest appearance on the album Joyous in the City of Fools by the Greek rock band Pyx Lux, singing lead vocal on "Someone Wrote 'Save me' On a Wall".
In 2001, his second critically acclaimed memoir, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," written with author/filmmaker J. Marshall Craig, was released in the U.S., followed by editions in Greece, Germany and Australia.
On 7 June 2008 Burdon performed at the memorial service of Bo Diddley in Gainesville, Florida. During July and August 2008, Burdon appeared as the headline act of the "Hippiefest". He also recorded the single "For What It's Worth" with Carl Carlton and Max Buskohl.
On 12 November 2008 Rolling Stone ranked Eric Burdon #57 on the list of the 100 Greatest Singers of all Time. On 22 January 2009 he first performed with his new band, including keyboardist Red Young, guitarist Rick Hirsch, bass player Jack Bryant and drummer Ed Friedland. For a few months he was sick and did not perform except in the United States. On 26 June, he began his European tour. The band includes Red Young (keyboards), Billy Watts (guitar), Terry Wilson (bass), Brannen Temple (drums) and Georgia Dagaki (cretan lyra). On 7 August the tour ended.
On 9 September after a gig, his wife and manager Marianna Proestou were hit by a pick up truck, when two fans asked for an autograph.
Iggy Pop and Bruce Springsteen voted for Burdon in the poll of Rolling Stone's list of the Top One Hundred best singers.
Brian Jones called him "The best blues singer to ever come out of England."
Alan Price has called him "The best singer in a white band."
Later, he turned down major roles in Zabriskie Point and Performance (both 1970).
In 1973 he formed The Eric Burdon Band and recorded the soundtrack for his own film project, Mirage. He spent much money to make this film, produced as a motion picture for Atlantic. The film and the soundtrack were to be released in July 1974, but somehow they never were. The soundtrack was released in 2008.
In 1979 he acted in the TV movie The 11th Victim. Then in the German motion picture Gibbi - Westgermany (1980). In 1982 he starred in another German motion picture, Comeback, again as a singer.
In 1991 he had a cameo appearance in The Doors.
In 1998 he acted as himself in the Greek movie My Brother and I, followed by a bigger role in the German motion picture Snow on New Year's Eve (1999).
In the following years he was credited in many documentaries and in an independent movie called Fabulous Shiksa in Distress (2003), along with Ned Romero and Ted Markland.
In 2007 he performed the traditional "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" in the drama festival film The Blue Hour and in a documentary about , where Burdon lives, called Nowhere Now (2008).
On 17 September 1972, he married a German woman, Rosie Marks. They had a daughter, Alexandria, who named the album Mirage that was released in 2008. Marks appears in an "Up North" television programme, appearing with Burdon's family. They divorced in 1978 and a battle for child custody began. In 1983, after the Animals reunited again and started touring, his ex-wife and their daughter disappeared. In a 2006 interview Burdon confirmed that he eventually made contact with his daughter.
In the late 70s, his house in California was burned down by his ex-wife Rosie Marks. Much of his archival material, including footage, records, lyrics, scripts, diaries and pictures were destroyed.
His father died in 1984, and his mother in 1991.
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At the end of the 2003 season, Jenkins was released from ABC/ESPN.
In June 2006, Jenkins was released from his contract with SPEED. According to Jayski's Silly Season Site, in early 2006 Jenkins became the communications director for the Premier Racing Association.
In July 2006, he was the chief announcer of the IMS Radio Network for the U.S. Grand Prix. In 2007, he was the announcer of Indy Pro Series broadcasts on ESPN2. He anchored the Allstate 400 on the radio, his first NASCAR race call since November 2000. For 2007-2008, he returned to the IMS Radio Network for the Indy 500, reporting from the turn two position.
In 2008, Jenkins returned to the ESPN booth for two IndyCar races, the Rexall Edmonton Indy and the Nikon Indy 300 in Surfers Paradise. Regular play-by-play announcer Marty Reid was unable to broadcast because of prior engagements.
His voice was used in the EA Sports NASCAR video game series, from NASCAR 98 to NASCAR 2001, the Codemasters video game IndyCar Series and IndyCar Series 2005 as well as the Destineer Games video game Indianapolis 500 Evolution.
His most recent work can be heard in the trailer for the independent film Trifocals (March, 2007).
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| Name | Alan Price |
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| Background | solo_singer |
| Born | April 19, 1941 |
| Origin | Fatfield, Washington, England, UK |
| Instrument | keyboards, vocals, bass, guitar |
| Genre | Rock, Blues rock, Psychedelic rock, Pop |
| Occupation | Musician, musical arranger |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Label | Decca, Parrot (US), Deram, CBS, Vertigo, Sanctuary, United Artists, Jet, Indigo, BGO, AP |
| Associated acts | The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, The Alan Price Set, Price and Fame, Alan Price and Friends, The Animals, Eric Burdon, The Electric Blues Company, Bobby Tench, Zoot Money |
| Notable instruments | Vox Continental, RMI Electra Piano |
Alan Price (born April 19, 1941, Fatfield, Washington, County Durham) is an English musician, best known as the original keyboardist for the English band The Animals. He is also known for his solo work.
Price is a self-taught musician and was educated at Jarrow Grammar School, South Tyneside and was a founding member of the Tyneside group The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, which was later renamed The Animals. His organ playing on songs by The Animals, such as "House of the Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "Bring It On Home To Me" was a key element in success of the group.
After leaving the Animals, Price went on to have success on his own and with Georgie Fame. He introduced the songs of Randy Newman to a wider audience. Later he appeared on his own television show and made television guest appearances. He also had success with film scores and acting parts.
More recently Price performed and recorded with The Electric Blues Company and has made other appearances with other artists such as The Manfreds.
During 1966, he enjoyed singles success with "I Put A Spell On You", the Randy Newman song "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear", the original "The House That Jack Built" and "Don't Stop The Carnival" followed in 1968. He went on to host shows such as the musical Price To Play in the late 1960s, which featured Price performing and introducing the music of guests such as Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix. His second album, A Price On His Head (1967) featured seven songs by Randy Newman, who was virtually unknown at that time. In August 1967, he appeared with The Animals at the Hippie "Love-in", in the grounds of Woburn Abbey.
A later association with Georgie Fame resulted in "Rosetta", which became a UK Top 20 single in 1971. Two albums followed, Fame and Price and Price and Fame Together. During this period Price and Fame secured a regular slot on The Two Ronnies show produced by BBC television. He recorded the autobiographical album Between Today and Yesterday (1974) from which the single "Jarrow Song" was taken, returning Price to the singles chart.
Price participated in three reunions of The Animals between 1968 and 1984. In July 1983, The Animals started their last world tour. Price's solo performance of "O Lucky Man" was included in their set. In 1984, they broke up for the final time and the album Rip It To Shreds - Greatest Hits Live was released, comprising recordings from their concert at Wembley Stadium in London.
Price recorded two albums with The Electric Blues Company featuring guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench and keyboardist Zoot Money, the first of which was Covers (1994). The second, A Gigster's Life for Me (1996) was recorded as part of Sanctuary's Blues Masters Series.
Price still tours the UK with his own band, The Manfreds, The Searchers and The Hollies.
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