In reply to Mick Ward:
> Absolutely. It doesn't get much better, but...
> Wow - doesn't he just! He looks a right evil bastard, invoking terror into the other band members. Alan Price looks cool as f*ck but the bit where Burden marches the guitar players along and stands over Price and the drummer... not nice. It reminds me of teachers at school who had reigns of terror. You can sense Price's relief when he moves on.
> Somebody please tell me that I'm completely wrong and he's a really nice guy. Credit where it's due though, nice guy or not, it's a stunning performance, fresh as today, more than 50 years on.
> Mick
I'm doing a lot of reading on this.
Alan Price says that they (the band) never got along from the get go.And that he (Price)struggled to get them to rehearse ,write etc.
Women ,drink ,and women were the order of the day.
That's Price's version though.and yes he does look like a cool cat sitting in command of his Vox.
Burdon wasn't to be messed with by all accounts.He is now a US citizen.
The really interesting character in the life and times of The Animals was their manager ,Michael Jeffery.
He allegedly ran of into the sunset with all the bands money ,and apart from that was a seriously dubious character.
An ex MI6 agent , He stood accused of ,amongst other things,being involved in Jimi Hendrix's death.
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