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Hi Mike, (My first post on this Forum )That was fun , too bad you did not have more time!
Let me know what you need Rickenbacker wise..I'll do what I can for you.
I cannot find that HOTRS DVD anywhere.
Have a Great Trip!

Greg - Got the Entwistle DVD you reccommended. Fabulous!

Told ya man..."WHEN YOU HEAR THUNDER ,THINK OF JOHN"...it's a keeper!Does 'Summertime Blues' rock or what?

Please send me pics of that JE piece ( on the email you have 4 me)when you get a chance, Thank you in advance.I am still trying to find 'The House of the Rising Sun' ..Video or DVD you told me about...no luck yet.

Greg, Good to see you here. Welcome! Apparently, all has worked out. I emailed you some Chas bass info today. Check your incoming. Ron

Hi Greg. Good to see you here too! Your Chas purchase gave me GAS! I picked up a mint '66 Rivoli last week!

Ron, email the Chas bass info please. Have we found Glen a case yet??

Ron...interesting text leters from UK..pics are same..Karl...thanks

More interesting are the 2nd chance offers from Kansas from some guy who does not have the bass but is trying to sell it to me....I should post his bank info back to SAFE HARBOR eh?

Chas was the man, and there's a chance I may still be able to make the Hatch shell concert (mispelled it) it's a big outdoor concert, usually mobbed. Much as I love Rics and enjoyed seeing his 'new' bass player with a Ric I really think he should have used an Epi or an EB-2 for that authentic sound.

Karl, Check your in basket! I may have a lead on a case for Glen. My contact is checking his inventory.

I have a drummer friend that met and jammed w/ Eric Burdon at a friend's house in L.a. some years ago. Burdon was friendly and open until my buddy told him what an animals fan he was. At that point burdon clammed up and acted very indifferent! Too bad...

Eric was the real bad boy of British rock (blues). More so than Jagger and the boys. HOTRS was very controversial in its day. Not only did it break the 3 minute or less rule established by the radio stations and agreed to by all major labels it also dealt with a topic that was taboo in the mainstream pop culture.

Great band and a great singer in my books. If memory serves me correct though substance abuse took it's toll over time.

Early Animals are my favorite.

I loved the Animals, especially the U.S. LP "The Animals On Tour." Not many of my friends shared my passion. I remember I got nasty looks when I brought my 45s to a party and the only slow song in the bunch was "House of the Rising Sun." They did a great version of "Boom Boom."

Ronn -- did you teach yourself to play upside down simply because it was hard to find a lefty bass? I'd have to change my whole way of thinking -- going "backwards" to play higher on a string that is "lower" if you can picture what i mean. I have new respect for you!

Caught Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers last Saturday in San Diego.

They performed a killer verion of 'I'm Crying'!!!

Steve, I know a similar story with a bass player friend that met Eric Clapton. Same thing -- clammed up and refused to speak to him.

I LOVE all The Animals stuff! Still see Eric when he tours.

"I'm Crying" was always one of my favorite songs.

One of the first Burdon/Price collaborations and the flip side (US) of a big single -- don't remember. Burdon said in his autobiography (get it!) that he had hoped that he and Alan Price would have nurtured a writing collaboration, but, it didn't because Price left the group all of a sudden, apparantly over taking all the money from "The House Of The Rising Song" profits. Price then said to the press that he left because he was afraid of flying.