In your book, Even Rock and Roll Has Fairy Tales, you have a relationship with
#EricBurdon (The Animals)—that’s interesting! Would you mind sharing a little about that?
Would you mind terribly if I used a quote from the book to answer this question? To tell you I would just be re-writing this same thing, and I think in the book I do tell it much better....
“When I first met Eric, I had just turned eighteen and he was in his late thirties.
He hadn’t had any hits on the radio lately, or built up much of a career touring in the states at that point in time.
I guess you might say he was in a bit of a slump.
It was nothing like the days on the road when he was a star of one of the biggest bands in the world.
However, times had changed, and so had popular music.
Punk and disco were not his forte or his friends, and they were not my taste either.
I did not buy those records or know who any of those people were, but I sure knew who he was.
His original band was one of my top groups ever. Nevertheless, he was still gorgeous, extremely sexy and very talented- even if the fickle fans of the top forty American AM radio seemed to have forgotten him temporarily.
Dark shaggy hair, fantastic smile, that sexy soft English accent combined with his fame, charm, outspoken personality and big, rich powerful, soulful voice he had a powerful presence, impossible to overlook or ignore whether presented in a stiff suit, silk shirts, fringe and fur, denim and leather or tie-dye.
He was accustomed to living the life of a rock and roll legend, playing everything from the hottest clubs to the biggest stadiums as he had since he had his first hit record just out of his teens.