British singer Burdon will probably remain immortal as the performer of the ultimate version of the campfire traditional House Of The Rising Sun with his band The Animals in 1964. But he has more classics to his credit, such as Spill The Wine (1970) with the American funk band War. However, legendary are also the stories about his drinking and spending his days on the stages as a b-artist with our
… eastern neighbors. As an actor, he later played a number of (unremarkable) roles in, among others, Boogie Nights and Hamburger Hill. In 2004 he finally resumed his singing career with the powerful rhythm & blues album My Secret Life and its successor Soul Of A Man consolidates the fact that this man in his sixties is in great shape again. In covers of Blind Willie Johnson and Howlin 'with cool horns Wolf resembles Burdon with his hurricane of a voice like a fish in water again, as if the spirit of Wilson Picket has descended into him. Soul Of A Man a title that has not been lied to. (MR)more
