Dear Darice, I am so glad to hear that Eric Burdon is still alive and well in the music world and that he has written a book about his experiences. It sounded like being there was a very special event.
I'm also glad that he recorded his memories of such great stars. Somehow, I feel so removed from them because of their early passing and I wish I had known more about them as people. I am hearing that Jimi Hendrix was caught up in quite a dilemma as an artist and wanted to go in another direction, but wasn't allowed to by his fans. That must have been awful for him. Eric had the privilege of knowing such a rare, gifted, and misunderstood person. I also want to give Eric a "Hurrah!" for surviving. That alone is a tremendous feat. Sherelle In a message dated 01/26/2002 2:00:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:12:54 -0500 > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Eric (NJC) > > Last night I went to Eric Burdon's first book signing. Instead of reading > from his new book, Eric answered "questions" from an audience of about 120. > The signing was at a library in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury. > Eric was charming and articulate; his memories and answers were quite > entertaining, especially one about Jimi Hendrix in a garden (ask privately > for the slightly adult-only content). > He was kidded anout "warm San Francisco nights" as it has been really cold > here lately. > He seems to be living in Palm Springs, and his book mentions the 1969 Palm > Springs Festival (one I had almost forgotten ) and the response of the town > to the invasion of young people and musicians. > He did not speak much about politics or current events, but I could hear > the undertone of the 60's radical still burning. > Eric impressed me as a man of many musical talents, a deep love of music > and people, able to laugh at himself and the past. > His word pictures of figures like Brian Jones and Jimi and Janis will stay > with me a long time.
