Hilton Valentine - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee - 1994 with The Animals - guitarist 6 & 12 string, lead vocal
David Hurd - Bass, vocals
Pat Quinn - Snare, spoons
Washboard player - Washboard, shakers, tambourine, vocals, guitar
Influences
Lonnie Donegan, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Newcastle Brown Ale
Sounds Like
An English Rock & Roll Hall of Famer playing his acoustic guitar and singing. Have a listen to the clips and hear for yourself.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Hilton Valentine (guitarist with The Animals). Born May 21, 1943 in England 1956Gets first guitar (acoustic) and forms Skiffle band at the age of 13 called The Heppers. Hilton sings and plays guitar Circa 1959 band evolves into a rock and roll band called The Wildcats and though Hilton is still playing lead guitar, it's now electric and he's handed over the vocals to someone else. 1963 - Hilton quits The Wildcats to join The Alan Price Combo which soon changed their name to The Animals 1964 - Hilton and the rest of The Animals have a worldwide number one hit with "House of the Rising Sun" 1966 (late) - The Animals break up. 1967 - 2003 - Various reunions with all the original Animals and some with just other members. Also involved with other bands including one with Mike Harrison of Spooky Tooth called Brown Jack 2003 - Takes the reins and comes full circle recording a CD of his own acoustic material along with a couple of skiffle tunes that he used to sing with The Heppers. 2004 - CD titled It's Folk 'n' Skiffle, Mate! is released and he's been singing and playing ever since.
His backing players are:
David Hurd - bass
Pat Quinn - snare, spoons
Washboard player - Washboard, shakers, tambourine, guitar
And usually joined by little Jillian on fiddle 2007 - Hilton joins Eric Burdon once again while still keeping SKiffledog alive Jan 2009 - Hilton and Eric part ways once again so it's back to concentrating only on SKIFFLEDOG
Has the news about the death of Claude Lévi-Strauss reached the States yet? Everyone's really shaken; my philosophy professor came up to me this morning and asked if I knew, and he was fighting back the tears swelling in his eyes. He was a great man, and a tremendous thinker; people today owe him more than they'll ever know. I still can't believe it...
Hi Hilton, thanks for the add!!! It is a great honor for us to have you as a myspace friend!! Thanks a lot for what you have done with the Animals in the sixties!!! Are you still playing your beautiful Rickenbacker guitar from the sixties?
Thanks for wishing me a Happy Birthday!!!!! It means very much to me. I'm looking forward to hear new songs from you. I also searched for your "All In Your Head" album from 1969, but I never found it. I'm watching your tour videos from last year without a break!! River Tyne is unbelievable good. I wish you all the best with your gigs and your work with Jim McCarthy. I live in Germany, so I don't have a chance to attend your concerts, but I saw you with Eric in Stuttgart last year.. Have a nice week!!!!
thanks a lot for the add, got a lyric posted in my blog would love to get your comment on it.(your opinion would mean a lot to me) have a great week xoxo C
D'oh!! But I really do enjoy reading the page and listening, you know that. Because what you're playing is real skiffle music, and not the stuff by new performers people throw on the radio nowadays that's deliberately called folk, you know? I wish someone did a good rendition of 'John Henry', sometimes! Anyway, I'll holler again when I get back to France- it's my last year in Europe before I move back to WA for my college years. And things are starting to run faster than I ever expected. It's getting impressive. All the best, Maurine
Hi Hilton, I'm just dropping in once more. Well, the music is wonderful, as always, it's one sound that'll never grow bad! I hope things are smoother nowadays and that your projects are coming along as you want them to. Honestly, who needs sticks in their wheels when the road's bad already? That's life. Light and peace to you, -Maurine
