Eric Burdon’s life has been a musical journey matched by few other performers in rock and roll music history. Burdon started out as the founder and lead vocalist for the Animals in 1962 and together they took the music world by storm when they recorded and released an electrified version of the traditional folk number, “The House of the Rising Sun.” Afterwards they followed with such classics as “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” “It’s My Life,” “I’m Crying,” “Inside Looking Out,” “The Story of Bo Diddley,” “Bring It On Home to Me” and “See See Rider.” This ensemble lasted until 1969 going through several line-up changes and changing the name from Eric Burdon and the Animals to Eric Burdon and the New Animals. In 1970, he joined the Los Angeles jam band War. Their album, Eric Burdon Declares War featured such hits as "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road.” A second Burdon and War album, The Black-Man’s Burdon was released shortly thereafter. Burdon subsequently left War in 1971 and joined up with jazz-blues great Jimmy Witherspoon ... a fusion which ultimately led to the collaborative album, Guilty! (renamed Black & White Blues for CD release). He reunited with the original Animals in 1976 releasing two new studio albums and then again in 1983 which resulted in another studio album, Ark along with a live album, Rip It to Shreds—Greatest Hits Live!. Fast forward to 1994 when Burdon released his first solo studio album in several years called My Secret Life. Produced by Grammy Award winner Tony Braunagel and recorded in Johnny Lee Schell’s recording studio in Studio City, California, the musicians included Braunagel, Schell, Ivan Neville, Hutch Hutchinson and Red Young who in 2006 joined the latest incarnation of The Animals. So where can you find Eric Burdon these days? As made explicit in his autobiographical song “The Road,” “I don’t live if I don’t play rock ‘n roll.” And so the road is where he is which will include a stopover at the River Rock Casino Resort in November.
Tickets on sale Thursday June 19 @ 10am

Tickets: Golden Circle $49.50 | Orchestra $39.50 | plus service charges