Eric Burdon

But when they learned the television rights had been sold to ABC and the money would not be shared, several of them nearly walked.

paul simon flew up to san francisco to talk garcia and the dead into staying they stayed but they would not sign away their performance rights so the cameras were not supposed to be pointed at them at all and the dead had another idea if they were playing for free they argued the whole festival should be free the promoters did not agree the compromise was this field a couple of miles from the fair grounds where thousands of young people with nowhere to sleep could camp somehow a stage appeared the dead borrowed amplifiers and played for the campers others wandered over to sit in One writer remembered Pete Townshend backing Eric Burden on an old folk song there at four in the morning.

Their official set came on Sunday night, the last night, and their slot was a hard one.

Right before them, the Who finished in smoke bombs, with Townshend smashing his guitar and Keith Moon kicking his drums across the stage.

Have you?

You got what we're listening to? That's Eric Burdon Declares War.

Oh, there you go.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Have you? What we're listening to.

That's Eric Burden declares war.

Oh, there you go.

Oh, I didn't know that.

He saw them performing in a club in 1969 and liked what he heard.

Teaming them up with former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon and renaming them War, together they recorded two albums, one of which spawned the massive hit Spill the Wine, which Jerry produced.

Spill the wine Take that girl Spill the wine Take that girl Spill the wine Take that girl Come, come, come, come Spill the wine Take that girl Take that girl Yeah It's all yours

War went on to release a couple dozen albums without Eric Burdon, with Jerry in the production seat.

He also gets a co-writing credit on this beauty, which I have always said is the greatest bass line in rock history.

All my friends know the low rider Yeah The low rider gets a little higher Yeah