ANIMALS & FRIENDS with their very special guest, the legendary Steve Cropper Tuesday 11th November at 8pm Featuring, from the original Animals, – John Steel and Mick Gallagher (The Blockheads,The Clash, Paul McCartney), plus Danny Handley (performed with Spencer Davis, Bobby Elliott, Ric Lee (Ten Years After) and Peter Barton (Wayne Fontanas Mindbenders, Boomtown Rats Roberts & Crowe). The Animals were the second British band to top the American charts after The Beatles with the now multi-million selling and legendary anthem, House of the Rising Sun. The band subsequently achieved over twenty global Top Ten hit records, many of which gained the Number One slot in various parts of the world. In Britain alone, the band had no less than twelve chart entries. The Animals were the first British band to tour Poland and Japan. (Sittin) On The Dock Of The Bay, Soul Man, In The Midnight Hour, Green Onions, House Of The Rising Sun, We Gotta Get Out Of The Place, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, Boom Boom (as featured in the James Bond movie Skyfall) and many more... Perhaps the ultimate testament to Steve Croppers immense contribution to popular music over the last four decades though, was his ranking by Mojo Magazine in 1996 as the number two guitarist of all-time (Jimi Hendrix was number one). In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine readers voted him among the Top 100 Guitar Players of all-time. Tickets: £22 Box Office: 01284 758000 Book Online: https://theapex.co.uk/whats-on/event/1154/animals--friends
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:05:01 +0000
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