R I P Hilton Valentine

[tiggerblue10]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55875914

[EdmundD]

I read once that his guitar style was influenced by the fact that he couldn't do barre chords very well.

[Zacs-Master]

Loved the Animals. Had a greatest hits album (in fact I’ve probably still got it.....somewhere).

[EdmundD]

[Patsy33]

Always liked the Animals, too.
My Uncle taught me to play House of The Rising Sun on piano. He used to play and sing it on guitar. RIP Hilton Valentine.

[tiggerblue10]

I love The Animals version but the original is beautiful and haunting.

https://youtu.be/9ckv6-yhnIY

https://youtu.be/Bw7RTUEZMyg

[EdmundD]

Thanks Tigger I never heard that version before.

[Mamyalynne]

RIP Hilton

[Patsy33]

I like Nina Simone's version the best!

[pixie374]

Patsy, House of the Rising Sun was about the first I learnt on guitar :-)

[Lie-in King]

Loved the Animals - RIP Hilton.

[JimF]

The opening of House of the Rising Sun is an iconic moment in popular music. Not their song, of course, but they made it their own.

[pixie374]

https://youtu.be/0Fy7opKu46c

[Patsy33]

Pixie. I can play it on my guitar too, (in my own sort of way) :-) That song means a lot to me, as my Uncle taught me a lot about music and played this song a lot when I was a teenager. Sadly, he is no longer with us.

[pixie374]

Awww. Quite nostalgic for me as well.... I didn't realise it wasn't theirs, Jimf.

[Ken4155]

Animals and Kinks, my two fav bands from the age of about 7 to well into my teens.
RIP Hilton

[Ken4155]

True, it may not have been their song, but Hilton did write the opening riff.