R.I.P. Hilton Valentine of The Animals

[64Guitars]

Hilton Valentine
21 May 1943 – 29 January 2021
R.I.P.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55875914



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAZQNmL01lk

[Jean Pierre]

ah,...I had to look on wikipedia who Hilton Valentine of the Animals was and I learned that he was actually the founder of the animals group.

Certainly on the video proposed by 64, it is not really the voice of Eric Burton...but it does not prevent, at the time of the cover "the house of the rising sun", in...64, I was 16 years old, 3 years of (laborious) practice of the guitar and it was the first time that I heard these arpeggiated chords which marked a generation of "budding" guitarists...



RIP , my friend

[Farrell Jackson]

RIP Hilton Valentine.....I've played many of your iconic guitar riffs and songs........

Farrell

[Ferryman_1957]

RIP. House of the Rising Sun was the first song I ever learned on guitar. The Animals were a great group as well.

[cuthbert]

RIP, Hilton Valentine - I must confess I wasn't familiar with his name or most of his work, but the arpeggio in House of the Rising Sun is so recognizable, and it's also among the first songs I ever learned to play on guitar.

[Flash Harry]

This is a shame. As a bass player I never learned house of the rising sun and many of the guitar shops I went into in the late 70's and early 80's would have you forcibly ejected if you started to play that riff..

What a legacy.

RIP Hilton. You are legendary.