Building My Ultimate Rock Band - LEAD SINGER: ERIC BURDON

To lead the greatest collection of talent in rock and roll history on one stage expected to play music in the modern era, Eric Burdon is the man best fit for the billing. He’s lead a dual life, equally comfortable living both within the head of and meeting the expectations defined by his material. Filled with hip British irony when he offered a soulful take on “House of the Rising Sun” with the Animals in 1964, his irony later melted into a wild and honest reflection of the bizarre era that highlighted the height of his creative excellence that puts him over the top. Check out his proto-noise punk take on the Rolling Stones “Paint it Black” from 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival with the New Animals, or his work with the first incarnation of psychedelic funk fusion legends WAR on “Spill the Wine.” The man who knows why “the egg man ISN’T John” and probably every other magical mystery of the tour of excess that highlighted rock’s most decadent era, he’s easily the best man for the task of heading this band.