Eric, the barbarian

Eric Burdon, Sunday 14, 20:30, Stage Benta. Free entrance

This year's festival will pay special tribute to its most famous guest, Eric Burdon, The Animals vocalist first and then in War with a long solo career too.

He is neither Viking nor rude, rather well mannered, as a good Anglo- Saxon person. However, this singer and composer from Newcastle is well known for being the singer of different bands, such as The Animals or War, and also because of his aggressiveness on the stage. Even Rolling Stone magazine included him at number 57 in their ranking of the 100 greatest singers of all time.

It was in 1962 when the band The Animals, with their mix of blues and rock, landed in USA along with other groups like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and The Kins putting English music popular among all fans. It was at this time when they recorded their best singles as The House of the Rising Sun, Sky Pilot, I'm Crying or Bring it on Home to Me among others.

In 1971, Burdon began his career alone with The Eric Burdon Band along with his blues influences, funk, hard rock and hevy metal.

Throughout these years, Eric Burdon has recorded several albums and made ​​numerous collaborations with all sorts of musicians up to 2013, the year in which surprises us with his latest work "Til Your River Runs Dry", 12 songs most compounds by Eric himself and Bluesaldia presented in Hondarribia.

And has been for that path we spoke with The Animals so Bluesaldia organization has decided to award the Hondarribia Blues 2013. So be nice and exciting to see the singer of mythic themes as "The House of the Rising Sun" traditional dress beret and receive the Queen's Bastion credited as deserving of this award.