Although The Animals had their moment of pop/rock stardom in the mid-1960s with a string of hit records, lead singer Eric Burdon was always underrated as a blues vocalist and had practically faded into obscurity by the 1980s. Now 70, he’s still out there performing I’ve heard and, judging by the 2008 video below, he’s still as good a singer, if not better, than he was as a young man.
Eric Burdon and the Animals, circa 1965, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”:
Eric Burdon in 2008, same tune:
And here’s Eric with his own band ‘War’ from the late ‘60s with “Spill the Wine”: