Tracklist:01. Once Upon A Time [03:51]
02. Motorcycle Girl [03:52]
03. Over The Border [04:27]
04. The Secret [05:47]
05. Factory Girl [04:40]
06. Highway 62 [05:29]
07. Jazzman [03:47]
08. Black And White World [03:28]
09. Heaven [04:44]
10. Devil Slide [03:34]
11. Broken Records [03:25]
12. Con't Kill The Boogieman [03:59]
13. My Secret Life [05:51]
Eric Burdon's life has been a musical journey matched by few other performers in rock music history. As the founding leader of ?The Animals? he was the driving force of the grittiest British Invasion Band that knocked the Beatles off the No. 1 charts with ?House of the Rising Sun?.
He then went on to help pioneer the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene with the landmark Monterey performance, fronting ?WAR? - the biggest funk band of the 70s with its two immediate classics: ?Tobacco Road? and ?Spill the Wine?.
Besides the No. 1 landslide ?House of the Rising Sun?, his top charting hits include ?Don?t Let Me Be Misunderstood?, ?We Gotta Get Out of This Place?, ?It?s My Life?, ?I?m Crying?, ?Inside Looking Out?, ?The Story of Bo Diddley?, ?Bring It On Home to Me?, and ?See See Rider?, ?Sky Pilot?, ?When I Was Young? and ?Monterey?.
His fans all around the world will be thrilled to know that Eric has released ?My Secret Life?, his first studio album in two decades.
The title track, ?My Secret Life?, was recorded because ?Leonard Cohen?s always been one of my all-time favourite singer/songwriters?, Eric says. ?There were so many of his songs I wanted to cover but I think this one takes the biscuit?.
The original tune ?Black And White World? came from Eric?s longstanding love of the movies. ?Growing up in Newcastle, most of those films were black and white. They?re ingrained in my mind forever and will always be an escape for me. That?s what the song is about.?
Another track is ?Can?t Kill The Boogieman? which grew directly out of Eric and his band playing with John Lee Hooker at the late blues legend?s annual birthday bash at a club in California. Can?t Kill The Boogieman ? his spirit lives on!?
One of the real striking tracks is the subtle and touching ?Jazzman?. ?My first love was jazz and when I was a teenager, Paris was the place to run into American jazzmen like Chet Baker, Billie Holliday, Dexter Gordon and I saw up close and personal the strange, seductive and destructive habits that seemed to be a permanent part of these artists? lives. That is what the song is about ? why such pain amongst so much beauty??.
?Highway 62? is simple to explain: ?This highway road I spent a lot of time on. It runs all the way from L.A. to New Orleans and is the road I take home to Joshua Tree as well.
?Over The Border? is written by Dave Munyon. This song is about illegal immigration and the un-winnable war on drugs.
Another of the CD?s surprising cover is the Talking Heads? track ?Heaven?. ?I heard it in my head as a jazzy lounge piece? an audio version of a Hopper painting.?
The first track on the album and the single is ?Once Upon A Time?, written by Robert Bradley, who recorded it first with his band Blackwater Surprise.
?That song stood out for me like an anthem of my early days in California? the great influence of Marvin Gaye, ?The Animals?" historical Monterey performance, but more importantly the collective fight against the unjust war in Vietnam.
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9 August 2008 
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