During the summer of 2015, we Blue Meanies performed at an outdoor Beatles convention in Connecticut. One of the main guests was the now-late Hilton Valentine (1943-2021) who was the lead guitarist for the 1960s British band, the Animals. He joined us on stage to perform a batch of songs. Prior to the show, he rehearsed with us and he used my Guild F512-12 acoustic.
Here are a few photos from that fun day!
Rehearsal.....inside.
Rehearsal....outside.
Also pictured is the Blue Meanies' drummer, the late, great JT (1949-2019).
For the performance, I opted for the David Jones tambourine whilst Hilton Valentine wound up with Damian's Epiphone Casino. Our hapless lead-guitarist wound up playing my said Guild 12-string acoustic, and, as we can see, was a bit out of his element.
In the end, we all had a great time jamming with the Animal!
After the show.
Here's Hilton Valentine with the Animals playing a vintage Gretsch Tennessean.
This performance was featured in the 1965 film "Pop Gear".