Eric Burdon & War - Toba cco Road - (jammin' in Paris, 1971)

[kabeauregardajax]

anyone got the intro? i like it when he starts singing and the crowd react, and he gives that cheeky lil' smile! great great great!

[kabeauregardajax]

i like the bit from 0 to 6.54 best..

[richardvollin]

I haven't a clue if this performance was from the first MIDEM Music Festival Gala...but if it was - It was Elton John's first taste of one-up-manship and he had to eat crow and bow low and pay his respect to the power of WAR and Eric Burdon.

Elton had to relent the stage to WAR.

WAR performed for 70 minutes (and they were only allotted 14 minutes).

Elton never took the stage. How could he ?

No one band or performer could upstage this act.

Elton was humbled. And history made.

[ourioni]

different one than I've heard before.

thanks for the video

[shanehenning26]

great song

[iamjames]

Soo Good, thought the black and white clip of "Spirit" might be one of my favorite Burdon performances. If you ask me he proves here that he is a better frontman than Mick. Coulda been soooo much better had it not been for LSD and booze.

Thanks for posting!

[BigsbyDude]

i had the black mans burdon way back in the day, it had a "WAR BOND" in the double gate LP. It was like a dollar bill with photo of the band and it could be used for a discount for a Eric Burdon & War Show . I wish i still had it

[lowriderbandfan]

@BigsbyDude, that's cool. I happen to have that album with the WAR BOND still in it. Next goal in life: to have the OG's sign it! Peace.

[richardvollin]

@lowriderbandfan And guess what ? Just got back (11 Sept.) from 'BackSpin' Records here in Austin, Texas. Bought a 'still sealed' copy of "All Day Music" ! Still had the purple sticker for the single "Slippin' Into Darkness" on the shrink wrap !

Folded inside the crisp and clean poster....a "WAR bond" ! Serial number B 022269 !

Didn't even think that the bonds overlapped into the release of "All Day Music".

What an amazing find !

But there it was.

Need to inform 'BigsbyDude' !

There out there!

[richardvollin]

@BigsbyDude Still have my "WAR" Bonds...three in fact. The one that came with "The Black-Man's Burdon" is Series W B 010130 and is probably worth more than the album itself. Most probably lost or misplaced theirs. Or maybe even used them to purchase two tickets to see the band perform. My other two came with the first and third LP. Too bad they earn a dividend huh ? Far Out should have considered that in the beginning.......

[richardvollin]

@richardvollin Actually... the bond itself was intact with no folds. I found it snug between the folds of the poster. Simply too much.

Must have been a hold-over from the previous album release.

Can't believe United Artist Records included it.

But it was (after all) good through the end of 1973.

[lowriderbandfan]

@richardvollin, Turning green, richardvollin, but not HULK green. lol I'm very happy for you actually. It's so exciting when you find those kinds of treasures. Gotta get off my bootay and do some treasure hunting too. Congrats!!!! : )

[suzesrc]

i love this song, i love this guy for life . thanks , one of my favorite eric songs !

[alejandrodbg2112]

los felicito hermano

[TheDalsky]

woooohooooooooooo :D

thanks so much for this jewel!

[nowUfunny2]

thanx for puttng together this video of a great jam...and for posting so we could share it

[maryjaneskull]

LOVE IT!!!!

[crazypainter56]

More great E. B . Stuff----Thanks Charlie

[ciasteczkoLu]

Man I LOVE it - it's extathic

[JulianThomePictures]

The greatest singer ever with the top-performance band WAR.