'The House of the Rising Sun'
February 17th 2021 I’ve just read the obituary of Hilton Valentine, lead guitarist with The Animals in 1964, the year they achieved musical immortality with their single ‘The House of the Rising Sun’. Never a guitar hero, this relatively unknown man will, though, be remembered for the distinctive A-minor arpeggio chords which open that track. Reading about him has prompted me to write an appreciation of ‘T
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