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Randall Beach: Animals lead guitarist, one of the British invaders, recalls being in the middle of it all
Aug. 13, 2015
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Hilton Valentine, who was the lead guitarist for the band the Animals, with the backside of “The Best Of The Animals” album cover, including his photo, earlier this week.Peter Hvizdak New Haven Register
Hilton Valentine is amazed. He can’t believe it was 50 years ago that he was playing lead guitar for the Animals and that this Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ concert at Shea Stadium.
“I’m amazed I’m still alive!” he told me as we sat across from each other last Monday.