Athens Traffic Live is a live album by Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...

 recorded in 2005 in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. It includes a bonus DVD.

Track listing

1. "Introduction" – 0:16
2. "Boom Boom" (Hooker
   John Lee Hooker
   John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
   
   ) – 5:57
3. "When I Was Young
   When I Was Young
   "When I Was Young" is a song performed in 1967 by The Animals with Eric Burdon on vocals. It was released on 8 April. It charted in Australia peaking #2 and stayed 4 weeks there. Later it was a hit charting #10 on the Canadian RPM chart, # 15 in the US and #7 in the Netherlands. The song was...
   
   " (Burdon
   Eric Burdon
   Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
   
    – 4:31
4. "Factory Girl" (Burdon
   Eric Burdon
   Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
   
   , Trad.) – 4:42
5. "Once Upon a Time" (Burdon
   Eric Burdon
   Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
   
   ) – 4:00
6. "Devil Slide" (Burdon
   Eric Burdon
   Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
   
   ) – 4:38
7. "Heaven
   Heaven (Talking Heads song)
   "Heaven" is a song by the American New Wave band Talking Heads from their 1979 album Fear of Music.- Cover versions :*k.d. lang recorded her version of this song with The Siss Boom Bang for their 2011 album Sing It Loud...
   
   " (Byrne
   David Byrne
   David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
   
   ) – 4:49
8. "The Night
   The Night (The Animals song)
   "The Night" is a song performed by The Animals in 1983. It was the first single from their 1983 Ark reunion effort. It reached #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #34 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
   
   " (Burdon
   Eric Burdon
   Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
   
   , Evans
   Don Evans
   Donald Thomas "Don" Evans was a noted African-American playwright, theatre director, actor and educator.-Early life and education:...
   
   ) – 3:56
9. "In My Secret Life
   In My Secret Life
   "In My Secret Life" is a song written and performed by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson. Bob Metzger plays the guitar. The song first appears on the album Ten New Songs, released in 2001....
   
   " (Cohen
   Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
   
   ) – 6:02
10. "Over the Border" (Munyon) – 4:35
11. "Little Queenie" (Berry
    Chuck Berry
    Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
    
    ) – 4:24
12. "Tobacco Road
    Tobacco Road (song)
    "Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres....
    
    " (Burdon
    Eric Burdon
    Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
    
    , Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...
    
    ) – 11:56
13. "Mercy's Hand" (Hoeflich) – 5:57

Home Made Videos

1. Introduction by Eric Burdon
2. "Once Upon a Time"
3. "Highway 62"
4. "The Secret"

Drum Solo

Introduction by Eric Burdon.

Includes a drum solo, during "Hey Gyp", by Bernie Pershey. Recorded at Rockpalast

Rockpalast

Rockpalast is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk . Rockpalast started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock and jazz bands have performed on Rockpalast...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in 2004.

Bonus Statements

Eric Burdon is talking about:

• Greek Culture
• Greek Food
• Live Recording

Photo Gallery

The gallery includes a photo slideshow of Eric Burdon taken by Jörg Kyas in 2004. It runs through a part of the song "The Secret".

The Blues Knights

Eric Burdon introduces and talks about his early influences of Boogie

Boogie

Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm, "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music. The characteristic rhythm and feel of the boogie was then adapted to guitar, double bass, and other instruments. The earliest recorded...

 and Rock and Roll

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

.

The "Super Bonus Feature" includes a short film of Burdon and his early 2005 band "The Blues Knights". The film runs through a live performance of them playing the song "Roll 'Em Pete".

Personnel

• Eric Burdon
  Eric Burdon
  Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
  
   - screamed and growled vocals, percussion
• Dean Restum - guitar, background vocals
• Martin Gerschwitz - keyboards, violin
• Dave Meros
  Dave Meros
  Dave Meros , is an American bass guitar player, best known as the bass player for progressive rock band Spock's Beard...
  
   - bass
• Bernie Pershey - drums