Frijid Pink and “House of the Rising Sun”
While I am still tweaking my next review I thought I could fill in the void with a review of some other rare but worthwhile and interesting music. This also happens to be my first review of a single. After I watched Frijid Pink’s version of The Animals hit, “House of the Rising Sun” I couldn’t help including it here. From Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A, Frijid Pink were a blues and hard rock band and their version of the popular song was released 5 years after the version from The Animals. It rose to No.7 and made the band instantly popular in the U.S and even more popular in Europe. The song has been done differently from what the The Animals did. It had a more heavy metal and rockier sound. Singing and lead guitar work were more on the lines of hard rock than the softer version The Animals made.
What is really interesting is that on Wikipedia it is reported Frijid Pink was so popular during this time that Led Zepplin, then, a fledging band from the remains of The Yardbirds opened for them in concert.
The original line-up soon disintegrated with vocalist Tom Beaudry and guitarist Gary Ray Thomson departing. New members joined the band but Frijid Pink never saw success like they did when they made their version ”House of the Rising Sun”. They remain a one-hit wonder.
