Billy
Boy, harmonica player w/ The Yardbirds
auditions
for Hilton's skiffle group
Dec
9 2006
(photo
courtesy of Russ Garrett - www.yardbirds.us/)
If
you were at The York House in Twickenham on Dec 2nd and took
photos
of Hilton fronting The Yardbirds for "Midnight Special", please
send
in a photo for us to use on the site.
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Hilton playing with Chris
Dreja (left) and the rest of the Yardbirds
July 20, 2006
Springfield MA
some comments from the
Mohegan
Sun and Springfield gigs
***Hilton really knocked me out with his playing, just great to see
him with the band!
***The band picked up steam quick when Hilton went on stage and played
the old classic "Let It Rock".
The energy picked up quick.
***Smokestack Lighting for me was a real treat especially having Hilton
Valentine on stage.
Jillian (12
yr old fiddler phenom!) kickin' it up on
Diggin'
My Potatoes
with Hilton at The Old
Dublin
June 25, 2006
Hilton at The Old Dublin
April 2006
Hilton at The Old Dublin
Feb 2006
Dave, Pat & Hilton at
The Old Dublin Feb 2006
Donovan
& Hilton
Warner
Theatre Torrington CT July 03, 2005
Donovan
& Hilton
Singing
"Ballad of a Crystal Man" together July 03, 2005
referring to
Ballad
of a Crystal Man in an excerpt from his email
Hilton- I
love
my song on your disc (not called records
anymore!)
Love Don
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Hilton
& Eric Aug 2003
Hilton
& Eric Aug 2003
Link, I am
privileged
to have met you. Rest in peace my friend. May 2, 1929 - Nov
05, 2005.
(To
quote contest winner Tony Dawson-Hill from Hertsfordshire England)
The
great and awesome Link Wray!!
with
Hilton March 2003
The Jet City Fix with
Hilton
March 2003
June
2002
October
2001
Hilton
with The Pretty Things at
The
Village Underground August 25, 2001
I saw the August 25 show at the Village Underground because I also wanted to see the Cynics. The Pretties were great of course. This was the third time I had seen them -- the first in 1975 and then in 1999. I spoke with others in the crowd who had seen them the night before and by all accounts the Saturday show was better. From the song list I see posted, the band added many more songs, spending more time on songs from Parachute. Because the Village Underground is such a small club, the band members were accessible. I spoke with Phil and Dick after the show. The amazing part of this performance was when the band invited Hilton Valentine (guitarist for the Animals) on stage for two songs (ed. note: 3 songs - Big Boss Man, LSD, Old Man Going). I wish the Pretty Things had a bigger fan base in the US so they would tour here more often. Robin Shepard <rshepard@merced.cc.ca.us> Merced, CA USA - Thursday, August 30, 2001 at 01:54:24 (BST)
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The
two hour+ set included some nice twists and surprises, such as keyboard
player Steve Bach's accordion on 'Alabama Song', and Robby pulling out
an electric solid body ax for an extended flamenco intro to one of his
signature tunes, 'Spanish Caravan'. The special treat of the evening,
was
the guest performance of British guitarist / ex-Animal (and current CT
resident) Hilton Valentine, who humbly and graciously added his Strat
(ed.
note: actually it is a Telecaster) licks to 'House of the Rising Sun',
'Roadhouse Blues' and 'Little Red Rooster'. - from a review by Chris
Reese
creese@mail.cslf.org.
Hilton
and Roger McGuinn at
The
Oakdale July 21, 2001
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