Vic Briggs
British musician (1945–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victor Harvey Briggs III (14 February 1945 – 30 June 2021) was a British blues and rock musician, best known as the lead guitarist with Eric Burdon and The Animals during the 1966–1968 period. Briggs, a convert to Sikhism, later played classical Indian and Hawaiian music, and adopted the name Antion Vikram Singh Meredith.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Victor Harvey Briggs III |
Also known as | Antion Antion Meredith Vikram Singh Khalsa |
Born | (1945-02-14)14 February 1945 Twickenham, Middlesex, England |
Died | 30 June 2021(2021-06-30) (aged 76) New Zealand |
Genres | Rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, Hawaiian music, devotional music |
Instruments | |
Years active | 1961–2021 |
Formerly of | The Echoes Dusty Springfield Steampacket Johnny Hallyday Brian Auger's Trinity Eric Burdon and The Animals |
Website | antion.info |
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