Really early Stone Poneys ("Orion Look Down"). We Five. And the Zombies did an incredible and powerful anti-war song called "The Butcher's Tale" about WWI.

Heard a good interview with Eric Burden of The Animals a couple nights ago on NPR -- one of his early influences was Johnny Handle who was just one of the singers around town whom he used to hang out with. The Animals recorded more trad-based stuff than "House of the Rising Sun."

Linn