Vic Briggs

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Name = Vic Briggs
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Victor Harvey Briggs III
Alias = Antion
Vikram Singh Khalsa
Born = Birth date and age|1945|2|14|df=y
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Origin = Twickenham, London, England
Instrument = guitar, piano, vocals, vibraphone, bass
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Genre = blues
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Years_active = 1965 - present
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Associated_acts = The Echoes, Steampacket, Brian Auger's Trinity, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Dusty Springfield
URL = [http://www.antionmusic.com/ antionmusic.com]
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Victor Harvey Briggs III (born 14 February 1945 in Twickenham, London, England) is a former blues musician.

Briggs played guitar and piano with various groups in the 1960s, including The Echoes (Dusty Springfield's backing group), Steampacket, Brian Auger's Trinity, Johnny Hallyday and Eric Burdon and The Animals. [ [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:oCdrPoCdghsJ:https://www.hawaiian.net/~antion/SDUnion.html+%&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10 San Diego Union Tribune] ]

In the 1970s Briggs became a Sikh and took the name Vikram Singh Khalsa.He moved to San Diego where he had a plumbing business in the 80s. He has made several albums of Indian music and was the first non-Indian to perform kirtan at Harimandir Sahib (also called the Golden Temple of Amritsar). [ [http://www.sikhsangat.org/publish/article_1554.shtml Sikh Global News] ]

Briggs currently goes by the name Antion and plays Hawaiian chant music. [ [http://www.antionmusic.com/antiontherockstar.html Antion - The Rock Star] ]

Web sources

*http://www.invinciblemusic.com/new-age-music-Antion-bio1.htm Biography