Ten Years After - Studio rehearsal in Germany, 1969
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- Here's Ten Years After (Alvin Lee-guitar/vocals, Leo Lyons-bass, Rick Lee-drums, Chick Churchill-organ) doing a rehearsal in the studio in Germany, 1969.
They start off with "I can't keep from crying", then go into a blues tune "Woke up this morning" and after a break do "Woke up this morning" take 2. Finally Alvin plays a little to himself.
Remember Animal? Drummer with the muppets? Well, check out Leo Lyons here on bass.
The rest of the band is rather relaxed, laid back.
This was filmed by Wim Wenders, I don't own the material.
Alvin Lee , Johnny Winter two exceptional guitar players that don't get the recognition they deserve. The world of " The Blues " would not be what it is today if not for these two gentleman's contributions. Your welcome 🙏. Peace ✌️.
You got it man, John Dawson Winter lll, I seen JW about 6X an Alvin only 1X but so f-n killer
I’ll add Paul Kossoff to your list of under appreciation blues guitarists
@@leonbogdan1686 Saw Johnny Winter on tour with Rick Derringer. Rick could play with Johnny, note-for-note! They blew the walls down.
This is gold 😎
Just so smooth, I love the tone and texture of his music
Don' t we just love the passion of Leo??!
fantastic, never have ever seen him on a Strat, beautiful, absolutely
The tone is amazing
..yeah, was thinking the same..Strat!..looks like a large headstock but not sure
definitely doing a tribute to Jimi there
Finding this is like finding a big chunk of gold.
This is better than heroin!
Heroin destroys your soul,
This enhances your soul!
Gold can’t buy this!
Hi... at 73 this year me n my mates n girl friends use to go to the dancing slipper at '''West Bridgford''Nottingham around 1966ish to dance n watch the Jay Birds ,,, Alvin Lee on Lead guitar ,,, I lost touch as I emigrated to Australia 1968 ..............then in Sydney in the seventies I saw an LP with his pic, on it ,,,, OMG that's the Jay Birds , but no TEN YEARS AFTER ,, I still remember you and brilliant guitaring , RIP Alvin ,,
Lucky man
Hi, I am from Mansfield Notts, and I used to go to the slipper also.I used to play in a band in Mansfield too and knew the Jaybirds, and Rick Lee used to play in our band for a short time. I live in USA now and rarely go back to UK.
Without pedals even, incredible sounds, thanks for upload
Saw them in London ontario just after choo-choo mama album came out. I was 14 my brother 15. We hung out in the arena after the concert was over and talked to the band. We gave them 3 joints for 2 drum sticks which my sister now has . They chatted us up while yiadies tore down equipment. To sit with Alvin Lee and Co. Was a special memory for a kid. Thank you for this .
Alvin is so young here and yet he has completely mastered every inch of “it”, just a beast!!!! It pisses me off that people don’t realize he was one of the best ever!!!
I've enjoyed him since day 1
I saw TYA about a year after they played Woodstock, was really impressed by his playing...here I am knocked out by his Wes Montogomery style octave solos- got to say he was ahead of his time in the rock genre for sure. NEVER saw him play anything other than his ES 335, interesting to hear him play a Strat!
My guitar teacher in the mid 80s was a huge Alvin Lee fan. I knew who Alvin was then but my teacher made me a fan. I wanted to learn how to shred but my teacher said learn some of this guys licks first.
absolutely 💥💥💥
I was into Jeff Beck, Hendrix and all that. I never had anyone turn me on to Ten Years After. I saw the Woodstock footage, but it wasn't the progressive blues like they play here. They took it to another level. He's not a real great vibrato player but he was playing really interesting stuff.
Thank you to the chain of people who made this available, it is pure gold. Here's to Alvin!!!!! Hats Off!!!!
Absolutely, no question. AKA: SpeedFingers.
I second the motion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(etc.)
But Eric was no slouch in Spoonful live...
Hello world to Ten Years After ?.... thank the gods for Ten Years After !!!😊Cheers from New Zealand
Wow. Thanks for posting. Not every day you see Alvin whippin' a Strat as opposed to "Big Red".
This is the first time I’ve seen him playing a Strat.
Man--Where'd ya get this early one!!!!! Who filmed it??
Alvin played this strat at Van Dyke Club Plymouth UK January 1969 we were there luckily!!! The crowd kept asking for Spoonful as encore so they played it again!! Status Quo et al cry your eyes out!!! Best wishes from Plymouth UK!!
@@peteraustin370 Wow. Pictures of Matchstick men were there?? Just Wow!
For some reason, the slow hand of Clapton got more acclaim then Alvin Lee. Alvin was the best than the rest......
@Jack Shaheen Right on bro...
Except for the fact that Clapton was given the nickname because of the time he took on stage to replace a broken guitar string, not because of his playing style.
In Clapton - The Autobiography (2007), Eric had this to say, "On my guitar I used light-gauge guitar strings, with a very thin first string, which made it easier to bend the notes, and it was not uncommon during the most frenetic bits of playing for me to break at least one string. During the pause while I was changing my string, the frenzied audience would often break into a slow handclap, inspiring Giorgio to dream up the nickname of 'Slowhand' Clapton."
Listen to Woodstock Goin' Home Lee is wicked ass smokin' on lead all the while doing lead vocals ??
Phenomenal! 💥👑
@@lfader I heard him say once that he could even play faster than he did at
Woodstock...
@@jtslaptop intersting . always wondered why they called him that
Leo is monster bass player and Alvin is the king. This is one of best bands of all time.
Be' non esagerare 😀
I remember the bass player from the Woodstock movie. He good. But, he is just a little bit "different ", isnt he?
Leo now lives round the corner from me in a suburb of Cardiff, U.K. My wife used to work in the local post office and told me one of her customers played at Woodstock. I asked her to find out more and it was Leo. After that she got Leo to sign one of my TYA albums for my birthday. He is a very distinguished elderly gentleman these days. The stories he could tell!
Leo is also an absolute Gentleman.
No one ever talks about how great Leo Lions is, but he keeps up with old machine gun...
I am 73 Saw them at the Royal Albert Hall & Isle of Wight in 1970 Greatest band of all time.
Was at Wight as well, 14 at the time, right up front under the stage, delirious.
@@wonder6789 You were 14 and I was 22 now I am 76. Enjoy that we are lucky to have seen things that the poor sods today will never know about our happy days
I've always said how Alvin Lee is somehow left out of the conversation of best British blues guitarists, or just best blues guitarists in general, is absolutely preposterous. He could do what everyone else was doing and a whole lot more.
Agreed 100%
I have been playing guitar for 50 years . Alvin Lee has always been my no.1 mentor , its always impressive to play even close to the way he does !
One of my favorite bands, even before woodstock,where i saw them. Alvin Lee doesn;t get enough respect, air play or mention. Man, what a band.
Too many people were busy worshipping Hendrix and missed out on this master, He stole the show at Woodstock and that got my attention.
Just Thank You.
To whoever filmed this, whoever kept it, whoever put it on here and of course the Band.
Thank You All, it's wonderful.
The director was Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders directed Wings of Desire and filmed Ry Cooder's foray into Cuba called The Buena Vista Social Club. Two Oscar nominations. Also worked with U@ and Talking Heads. That said, all he did was set up a tripod and change film when it ran out.
@@rocketrose2165and Paris Texas a film with great music
😊
How is it that Alvin Lee/Ten Years After isn't in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame?!?!
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is bullshit. They are a good museum; but the judging is not right.
@@robertiaccarino4363 'Could still happen? - Alvin Lee is, quite rightly, making a lot more appearances on TH-cam lately I am glad to see.
Because the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a bad joke. There aren't any criteria for entrance. It's a question of who likes what when it comes time to let acts in.
And bands like Cheap Trick is in.
All awards are a joke.
Alvin was definitely one of the best guitarists of his or any other time.
I'll say again; where is Alvin Lee in Rolling Stone's top 100 rock Guitarists?
NOWHERE! Could somebody please explain this to me?
@@donhancock332 they get the ssssh. Album a negative review too back in 1969
D'accord, mais il ne faut pas oublier Leo Lyons ; je n'ai jamais entendu un bassiste à qui on pourrait le comparer.
@@donhancock332 Easily. Rolling Stone have NFI!
@@yannicklemieux3520 Andy Fraser. jack Bruce ? .
please dont ever take this down its so awesome
Excellent OCTAVE PLAYING,. ALVIN LEE IS A MASTER GUITARIST.GREAT BAND .🎸😎🎵
True legends of the 60’s and 70’s! What incredible memories come flooding back to my teenage years of and uncomplicated time grooving to great blues. RIP to the best guitarist i have ever heard. A tight band so easy to listen to and smile with amazement at their skills.
are you kidding me? this is amazing
Ten Years After you uploaded this people are still enjoying. Thank you for changing our World
Don't try this at home kids.. you'll never get close!
these dudes get in the zone early and stay there. great stuff
This. Is. Incredible. I really miss those days. Every day filled with new discoveries and priceless treasures. Life was so damn good back then.
We were so fortunate to see life back then ,and now we must try to teach these God less morel less creations that this life need to change back to where we were with morels and respect for God and others
What an amazing band they were playing live
Alvin,as for guitar playing,destroyed any guitar player in those days.Even does finger taping,a blueprint for Eddy Van Hallen in the later years of the 70's.These guys were thight live and accurate....
I don't think so cause the great British guitar players that were around then like M Taylor, E Clapton, J Beck and P Green all had an unique style you immediately recognized. A Lee was not able to "destroy" any of them cause they had their own style. I met A Lee in Gothenburg, Sweden in the late 80's at a shady club (Draupner) and in the backroom I sat w my Les Paul and Alvin pointed out that I Had to put oil on the fretboard otherwise the rosewood would start to crack. A very nice person he was.
@Lloyd Bonafide You just don't get it....
hahaha@Lloyd Bonafide
Alvin was an entirely different type of player than say a clapton...page...mick taylor...they all had styles and styles make the player....Albert king cud hit 1 note and get message there..
@@1maggan Lemon Oil??
Bass player looks like he has a neurologic condition with those funky moves. I like it.
It's called soul. Leo is a fantastic musician.😀😃🤩
Ouch that's gotta hurt
12:17
It's the drugs.
Like mechanically posessed.
Leo Lyons is the absolute epitome of what a bass player should be! we are not worthy.
Leo is so cool, so funky…he’s fun to watch!
Sure you are. What's he doing, playing 16th notes and jerking around like Eyegor the hunchback?
And sure Alvin Lee had talent, but tbh it was plain even in the late 60's that he had a couple of licks that'd show up in every song and that got old after awhile.
Fast isn't necessarily good, it's just fast.
@@michaelwesterland1853 just say you are jealous of the talent you don't have.
@@MGDCrown559 I'm not a musician. What do I care whether or not somebody's more or less talented than me?
We all listened to TYA when the first two albums came out, but man, after a while you couldn't miss the stuck-in-a-rut repetition so the albums eventually got passed on.
Gotta admit it's funny to see a 50+ year old man wearing leather pants and playing guitar, though. And maybe Leo Lyons was playing 32nd notes, I don't know, but it's only impressive to watch, IMO, for a few years during adolescence and then tastes change.
Sounds like you've got a powerful crush on those guys, hmm? To each his own, I say.
@@michaelwesterland1853 I think they rock, you obviously don't. I like rocking blues and they put out some of the best. Your taste in music does not recognize what I find spectacular. Ric Lee is also a fabulous drummer, your ear is not tuned to it. does not stop mine from enjoying it.
Interesting video as an example of how most bands of the day actually appeared live in concert. In 1969 I saw Led Zeppelin when they opened for Vanilla Fudge on their first North American tour. This is almost exactly what the show looked like for both bands. A very small stage, Marshall stacks, very little effects, practically zero lighting at all, and nothing but straight ahead music for the wonderful price of $5 (five dollars).
good call, Zep also opened for Iron Butterfly on that 1st tour, good times!
I'm so jealous. Jealous
I never seen him play a start I got three i got three sagas my favorites but the start u can drop it kick it i was weened on that thing they grown and shriek the s.g I got is abheavey piece but im mot gonna bounce itvaround my Gibson l
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Is like a classic car u only take her or it out on Sundays after what I went threw with it I even got a minute start that thingbrumbled o got stacks and heads combos all on all ect and do on anyway my point is the nest sound isvsimple dont matted if inlay in the astro dome wimnerly or giant stadium or your back yard barbicue its your capability and soil and heart that counts I seen him once witn five kids I free IP with i deem him in April 79 I was 19 the mistvtremendoud energy I ever seen live on guitar problely the best funny i been grilling myself for 46 yrs people think im good i laugh on my best day im not half the player Alvin was and he did it for love and peace hid generation one of a kind and so was he
Which show off that tour? Listened to a few of those tapes and it's unreal, man, I'm very envious
That's all you need
10 years gone now. Unbelievable what that generation had to offer. Glad to have recordings and footage. Thx
saw these guys at winterland in san francisco fall of 1971....got out of vietnam in winter of 1971...they played for 2 hours nonstop and did only four songs....tripping with binoculars,, was really intense....at one time had all their albums...switched from vinyl to casettee ....made three 45 minute tapes with tunes the way i wanted them...to this day i know this is some of the most creative radical music ever made ....
I saw TYA at Winterland in 72. I was 14 and it was my first concert
Lucky man! I’m glad you made it home, thank you for your service.
@@kenvanalfen5025 wow, I was there! Remember KSAN radio in San Francisco? Absolutely the best music. Those were the days. I spent a lot of my youth at Winterland. Lol
Saw Alvin quite a few times at the winterland ballroom. That was a magical place. When it was torn down I got a basketball size piece of the concrete façade with the white paint on it. It sits proudly displayed in the guest bedroom.
@@Scorpio1060- at the time i was driving a 1970 chevy van, long bed,....when the show was over i could not get it on the street as the street was very steep....the van was a 3 speed on the column....slowly backed into the car behind me and the wheels just spun....very trippy ending to a very trippy show...
Thanks for sharing this .
i have this on a vcr tape
was looking in to converting the video and posting
but i'm glad to see there are good Fans out there with
rare videos like this one ..
thanks .
Rick Lee used to teach drums at my school - lovely bloke and very encouraging! Criminally underrated band...
Please dont ever take this down man.Its special.
Leo Lyons the best bass player in the world!!!!!!!
Certainly one of the best. The man can play.🤩😊😂
Alvin was so good ,I Shure miss him what a power on the guitar and vocals nobody sounded like him and at Woodstock with Johnny winters they tore it up man he was hot as always he had fingers a fire love n miss ya ALVIN LEE RIP
ALVIN was a gift from god. R.I.P. ALVIN. CHEERS.
Such a good natural sound .This was how it was done then.
Good lord, what a fabulous early piece of archival footage.
a lespaul or a strat played through a marshall stack, a fender bass and a rogers or slingerland drums,......that were the bands of my youth, and what a youth that was !!
Alvin Lee, one of the greatest to ever live. A true genius and artist. I LOVE this guy!
I have a bootleg gig of Alvin lee called made in Germany 1969 looks similar to this and of course incredible guitar playing way ahead of his time rip Alvin lee you will never be forgotten!
During rehearsals the pressure is off. A look into the genius.
Not sure he ever felt pressure.. he just did what he felt. People either liked it or not. He was an extraordinary musician. Fame came
Alvin Lee with a Strat...NO WAY DUDE. Lifelong fan here. R.I.P. bro!!!
I love this band and think rick lee is an awesome drummer!!!!
Read his Book: From Headstocks to Woodstock. written very well with lots of insight into TYA and his & the band's Humble beginnings.
I bought a TYA LIVE album from a friend in the 70’s and wore it out. Alvin was a very big influence on my guitar playing. Why he didn’t get more recognition I’ll never know. He was every bit as good and even better than other popular guitarists at that time. RIP Alvin Lee.
Se me eriza los pelos con esa guitarra de Alvin Sin duda una de los músicos más geniales
Yea...Alvin Was a better guitarslinger than jimi h...he died 2013 rip...! Than Johnny winter Was fantastic guitarslinger...I BELIVE isaw him 10 Times in scandinavia.... But i missade Alvin Lee When i playd in scandinavia... Its a cryin shame... Thankyou for postning!!
Alvin Lee never misses a note , and this is a rehearsal ? R.I.P. Alvin. Best guitartist that ever lived.
Tru that
One of the top 5 bands ever...! EVER
One of best dead guitarist
Never lets you down.
They always gave it their all
I have never heard Alvin play like this before. Using feed back like that. Take that Ted Nugent. And was he tapping. Before Eddie V. This friken awsome. Heard some purple haze.also. And all this on a Strat. He played in a bar in my little town in the late 80s and I missed it . People said it was way to LOUD .How can that be. Kicking myself for missing it Been a fan of his forever. He's one of my top three favorites. R.I.P. ALVIN !
After growing up listening to TYA, I had the honor to run sound for Alvin and his band as a three piece, during the late 80s at The Gorge in Washington and the Paramount in Seattle. It was not too loud.....powerful, yes, but it was supposed to be. Could you even imagine this performance at 84 dB?
This is so good, so great to watch, brings me back to a time filled with so many amazing memories...it almost hurts to watch. In that good way.
Magnifiques blues ! Merci Alvin !...Leo Lyons déjà agité à l'époque !!!
Leo is an amazing bassist.
When I was a kid before Woodstock a teenager who had recently traveled to England recommended I look into Ten Years After. All their records then were the more expensive imports with the cool pllastic sleeve. Me and all my friends loved them. We were Beatles Hendrix Cream Mothers Jeff Beck late night pot smokers from Southern California. So we knew a good thing. Only 13 and we knew how to ......
When Alvin Lee was in Phoenix we heard what sounded to us a tight band until Ten Years After followed. I've seen the Doors, Hendrix, Janus etc. But Lee and the band were the tightest I ever heard. RM
DOS GUIRARRISTAS MELHORES E MAIS RÁPIDOS DE TODOS OS TEMPOS
The bass player was really getting down!!
This pure gold...and when finishing I see the cameraman was...Wim Wenders! This is ridiculously good
The only man who can make a start sound like a gibson 335
I love this. Real band, real sound,
Interesting seeing the great Mr. Alvin Lee (r.i.p.) playing a "stratocaster".
Brilliant video, mate! The best period of music with all the greatest bands ever: Rory Gallagher (Taste), The Who, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Allman Brothers Band, Frank Zappa....Thx very much for uploading this rare gem, all other stuff is only a cheap copy.
DID ANYONE SEE THE FINGER TAPPING??? Eddie must have seen this
@@JohnSmith-ww2pi The first time I ever saw Eddie play was at the bowling alley in Duarte, California...10 miles from where they lived.
Eddie was using an ES-335 that night.
Me & my brother walked up and talked to Eddie who stayed by his equipment during their break.
I don't think we asked Ediie about Alvin Lee, what he thought about him, then, at that time...but I wished we would have.
Alvin had to be one of guitarist influences on him...that's just a given.
Ed didn't play any Alvin Lee/TYA songs that night.
He/they did do La Grange (ZZ Top) and Nobody's Fault But Mine by Zepplin.
And Runnin With the Devil, which Roth mentioned was an original.
Roth also said they had just learned a new one...Nobody's Fault But Mine, before they played that cover tune.
One of my brother's friends told him they saw Ed play, I'm Going Home at a gig somewhere.
It's too bad he never mentioned Alvin...but that's just the way he was.
About the only guitarist he ever mentioned was Clapton.
@@JohnSmith-ww2pi So ya...Eddie wasn't the first to tap...just the first to perfect it and record the mind blowing/guitar world altering Eruption.
I think Ed was the greatest...but I'd rather listen to Alvin or Michael Schenker play.
By far
@@dandettmann595Maybe one of the pickups of that 335 was the one he put on the bridge position in his famous Frankenstrat.
Holy s*** they're really jamming man
Leo Lyons one of the best bass players ever
I think he's on drugs : )
Looks like pure Joy playing...
I think it’s joy mixed with lsd 😂
Herking, jerking, spanking his bass.
He is, isn't he!
3:37 chickin pickin at its best what a find Alvin Lee was just the best
This is incredible! What a find. Watching this made me feel like a kid again, as I saw them in 1972. Watch Leo.....he is a madman!!!! Alvin is the godfather of shredding.
Yes
Same here ! I remember going into a head shop in early 70s hearing TYA for the first time, was just blown away ! I must have been 16 Wow
This rehearsal is much better than some real stage shows
Great muppet analogy. Thanks for the video. It's fun to see bands in a low-production environment as it shows what they can do. Alvin Lee was amazing.
Thanks for posting this . Many TYA fans still out there .
I had forgotten how good this band was. And what a great guitar player Alvin Lee was. I saw them at Miami Jai Alai in 1970 or 1971, and I still remember them as having given one of the best performances I ever saw.
Crazy, this is filmed by the man who brought us "Paris, Texas" and that awesome german movie with Dennis Hopper from the late 70's???? Very cool to see Alvin not playing the Gibson but the beloved Stratocaster! Thanks for sharing!
Wow - do you mean Wim Wenders?
I'm sure I saw Ten Years After in a marquee with Deep Purple away from the main stage area at the Kempton Park Jazz and Blues Festival in I think 1968 and before both groups were well known, would be interesting to know for sure.
The Bass Player really ROCKS!!!!!
Well the best ever....Check out the other vids. The guy is King!!
Hi. Leo Lyons ! The magic freak. Just watch him go on videos of the bands gigs. I reckon he's one of the Top bass players ever ! He's a freak mate ! Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿👍
Leo is a GOD!
Alvin Lee was one of my biggest influences on guitar....RIP Alvin Lee
Yeah, this was my way of honoring him after the sad news.
Thank U! Awesome video. I'm 63 and remember these Good Ole times. Thanks for sharing. U see all the comments U got. It touched many people. U made my day! Thanks Alvin, R.I.P.
My favourite band growing up- Cricklewood Green i played until i wore it out- saw TYA finally at Day in the Garden Woodstock II, still jammin 💪
just Screamer! TYA - Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Chick Churchill, Rick Lee - thank you WV
That bass player 👀👀👀
OMG, for 50 seconds there I feared I was suffering from hysterical deafness upon seeing this video exists... Can't type either, so excited.
Alvin Lee ONE OF THE BEST
Leo Lyons too...
Love Ten years After , boys must of had extra cup of coffee that day.RIP Alvin
Ten Years After and Alvin Lee are icons of Rock and Roll.
this is so badass man what no alvin in the rock n roll hall of fame shame on you RIP Alvin one of the greats ever
Sadly I was a shade too young to really enjoy these guys on first go round, Wasn't till much later when starving for good new music that I started going back in time to search for the bands i had missed.. Happy to say this was one of the first I rediscovered. Doesn't get much better than this.
BETTER LATE THEN NEVER ENJOY
Hell of a practice boys!
Wim Wenders was the camera man. That is how world careers are starting.
Alvin was magical .
And I thought Geezer Butler was a wild bass player
I saw TYA at Roosevelt stadium in New Jersey, Leo Lyons broke a bass string during his solo! Nobody breaks bass strings, That cat was intense!!!
In the early 80's they played a small nightclub in my town. I absolutely idolized Alvin, but was too young to go. My sister and a couple friends of mine went & ended up hanging with them all in the parking lot after the show sharing a smoke, (nothing illegal, of course). I was devastated to have missed that, but I did get to see them perform together once & saw Alvin solo two more times. Such an underrated master of the guitar. I guess he gave up on the Fender since it kept falling out of tune from the whammy bar, but he sure made it sing.
RIP Alvin!
Check out his solo work as well, especially “The Bluest Blues” that features his buddy, George Harrison, on slide guitar. Alvin’s outro solo on that tune will blow you away. It’s on TH-cam.
RIP Alvin Lee. The greatest ever
wow I wasn't aware he passed yes I agree RIP
I thought I knew rock/blues. Duane Allman and Peter Green, but this is as good as I ever heard! Alvin Lee didn't have to take a backseat to anyone!!! And Leo Lyons and the drummer, Ric Lee, are one great rhythm section. I listen to this everyday
@@garyesposito8982 I saw them 4x live over the years-- One of my top guitar players of All Time!!!!!!
Es lo mejor 10 años después
Афигеть!!! Я из СССР середина 70х годов. На танцплощадке так отрывался с гитарой!!😊 Иногда, просто входили в импровиз! И фиг знает куда вынесет?😂
All I can say is Wow!!!! Alvin Lee is the cleanest, fastest guitar player of them all. Why is it that every great rock /blues guitar player from the 60's was from England? Alvin Lee, Jeff, Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Albert Lee, Peter Townsend, etc..... Besides Jimi Hendrix, what American guitar players were in that category? Mike Bloomfield maybe. what a treat it mush have been to live in England in the 60's
robbie p I wouldn't mind going to England this summer to watch Tommy Scott's band "Space" play in some smoke-filled nightclub either. ;-)
robbie p Beginning in the late 1950's white English kids had a love of blues and rhythm and blues. In America that was labeled as "Race Music" and white American kids avoided it like the plague (with the except of Little Richard and Check Berry).
robbie p
For U.S. guitarists I would add Roy Buchanan (r.i.p.), Johnny Winter (r.i.p.) and Duane Allman (r.i.p.)-slide guitar and that´s it.
For U. K. I would add Rory Gallagher (r.i.p.) and Richie Blackmore.
Gerardo Erak Great Choices!!! A lot of people do not know that Johnny Winter performed at Woodstock. You can find part of his performance on You Tube. Just type Johnny Winter at Woodstock, you'll be glad you did.
TheIsreal0312
Thanks.
its cool where he kind of does a medley of the contemporary song riffs. Sunshine of You Love, Foxy Lady, Steppin out.
Amazing...I'm 68 now, A Space in Time was the first album I ever bought...thank you!
Bought Sssh in 69 , never looked back....55 years ago. Everyone has their opinion, but I'll take Alvin over anyone....capice
Cricklewood Green was my first Ten Years After 8-track that I bought after hearing them play Love Like A Man on the radio. Best damn blues/rock and roll guitarist that has been overlooked. I wish I could have seen them back in their day, along with Jimi Hendrix, the Doors (when Jim was sober) and Janis Joplin.