There will never be another time like the sixties that produced so many great talents and legends like Alvin Lee Et Al. God Rest His Soul, I was so glad to have been a part of that generation and being an eyewitness to greatness.
No doubt wish I could have heard them do the encore for winter's show in cincinnati.91 .they blew out red house together it had to be epic love those 2 men
Lucky to catch him live - a relatively intimate gig at Brunel Uni. A great slot in Night of Guitars. Shredding has been mentioned, but I agree with other comments that his melodic quality eclipsed just speed - similar to Guthrie Govan today. Young gun shredders are a dime a dozen on TH-cam, but you can forget artistry. RIP a true Artist. ♥️✌
Always loved Alvin for 50 yrs...seen them here in Buffalo,N.Y.early 70's..Alvin threw his Guitar Pic into the crowd.At the end of he concert..Alvin's Guitar Pic went down the guy, I was with sleeve of his leather coat!!!!..Most awesome concert!!!!..........R.I.P. Mike,,,,,,,,,,,R.I.P. Alvin..........
I saw Alvin Lee in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre (mid 70's) which was the second most acoustically sound building in the U.S. at the time. I beg to differ. Mr. Lee brought it up exactly one notch. One very memorable night.
Quand j ai vu la première fois le film wdestoock 😮 surtout alvin lee monstrueux la guitare et le chant .c est ça qui m à fait adorer wdestoock jusqu'à aujourd'hui
Wasn't really overlooked, he was a legend, he just changed genres so much he didn't keep a big core following. In 1969 no one could come close , maybe johney winter
gene kilp funny you said that cuz somewhere on this post I made the comment about Alvin Lee's Woodstock performance was the best in all three days of music while keeping in mind my favorite blues guitarist, Johnny Winter also gave a masterful performance at Woodstock.
These two men winters and Lee are under rated two of the all time greatest rip to both legends.guitar virtuoso would not be what is today if not for these men paving highways.
RIP Alvin Lee...I wore out A Space In Time when I was younger. One of the best musicians I ever heard. When the school day ended I played I'm Goin Home every day.
Been a big fan for many decades. Absolute great guitarist. Lyrically a visionary, as in “Tax the rich, feed the poor, til there are rich no more”. & from Zoom CD “What’s that stuff your dumping at the bottom of the sea?” With too many other examples to list here. RIP Alvin, thanks for all you’ve given to us…!
the problem with that "tax the rich...til there are rich no more..." where the fuck will the money to feed to "poor" come from? The middle class? Those lyrics still bother me. Most of America's "poor" are richer than many other country citizens.
@johntiggleman4686 Dude wake up. I don't know if you've been paying attention or not lately but the wealthy are paying very little in the way of taxes. The only thing they are feeding is their bank accounts.
I @johntiggleman4686 i always thought that his biggest charting hit " I'd Love To Change The World" was a oder to hippie hating conservatives and his fan base was mostly longhaired liberals
Jim, me too, almost everyday . Listen to TYA Live at the Fillmore East circa 1970. I saw them 2x at the Fillmore which closed a few years later. RIP Alvin Lee. A TREMENDOUS GUITARIST.
Alvin Lee has always beena top favorite: my semi retired "Rock Jock" Brother DJ turned me on to A Guitar God" Alvin Lee's also.a big influence on my guitar playing.
WHEN I BROUGHT TYA,SSSSS,LP I KNEW THEN HERE IS A MASTER GUITARIST, AGREAT BAND, TRUE MUSICIANS, RIP,ALVIN,YOU ARE ROCK HISTORY,THANKS FOR YOUR TALENT.😎🎸🔊🎶☮️ BOB
Alvin makes my top 5 greatest guitarist of all-time seven days a week and twice on Sunday! Along with (in no particular order) Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, & Jimi Hendrix.
need a top 10+ Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, Leslie West, Buck Dharma, Jeff Beck, Danny Gatton, Dickey Betts, & the list goes on & on, all stylists in their own right 🎸🎸🎸
I known about Alvin lee since 1968. One of the best and most underrated guitarist of all time lightening fast chops great tone a total master on guitar much like frank marino these two guys should be in the rock n roll hall of fame along with Gary Moore Rory Gallagher Danny gatton Roy Buchanan Wes Montgomery joe pass tommy Emanuel Scotty Anderson Lenny breau and the great junior brown out of Texas
I’m 18 and was blessed to know about in my opinion the best band, ever. Thanks to my father for raising me on good music. Ten Years After would always be playing in his truck growing up. Sad he didn’t get the mass recognition he deserved, but the recognition he did get tho he definitely earned 😎. Especially to be a completely self taught guitarist. And have the best Woodstock performance too lol
@@whiley5019 I was your age when I first saw them in 1974 in Chicago---I still remember standing on the legs of fold up chairs in the 5th row in the Stadium!!!!!!!
Because it’s run by anal fissures that know nothing about Rock & Roll. The fact that Alvin Lee, Lemmy and Ian Hunter are not in says it all. There’s 100’s of others that we could list. LL Cool J and NOT Iron Maiden??? My blood pressure is rising. Outta here.
I think Alvin would of given a rats ass about being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Commercial Success. His love and joy of playing and recognition by his peers and fans was all the recognition he wanted.
Man Alvin was so inventive and he’s still underrated. God rest his soul. He seems like the person did everything with a guitar slung around on him; eat, sleep etc Alvin played a lot.
I played bass on this cover in 94 with my guitar teacher at the time. Deary me I have a cassette tape of us. We were not to far off with this... We had a spectacular young drummer. So glad I found this one again, by chance.
I was there, working in north Wembley when the manager was talking on the radio about this gig that night, went to Hammersmith but it was sold out, a ticket tout said are you after a ticket... showed me but I thought to good a seat... no chance.. but one of the security said I'd get in with it.... 3rd row back, end of the row, centre row... paid £15
Needless to say, I am a huge fan of Ten Years After, and of course, Alvin Lee. TYA receives very little play on classic rock radio stations. All the repeat is I'd Love To Change The World, which a timeless tune played as intros to many situations and talk radio stations like Coast To Coast. BTW, if you read about that tune, Alvin actually wasn't pleased doing it at all. It was really their only "hit". The There ar not too many fans of TYA. They are not mentioned in the same breath with old classic rock bands. Nor are they in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. WHAAAAATTTT ? Just for their rendition of I'm Going Home , at Woodstock, in 1969, TYA should have been inducted!! Alvin does appear on some of the greatest guitarist lists like Rolling Stone Magazine. In the top 10 for sure. Probably should be in the top 5 !!!! Man, he could play that Legendary Gibson guitar. He was not a great showman on stage, reserved character, but a fantastic guitarist. Number one in my book, Eric Clapton and Page in there too..... RIP Alvin .
After hearing No Name from the Stonedhenge album back in /69, I was totally hooked ... And a few months later, when I sat in the listening lounge at the local record store with my stereo headphones, and the owner slapped on side 1 of Ssssh, I was blown away even more !!! I invite anyone to experience what I did ... just listen uninterruptedly to side one of Ssssh with stereo headphones and you'll know what I mean !!! ... Bad Scene
Bloody hell! Where did that quarter of a century go?!! Remember seeing this concert in Liverpool end of 1988? If I remember rightly robin trower was supposed to be on but didn't turn up for some reason?
Ohh fuck!! Thank you so much for this!! Excellent sound and Quality!!! I saw this when i was a child and i didn't know the name of the song and i'm looking for it over the years... and agian Thank you!!
acabo de enterarme de la muerte de alvin lee el pasado mes de marzo y quiero enviar mis respetos y recuerdos para los ten years after quienes siendo yo muy chico me hicieron parar la oreja hacia el sonido sucio del rock an roll de un lp que habia (y aún conservo) en mi casa propiedad de mi hermana 15 años mayor que yo. En medio de toda la musica que podia escuchar un niño el sonido "lejano" de su musica me atrapó para siempre
I have my own personal list of underrated guitarists Alvin Lee is in there along with- JJ Cale - Roy BUCHANAN- Roy Clark. They all got some recognition ....but not near enough compared to some of the other “guitar superstars. “
@@faggotsmoker9588 Sure, Malmsteen definitely has the technical prowess (and I have the upmost respect for him) over Alvin and can shred unbelievable all day long,but once you heard 5 minutes of Malmsteen,you have pretty much heard it all. Alvin is all about feel and stepping outside the box of old school. If it weren`t for guys like Alvin there wouldn`t be guys like Malmsteen.
Just like Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter and Ronnie Montrose. Amp, Cord and Guitar. Plug it in and let it rip! Of coarse with a solid band to backing them!
His shredding is melodic and engaging. Not like todays wannabes. This is talent. One of my favorite guitar players. RIP
Absolutamente talento!!
Hoy en día lo que abunda es la basura...
Música desechable sin ningún talento...
Well said !!
There will never be another time like the sixties that produced so many great talents and legends like Alvin Lee Et Al. God Rest His Soul, I was so glad to have been a part of that generation and being an eyewitness to greatness.
Alvin said: he couldn't read music. Alvin is music. 👍💪
Alvin Lee and Jonny Winter are two of my favorites FOR SURE!!!!
No doubt wish I could have heard them do the encore for winter's show in cincinnati.91 .they blew out red house together it had to be epic love those 2 men
Same here!
Ja und Rory Gallager!!!
They are pretty good.
@@hans-dieterkobsa2620 Alvin, Rory, Johnny triumvirat. R.I.P. Cheer.
Today's "shredders" owe a shit load of thanks to the late, great Alvin Lee. Playing that fast at that age? Obviously no arthritis in his fingers.
Lucky to catch him live - a relatively intimate gig at Brunel Uni. A great slot in Night of Guitars. Shredding has been mentioned, but I agree with other comments that his melodic quality eclipsed just speed - similar to Guthrie Govan today. Young gun shredders are a dime a dozen on TH-cam, but you can forget artistry. RIP a true Artist. ♥️✌
Always loved Alvin for 50 yrs...seen them here in Buffalo,N.Y.early 70's..Alvin threw his Guitar Pic into the crowd.At the end of he concert..Alvin's Guitar Pic went down the guy, I was with sleeve of his leather coat!!!!..Most awesome concert!!!!..........R.I.P. Mike,,,,,,,,,,,R.I.P. Alvin..........
He is not showing off, he's enjoying the energy he sucks out of the instrument. Love it.
Very well put, Mario.
There may be a lot of crap on TH-cam, but thank goodness we can see and hear performances like this!
Alvin & Rory RIP the greatest ever.
One of the most underestimated guitar hero!!
I saw Alvin Lee in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre (mid 70's) which was the second most acoustically sound building in the U.S. at the time. I beg to differ. Mr. Lee brought it up exactly one notch. One very memorable night.
We were at that show--Also saw them in the Stadium in 1974 and twice in one week @ House of Blues in 1997!!!!!!!
Alvin absolutely rocked Woodstock! The original shredder!!!
Such the shredder!
True r.i.p 🎵🎼🎶🎤🎸🙏
and he didn't need a perm or a guitar with a pointy headstock!
Quand j ai vu la première fois le film wdestoock 😮 surtout alvin lee monstrueux la guitare et le chant .c est ça qui m à fait adorer wdestoock jusqu'à aujourd'hui
Wasn't really overlooked, he was a legend, he just changed genres so much he didn't keep a big core following. In 1969 no one could come close , maybe johney winter
gene kilp funny you said that cuz somewhere on this post I made the comment about Alvin Lee's Woodstock performance was the best in all three days of music while keeping in mind my favorite blues guitarist, Johnny Winter also gave a masterful performance at Woodstock.
These two men winters and Lee are under rated two of the all time greatest rip to both legends.guitar virtuoso would not be what is today if not for these men paving highways.
Rory Gallagher, & Roy Buchanan
Alvin I have been listening to a hell lot of guitarist s for the last 50 years and you are one of the best. I wish you were alive today
RIP Alvin Lee...I wore out A Space In Time when I was younger. One of the best musicians I ever heard. When the school day ended I played I'm Goin Home every day.
Too funny!!! When we wore out Woodstock l-- we always played Country Joe first!!!!! Gimme an F!!!!!! F---
Then we skipped to I'm Going Home!!!!!!!
Been a big fan for many decades. Absolute great guitarist. Lyrically a visionary, as in
“Tax the rich, feed the poor, til there are rich no more”. & from Zoom CD “What’s that stuff your dumping at the bottom of the sea?” With too many other examples to list here. RIP Alvin, thanks for all you’ve given to us…!
the problem with that "tax the rich...til there are rich no more..." where the fuck will the money to feed to "poor" come from? The middle class? Those lyrics still bother me. Most of America's "poor" are richer than many other country citizens.
@johntiggleman4686
Dude wake up. I don't know if you've been paying attention or not lately but the wealthy are paying very little in the way of taxes. The only thing they are feeding is their bank accounts.
I @johntiggleman4686 i always thought that his biggest charting hit " I'd Love To Change The World" was a oder to hippie hating conservatives and his fan base was mostly longhaired liberals
Alvin Lee, One of my favorites of all time. Along with Derek Holt on Bass. How sweet.
Saw Ten Years After in Philadelphia, Pa in the early '70s. One of the best shows I ever saw
The Best of the Best Alvin Lee ,Rock , Blues and Jazz great Talent riff and Solo🎸🎸🥁🎹
Alvin Lee! The greatest! I still have all my Ten Years After. I listen everyday. RIP Alvin. We love the music!
Jim, me too, almost everyday . Listen to TYA Live at the Fillmore East circa 1970. I saw them 2x at the Fillmore which closed a few years later. RIP Alvin Lee. A TREMENDOUS GUITARIST.
1:35 always teasing sunshine of your love.✨🌞❤️⚡️✨
Alvin Lee has always beena top favorite: my semi retired "Rock Jock" Brother DJ turned me on to A Guitar God" Alvin Lee's also.a big influence on my guitar playing.
WHEN I BROUGHT TYA,SSSSS,LP I KNEW THEN HERE IS A MASTER GUITARIST, AGREAT BAND, TRUE MUSICIANS, RIP,ALVIN,YOU ARE ROCK HISTORY,THANKS FOR YOUR TALENT.😎🎸🔊🎶☮️ BOB
Alvin Lee is truly one of the best, hands down! Loves his gibson! WOW!
Icon with that Gibson 👍👍👍👍👍
Nailed it.
Alvin makes my top 5 greatest guitarist of all-time seven days a week and twice on Sunday! Along with (in no particular order) Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, & Jimi Hendrix.
Orville H. Gibson. Born Chatteguay N.Y. USA. Died: St. Lawrence Psychiatric Hospital, Ogdensberg, N.Y. Buried: Malone, N.Y. USA.
need a top 10+ Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, Leslie West, Buck Dharma, Jeff Beck, Danny Gatton, Dickey Betts, & the list goes on & on, all stylists in their own right 🎸🎸🎸
superb guitarist - my all time favorite
I known about Alvin lee since 1968. One of the best and most underrated guitarist of all time lightening fast chops great tone a total master on guitar much like frank marino these two guys should be in the rock n roll hall of fame along with Gary Moore Rory Gallagher Danny gatton Roy Buchanan Wes Montgomery joe pass tommy Emanuel Scotty Anderson Lenny breau and the great junior brown out of Texas
Ha now that is a list, isn't it? Leslie West is worthy of that list as well!
Good List!!!!
@@aomcloudenterprisegroup3258 I totally agree with you Alby Lincoln
Fully agree. I have 6 CDs of TYA. I watched them live about 15 years ago but without Alvin. Leo was fantastic.
RIP Alvin, you were amazing!!!
Uno d los mejores guitarrista del mundo el gran alvin lee.
Legendary and so often overlooked. Most of the Truly greats always have been. The guy was lighting fast with a ton of soul. RIP Alvin Lee
A Legend,lucky we're around to experience Alvin & Ten Years After !
I’m 18 and was blessed to know about in my opinion the best band, ever. Thanks to my father for raising me on good music. Ten Years After would always be playing in his truck growing up. Sad he didn’t get the mass recognition he deserved, but the recognition he did get tho he definitely earned 😎. Especially to be a completely self taught guitarist. And have the best Woodstock performance too lol
@@whiley5019 I was your age when I first saw them in 1974 in Chicago---I still remember standing on the legs of fold up chairs in the 5th row in the Stadium!!!!!!!
How the hell is Alvin Lee and Ten Years After not in the R&R HOF? And Leo Lyons. If anybody ever had more fun playing the bass I've never seen them.
Yes, that is one of the great injustices along with Warren Zevon.
Because it’s run by anal fissures that know nothing about Rock & Roll. The fact that Alvin Lee, Lemmy and Ian Hunter are not in says it all. There’s 100’s of others that we could list. LL Cool J and NOT Iron Maiden??? My blood pressure is rising.
Outta here.
@@stormbringercoming8105 Exactly!! Add Johnny Winter to the list. My blood pressure is rising too!!!
It’s sickening when you see who’s in and who isn’t! Neil Diamond first Ballot????? FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Alvin would of given a rats ass about being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Commercial Success. His love and joy of playing and recognition by his peers and fans was all the recognition he wanted.
Man Alvin was so inventive and he’s still underrated. God rest his soul. He seems like the person did everything with a guitar slung around on him; eat, sleep etc Alvin played a lot.
Sin duda fue el más veloz guitarrista de toda esa pléyade de genios ..
Yeah they don't know how good they are and than they are gone
R.I.P. ALVIN. YOU THE BEST.
Saw tya Reading festival, 1983 criminally underrated band, RIP Alvin Lee 🎶🎶
Greatest guitar face of all time....always loved "one of these days" classic british style blues
They would occasionally start a show with that or Gimme your loving....
He was awesome so fast and smooth , all his music is great
Alvin Lee...the best!!!
Alvin Lee the Genius!!
Mr. Graham Alvin Barnes Simply R.i.p🎶🎼🎶🎸🎤🙏
Simply I Was There... Simply Night Magic🎶 🎸😎👊
Alvin Lee you the best R.I.P We Miss You Brother. GOD Bless
Great rockin tune with an ass kicking guitar solo. But then again, Alvin Lee was always a great rocker.
Whenever I am listening to my mix and this comes on, I have to stop what I am doing and watch it. All these years later.
One of my favorite players..
Outrageous! The man could play🎸👍
I played bass on this cover in 94 with my guitar teacher at the time. Deary me I have a cassette tape of us. We were not to far off with this... We had a spectacular young drummer. So glad I found this one again, by chance.
Alvin Lee and Frank Marino, my favourite
I was at the Manchester leg of this tour. Quite a memorable night.
Stunning.
Alvin is an alien.
Love it...
Legendary.
Simply a Master!!!
ABSOLUTE FANTASTIC!!
Seen him w ten years after and on his own. Gone to soon but not forgotten
Simply the best....
Great Alvin !!
Oh man, I wanted to hear Alvin start singing "Sunshine Of Your Love".
I was there, working in north Wembley when the manager was talking on the radio about this gig that night, went to Hammersmith but it was sold out, a ticket tout said are you after a ticket... showed me but I thought to good a seat... no chance.. but one of the security said I'd get in with it.... 3rd row back, end of the row, centre row... paid £15
Needless to say, I am a huge fan of Ten Years After, and of course, Alvin Lee. TYA receives very little play on classic rock radio stations. All the repeat is I'd Love To Change The World, which a timeless tune played as intros to many situations and talk radio stations like Coast To Coast. BTW, if you read about that tune, Alvin actually wasn't pleased doing it at all. It was really their only "hit". The There ar not too many fans of TYA. They are not mentioned in the same breath with old classic rock bands. Nor are they in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. WHAAAAATTTT ? Just for their rendition of I'm Going Home , at Woodstock, in 1969, TYA should have been inducted!! Alvin does appear on some of the greatest guitarist lists like Rolling Stone Magazine. In the top 10 for sure. Probably should be in the top 5 !!!! Man, he could play that Legendary Gibson guitar. He was not a great showman on stage, reserved character, but a fantastic guitarist. Number one in my book, Eric Clapton and Page in there too..... RIP Alvin .
I love watching Great guitar players start playing and then a stream of consciousness takes over a d ot just flows!!
That's the soul taking over, one goes into one's own world, becomes a being in his zone
After hearing No Name from the Stonedhenge album back in /69, I was totally hooked ...
And a few months later, when I sat in the listening lounge at the local record store with my stereo headphones, and the owner slapped on side 1 of Ssssh, I was blown away even more !!!
I invite anyone to experience what I did ... just listen uninterruptedly to side one of Ssssh with stereo headphones and you'll know what I mean !!! ... Bad Scene
They were the best
I have this CD, great !
R.I.P. ALVIN.......you are ''going home''....
Thanks for this.
Hell yea brother
Bloody hell! Where did that quarter of a century go?!! Remember seeing this concert in Liverpool end of 1988? If I remember rightly robin trower was supposed to be on but didn't turn up for some reason?
Fantastic!!!
Ohh fuck!! Thank you so much for this!!
Excellent sound and Quality!!!
I saw this when i was a child and i didn't know the name of the song and i'm looking for it over the years...
and agian Thank you!!
Back then it was ten yrs after and mahogany rush wow I miss those days
My God
acabo de enterarme de la muerte de alvin lee el pasado mes de marzo y quiero enviar mis respetos y recuerdos para los ten years after quienes siendo yo muy chico me hicieron parar la oreja hacia el sonido sucio del rock an roll de un lp que habia (y aún conservo) en mi casa propiedad de mi hermana 15 años mayor que yo. En medio de toda la musica que podia escuchar un niño el sonido "lejano" de su musica me atrapó para siempre
Grande grandissimo è comunque dir poco, peccato che non abbia avuto il successo che merita ma forse non era simpatico ai critici ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎸😍
i loved ten years after
I have my own personal list of underrated guitarists
Alvin Lee is in there along with- JJ Cale - Roy BUCHANAN- Roy Clark.
They all got some recognition ....but not near enough compared to some of the other “guitar superstars. “
Kim Simmons is under rated
Joe Bonamassa owns Mr.Lees red Woodstock guitar but has yet to play "I'm Going Home" on it
BADASS !!
Great stuff
really great player
,,,,,,, love his sound not 2 mention the speed
The strings are hot!!!
Велічайший музикант !
Holy shit
Toca demais esse alvin lee, estive no show dele sábado passado aqui no eldorado em contagem
Foi bom demais
excellent
Alvin Lee with a Kahler equipped ES 335!
Wasn't nobody better
SUPER TAPPER.
R.I.P LEGEND 🎸🔊 🙏
Brilliant
Jeeez!!!
Yeah mon
I would take this over Malmsteen any day of the week,hands down!
This dude got nothing on Malmsteen
@@faggotsmoker9588 Sure, Malmsteen definitely has the technical prowess (and I have the upmost respect for him) over Alvin and can shred unbelievable all day long,but once you heard 5 minutes of Malmsteen,you have pretty much heard it all. Alvin is all about feel and stepping outside the box of old school. If it weren`t for guys like Alvin there wouldn`t be guys like Malmsteen.
@@cherrybullet1 No lie detected.
This guy really can play.
Just like Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter and Ronnie Montrose. Amp, Cord and Guitar. Plug it in and let it rip! Of coarse with a solid band to backing them!
Encore un dieu de la guitare qui s'en va !!
The neurons in my brain don't even fire that fast.
He was A bad ass on the Guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cd CRICKLEWOOD GREEN il mim primo cd ABOUT TIME FANTASTICO CD POSITIVE VIBRATIONS
SIA VINILE CHE CD
Never seen a tremolo like that on a 335
4:15 - 4:31 JESUS CHROIST HOLY SHIEEETTTT
Alvin lee la guitarra mas veloz del mundo