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Post by GnLguy on Dec 16, 2013 12:23:48 GMT -6
In addition to losing Gary Moore recently, Alvin Lee passed away earlier this year. Great blues player that hadn't had much attention since his days with Ten Years After in the 60s & early 70s.
Here are a couple of this tunes. George Harrison is playing slide on the the first video
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Post by Phil on Dec 28, 2013 10:38:59 GMT -6
Wow - that brought back some memories. He was one of my guitar heroes back in the early seventies along with Johnny Winter and, of course, the other usual suspects. I was fortunate to see TYA live 2 or 3 times back in the 'old' days.
Now I'm going to have to seek out their early live album "Undead". I have a vague remembrance of it being a bit too jazz-like for my immature taste at the time. I might appreciate it now.
Thanks for posting this.
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Post by GnLguy on Dec 30, 2013 19:22:33 GMT -6
Wow - that brought back some memories. He was one of my guitar heroes back in the early seventies along with Johnny Winter and, of course, the other usual suspects. I was fortunate to see TYA live 2 or 3 times back in the 'old' days. Now I'm going to have to seek out their early live album "Undead". I have a vague remembrance of it being a bit too jazz-like for my immature taste at the time. I might appreciate it now. Thanks for posting this. Phil
Undead is a great album and it is loaded with heavy jazz influence for sure. With the interaction of Alvin's playing and Chick Churchill playing organ, it is easy to see that they had the jazz combos of the 60s in mind when they formed Ten Years After. I don't think they were meaning to be seen as a jazz group but that influence is easy to see as you listen to the mix. Plus, it has an early version of I'm Going Home, released a couple of years before Woodstock
If you buy and listen again, keep in mind that Alvin was about 22 yrs old when this was recorded. He was dubbed with the nickname 'Captain Speedfingers' and when you listen to his version of Woody Herman's 'Woodchopper's Ball', you will see how he rightfully earned that name.
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Post by jimh on Dec 31, 2013 6:07:21 GMT -6
Awesome guitar. Great listening. Many thanks.
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Post by Phil on Jan 4, 2014 11:05:32 GMT -6
Wow - that brought back some memories. He was one of my guitar heroes back in the early seventies along with Johnny Winter and, of course, the other usual suspects. I was fortunate to see TYA live 2 or 3 times back in the 'old' days. Now I'm going to have to seek out their early live album "Undead". I have a vague remembrance of it being a bit too jazz-like for my immature taste at the time. I might appreciate it now. Thanks for posting this. Phil
Undead is a great album and it is loaded with heavy jazz influence for sure. With the interaction of Alvin's playing and Chick Churchill playing organ, it is easy to see that they had the jazz combos of the 60s in mind when they formed Ten Years After. I don't think they were meaning to be seen as a jazz group but that influence is easy to see as you listen to the mix. Plus, it has an early version of I'm Going Home, released a couple of years before Woodstock
If you buy and listen again, keep in mind that Alvin was about 22 yrs old when this was recorded. He was dubbed with the nickname 'Captain Speedfingers' and when you listen to his version of Woody Herman's 'Woodchopper's Ball', you will see how he rightfully earned that name.
This is incredible. Today I was browsing the magazine section and spotted the current issue of Guitar Player with the words "Alvin Lee Lesson" near the top. Guess which album the article/lesson references? UNDEAD! Is that a coincidence or are there some cosmic forces at work here? The article mentions that a CD of 'Undead' was released in 2002 with the entire set they played that night. I bought the issue of GP and ordered the CD. I heard the original "Undead" on youtube last week. I hadn't heard it in 40 years (I lost all my records during a move in 1974) and I couldn't believe how familiar it sounded. I must have listened to it more than I thought I did. Anyway, I looking forward to hearing the expanded version and taking a look at this lesson in GP. It's no doubt way beyond my abilities, but I'm sure I'll pickup something. Thanks again for reminding me of Alvin Lee. Phil
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Post by GnLguy on Jan 4, 2014 13:37:59 GMT -6
Phil
Undead is a great album and it is loaded with heavy jazz influence for sure. With the interaction of Alvin's playing and Chick Churchill playing organ, it is easy to see that they had the jazz combos of the 60s in mind when they formed Ten Years After. I don't think they were meaning to be seen as a jazz group but that influence is easy to see as you listen to the mix. Plus, it has an early version of I'm Going Home, released a couple of years before Woodstock
If you buy and listen again, keep in mind that Alvin was about 22 yrs old when this was recorded. He was dubbed with the nickname 'Captain Speedfingers' and when you listen to his version of Woody Herman's 'Woodchopper's Ball', you will see how he rightfully earned that name.
This is incredible. Today I was browsing the magazine section and spotted the current issue of Guitar Player with the words "Alvin Lee Lesson" near the top. Guess which album the article/lesson references? UNDEAD! Is that a coincidence or are there some cosmic forces at work here? The article mentions that a CD of 'Undead' was released in 2002 with the entire set they played that night. I bought the issue of GP and ordered the CD. I heard the original "Undead" on youtube last week. I hadn't heard it in 40 years (I lost all my records during a move in 1974) and I couldn't believe how familiar it sounded. I must have listened to it more than I thought I did. Anyway, I looking forward to hearing the expanded version and taking a look at this lesson in GP. It's no doubt way beyond my abilities, but I'm sure I'll pickup something. Thanks again for reminding me of Alvin Lee. Phil Hey Phil
I will also have to get a copy of Guitar Player and order the CD. At the time that Undead was released, TYA was very fresh. As they went along, it was obvious that they had spent too much time together doing the same songs. Once Alvin and the others started working on some solo projects and other groups, they revived that spark that they started with.
They released a CD in the late 80s or early 90s titled About Time that was a really good show case of their talent.
Keith
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