Jammed with a friend of Alberts named Carmine in Arizona years ago. Seems Albert is truly a very good guy in real life. Also, a kick ass guitar player! Burlington Bill singer songwriter busking from the road and home.
Got the huge honour to meet you in Midland Ontario Canada.I keep finding your work all. Over the internet and will always be one of your greatest fans.
Albert is a fantastic performer and very underrated guitarist. Asher what can you say he's done everything in the music industry. IMO two legends here..way to go dudes thats the best version I've heard.
Albert is underrated unless you know something about country music., He was Guitar Player magazine's top country guitarist for 5b years in a row. When the other British guitarists like Eric Clapton were all playing blues, Albert was doing country as well as it can be done.
Let's set the record straight on this one. First I just love the way Albert & Peter played this song, but this is not a James Taylor song. This song was originally recorded by Jimmy Jones in 1960. Yes, JT did record this song and I love his arrangement of this song. Now many people will think of this as a JT song because they have never heard the original recording. Their ignorance does not change the facts or the truth of the matter. Please due your research and get the whole story prior to giving one artist credit where it is due to another artist. Just for the record I love JT's version of the song and I also love Jimmy Jones version that I remember from my youth. Please, due your research! Since Albert Lee & Peter Asher are contemporaries of mine I can tell you with absolute certainty they have both heard the original of this song and the original arrangement is the song that inspired this arrangement. The original also as the inspiration for James Taylor's version. Great song & I love all 3 versions!
I made note of the original writer (Otis Blackwell) and singer (Jimmy Jones) in an earlier reply. I also noted that Peter Asher explained the origins of the song and that, while JT's version is he most well known, it was in fact a cover.
My cousin still has his original Jimmy Jones 45 single on the old MGM yellow label. He was around thirteen years old when he bought it with his pocket money in the late fifties.
Correct. Peter Asher went out of his way to mention the original writers before playing the song. He noted how many hit songs were in fact covers of songs by black artists that never got proper exposure.
@@JBC321 That's correct and besides not getting the proper exposure, many Black artists were cheated out of royalties and other ancillary profits from their work. The one that comes immediately to mind is the person many consider to be the real King of Rock and Roll - Little Richard.
That might be self Titled, I have the album, If memory serves he went on tour with Clapton instead of promoting his album which i thought was pretty darn good
The other early Albert Lee album I believe is called Hiding, again im working from an old memory so forgive mistakes, he went on to do some really good instrumental albums and than tour with Hogan's Heroes playing some old favorites which made it to CD , if you go way back he was with a band called Head Hands and Feet ,really good stuff that I felt should have been a household name but again they were studio guys that had other obligations, if you ever see Old Soldiers get it you won't be sorry.
He is one of the best singers of all time!
Bloody marvellous. Downunder South Australia
Saw Albert for the first time a couple of weeks ago not sure how I have not had him on my radar all these years?
I love Albert Lee!
Jammed with a friend of Alberts named Carmine in Arizona years ago. Seems Albert is truly a very good guy in real life. Also, a kick ass guitar player! Burlington Bill singer songwriter busking from the road and home.
First time hearing this song, so glad I came upon it, lovely 😊👍
Got the huge honour to meet you in Midland Ontario Canada.I keep finding your work all. Over the internet and will always be one of your greatest fans.
Great. Albert's voice is strong. ❤
I love this kind of stuff. Music stripped to its soul. Albert and Peter playing a James Taylor tune.
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it's a cover by taylor...
Another Otis Blackwell tune - great song! Well done here of course!
Albert is a fantastic performer and very underrated guitarist. Asher what can you say he's done everything in the music industry. IMO two legends here..way to go dudes thats the best version I've heard.
Albert is rated …. Those who know , know
Not underrated at all, just not as well known as some.
He is the guitarist's guitarist.
Albert is underrated unless you know something about country music., He was Guitar Player magazine's top country guitarist for 5b years in a row. When the other British guitarists like Eric Clapton were all playing blues, Albert was doing country as well as it can be done.
Cheers
Very damn good. Loads of talent out there.
That was amazingly good!
Lovely Albert.
I never knew Albert Lee was such a good singer - always knew he was on of the best guitarist on earth, but he can really sing.
yes check out his solo album of many years ago...
Seen a few of his concerts. He is an outstanding singer.
I know, I thought exactly the same thing. Regardless, he is a treasure ❤️
Beautiful
Beautifully done, and what an unexpected treat to see Joan sitting next to Peter.
Otis Blackwell, the same guy who wrote Fever and Don’t Be Cruel among many others, back in the 1950’s.
Man, this is great!. I saw Peter last year with bass and piano accompaniment. He's ageless.
As well as a master of the guitar alberts not a bad vocalist either! Peter fantastic.
I was up the hill by the sound booth, thank you for capturing this up close...magic.
Thanks Gary. I hope Albert Lee and Peter Asher make a return visit!
Cute!
Cool seeing Peter playing the P-bass. Maybe next time they'll actually plug it in !
Ha
It was plugged in ... If you watch till the end you will see that he pulls out the connector 😀
Brilliant
Klasse !!!
Can't beat a James Taylor arrangement & it didn't quite.
Let's set the record straight on this one. First I just love the way Albert & Peter played this song, but this is not a James Taylor song. This song was originally recorded by Jimmy Jones in 1960. Yes, JT did record this song and I love his arrangement of this song. Now many people will think of this as a JT song because they have never heard the original recording. Their ignorance does not change the facts or the truth of the matter.
Please due your research and get the whole story prior to giving one artist credit where it is due to another artist. Just for the record I love JT's version of the song and I also love Jimmy Jones version that I remember from my youth. Please, due your research!
Since Albert Lee & Peter Asher are contemporaries of mine I can tell you with absolute certainty they have both heard the original of this song and the original arrangement is the song that inspired this arrangement. The original also as the inspiration for James Taylor's version.
Great song & I love all 3 versions!
Always thought that Handyman was a JT song. Never knew it was a cover.. Thanks for setting the record straight.
Del Shannon did a version too.
@@lornestein7248 I only knew this as I was born in 1951 and remember the song from my childhood. I'm going to guess you were born after 1960.
I made note of the original writer (Otis Blackwell) and singer (Jimmy Jones) in an earlier reply. I also noted that Peter Asher explained the origins of the song and that, while JT's version is he most well known, it was in fact a cover.
My cousin still has his original Jimmy Jones 45 single on the old MGM yellow label. He was around thirteen years old when he bought it with his pocket money in the late fifties.
Albert the great
Many people will remember this as being a hit for Del Shannon . More history on the song can be found here . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handy_Man_(song)
Great song, great job.....although I personally like a slower tempo with this song.
" is a song written by singer Jimmy Jones and songwriter Otis Blackwell.
Correct. Peter Asher went out of his way to mention the original writers before playing the song. He noted how many hit songs were in fact covers of songs by black artists that never got proper exposure.
@@JBC321 That's correct and besides not getting the proper exposure, many Black artists were cheated out of royalties and other ancillary profits from their work. The one that comes immediately to mind is the person many consider to be the real King of Rock and Roll - Little Richard.
Very rare to see Albert with an acoustic
Had an Albert Lee cd from the eighties I think. Might have been called Boulevard cant find it x
That might be self Titled, I have the album, If memory serves he went on tour with Clapton instead of promoting his album which i thought was pretty darn good
The other early Albert Lee album I believe is called Hiding, again im working from an old memory so forgive mistakes, he went on to do some really good instrumental albums and than tour with Hogan's Heroes playing some old favorites which made it to CD , if you go way back he was with a band called Head Hands and Feet ,really good stuff that I felt should have been a household name but again they were studio guys that had other obligations, if you ever see Old Soldiers get it you won't be sorry.
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Does anyone know what kind of guitar Albert is playing?
It appears to be a Martin 00
@@ogri214 Thank You very much
Huss & Dalton T-0014. Great instrument.
He's a guitarist not a bass player
Bass is way too loud!!
No it isn't.
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I do NOT hear Albert sing very well. He is a top level guitar player, but not singer.
Reading the posts here, your opinion on Albert’s singing is deservedly very much in the minority.
Asher's bass is about 8 levels too loud. Ruins the song. Albert Lee, who is one of my favorite guitar players, does a really good playing and singing.