Ten Years After - I Can't Keep From Crying - 8/4/1975 - Winterland (Official)

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  • Ten Years After - I Can't Keep From Crying
    Recorded Live: 8/4/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA
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    Personnel:
    Alvin Lee - lead vocals, guitar
    Chick Churchill - organ
    Leo Lyons - bass
    Ric Lee - drums
    Summary:
    Extraordinary blues/rock guitarist Alvin Lee had already begun pursuing his solo career in earnest by the time he returned for the 28th and final U.S. tour of the original Ten Years After. Upon completion of the 1975 tour, TYA would split up and not return until a reunion was staged in 1989.
    Although a cult fave, the band burst onto the world music scene after it appeared in the documentary film, Woodstock, one of whose highlights was the performance of "I'm Goin' Home" by Lee and the band. This show, recorded at Bill Graham's Winterland ballroom, opens with a rockin' (but incomplete) version of the band's radio hit, "Rock & Roll Music To The World." They follow it with one their classics, "Love Like A Man." Muddy Water's "Good Morning Little School Girl," is next, and leads to long and tasty slow blues.
    A 20-minute version of "I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes" is followed by a 12- minute but incomplete "I'm Going Home." After a souped-up version of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen," Lee and the band close with two of their own hits: "Choo Choo Mama" and "Baby, Won't You Let Me Rock 'n' Roll You."
    One of the biggest blues/rock acts on the planet between 1969 and 1974, Ten Years After could attribute their far reaching success to two things: Promoter Bill Graham and their appearance in the landmark music documentary Woodstock. Graham was among the earliest U.S. promoters to book the band, and he made them a staple act at both the Fillmore East and West, and of course, Winterland.
    By the time this show was recorded. TYA had become primarily a vehicle for Alvin Lee's blistering guitar work, its songs comprised of equal parts rock, blues, and jazz. In 1972, the band would leave Decca Records (the label that signed them in 1967), and move to Columbia's corporate home. Columbia would take the band in a more radio friendly/pop driven direction (hence, the hit single "I'd Love To Change The World"). Frustrated with the popular music trend, Alvin Lee left the band, which disbanded soon after the second Columbia release in 1975.
    The original lineup made one reunion LP and did one more tour in 1988/89 before disbanding again. In 2003, Ric Lee assembled the group again, although Alvin would not participate. He was replaced by guitarist Joe Gooch, and the band is still recording and touring today.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 539

  • @JohnScruggs1
    @JohnScruggs1 8 місяців тому +20

    Those were the days …. A 3 minute song turns into a 20 minute masterpiece. I really miss the days of the great guitarist. Alvin was one of the very best.

  • @j.b.8767
    @j.b.8767 Рік тому +47

    Among the many things I LOVE about Alvin Lee, even beyond his amazing artistry, was his integrity, and the fact that he shunned the fame and the big money, and walked away from TYA when the record labels started to demand more "commercially" acceptable material from him. So, he said later days, if I can't make the music I want to make with the big record labels, I'll just do my own thing without them...and started his own record label and recording studio. My favorite song in the entire world, ever since I first heard it in 1972 when I was 13 year old boy, , was and is and always will be: "Convention Prevention"!!! I have always tried to be true, authentic and true, and still strive to be that today, all these years later... I was devoted to that idea prior to hearing this amazing song, but the fact the Alvin wrote this, after his own heart's desire to be authentic and true, made me love this guy so much! I wept when he died...and still can't believe he is gone! Godspeed, Alvin!

    • @andrasczehlarik9180
      @andrasczehlarik9180 3 місяці тому +1

      ALVIN was a gift from god. NO1. /R.I.P./ Cheers.

    • @jennylear6095
      @jennylear6095 3 місяці тому +2

      I was blessed to have 3 older sisters with great taste in music!! Tons of great music Albums. I was 11 or 12 when this album came out.

  • @GBeret83
    @GBeret83 4 роки тому +58

    No runs, no hits, and NO ERRORS! The man who played faster than his own shadow!

  • @balke7935
    @balke7935 3 роки тому +104

    Everything about this is class, the soul and musicality, it’s so grounded in knowledge and experience of blues and jazz... flamboyant yet tasteful. Beautiful guitar tone, great vocals. This was the product of immense personal talent and a totally unique era, the like of which never to be seen again.

    • @tonyischotter3360
      @tonyischotter3360 2 роки тому +1

      I think no one really can match thus virtuoso I seen him once in 79 April in a collage autatoriu. Was seed first on lime se never got a chance go use our tickets wad got pusded threw the old wooden French food antiques by the roady cross that's whoa excited kids weird for this legend his music wAd unco.parrble and he could lie anyo Dunaway oroblelt eve only nlackmird and Hendricks maybe lsdlue on a good day depending how many knidhd and burgers he ate at coney isle it Rees he park be h o l y kidding I love mountain too as my h as Alvin and ten jommmt winter could ho all nite too

    • @manonymous4737
      @manonymous4737 2 роки тому +9

      @@tonyischotter3360 i nearly had a heart attack trying to make sense of this comment. Has the acid worn off yet?

    • @izasana47
      @izasana47 2 роки тому +1

      That's Alvin Lee and I was blessed to have seen Alvin Lee and Ten Years After June 16, 1974. I've seen a LOT of great bands, the management announced it was going to be too late for the headliner Ten Years After to play. Blue Oyster Cult was tearing it up with Don't Fear The Reaper. Everyone booed them off the stage and I have always felt kinda bad about it. We would have LOVED to have seen them too but it was Alvin Lee we bought tickets to see. He was rated the fastest guitar player on the planet. I don't know why I remember the date, maybe because we were mean to BCO.

    • @craigmarlow2185
      @craigmarlow2185 2 роки тому +1

      @@tonyischotter3360 Yes ma'am,you hit it right on the nail head, for certain-as ever was(to be sure).

    • @getawaygoober9487
      @getawaygoober9487 2 роки тому +1

      @@izasana47 I would rather see early BOC than TYA.

  • @donnieallums4847
    @donnieallums4847 10 місяців тому +10

    Ok i am 65 years old now, never heard of this band. I am very proud to have heard him tonight and am gona finish listening to this. He is really on top of his game!

    • @georgeboise5311
      @georgeboise5311 6 місяців тому +4

      Dude! Never heard love to change the world on the radio? They wore that song out.

    • @donnieallums4847
      @donnieallums4847 6 місяців тому +2

      @@georgeboise5311 no , I am from south east Alabama. Never heard it played on any of our radio stations. thanks for the reply. Hope all is well with you and your friends and family. ☮️❤️

    • @drytool
      @drytool 5 днів тому

      You missed out, bro, but it's never too late!!

  • @georgeboise5311
    @georgeboise5311 7 місяців тому +9

    I'm 70 and was so spoiled. Saw tya about 6 or 7 times. Never boring brother. Alvin and Leo!!! Always made my way to the front of the stage to watch the fastest hands in the business

    • @Lynjupiter1
      @Lynjupiter1 2 місяці тому

      a h o l e.........sorry sheer jealousy talking.

  • @shaunericsachs4704
    @shaunericsachs4704 6 років тому +70

    Leo Lyons...Unndoutably one the best bass players EVER... Amazing solo...kept up with Alvin all the way...

    • @strange5253
      @strange5253 5 років тому +4

      Leo and Angus Young would have to be related somewhere along the line I think.

    • @OmniGuy
      @OmniGuy Рік тому +2

      If anyone ever had more fun playing bass than Leo Lyons I've never seen em.

  • @rusynlig1
    @rusynlig1 4 роки тому +28

    Alvin Lee, 1944-2013, The World's Most Underrated Guitarist!
    Here are twenty minutes telling why ...

    • @ScottieMacF
      @ScottieMacF 3 роки тому +2

      He was a guitar savant.

    • @theSunKing142
      @theSunKing142 3 роки тому

      Disagreed - Alvin Lee was NOT underrated - no way...!

  • @jamesbarrick3403
    @jamesbarrick3403 3 роки тому +68

    I am 52 years old and a lifelong student of great rock music. My jaw is on the freaking ground. I thought I heard it all.... NOPE. This is amazing

  • @grangrampa832
    @grangrampa832 2 роки тому +29

    Just listen to this guy he is remarkable he is one of the best guitarist I ever heard there will never be another Alvin why don’t we hear more of him now so sad this genius is no longer with us😥❤️✌🏼

    • @t.strieter5670
      @t.strieter5670 2 роки тому +2

      Never. Ever gets "Old" Listening to The Master of His Pride and Joy..RIP Mr. Lee. You Always Bring Joy to Me, ALWAYS. Thomas.

    • @andrasczehlarik9180
      @andrasczehlarik9180 11 місяців тому

      I agree, ALVIN IS GOD. R.I.P 🍉

  • @joannebeauchamp1169
    @joannebeauchamp1169 4 роки тому +100

    Alvin Lee was, without a doubt, one of the most sophisticated guitarists to ever step on a stage! Just witness his playing in this video...incredible! Oh yeah, his singing wasn’t too bad, either.

    • @oldndayzd9281
      @oldndayzd9281 4 роки тому +4

      Good way to pass Time in these Crazy Times Were Living 👊

    • @pash9956
      @pash9956 3 роки тому +3

      As Ginger Baker would say "He had TIME." It is wired in great musicians.

    • @jonwoll6586
      @jonwoll6586 2 роки тому +1

      its the chords no doubt

  • @thetacticalninja9423
    @thetacticalninja9423 4 роки тому +38

    I'm always completely blown away how truly great musicians make it look easy! Alvin Lee was a true master! Watch carefully people this man was truly gifted! R.I.P. MR LEE!

    • @victorherrera758
      @victorherrera758 Рік тому +1

      Alven lee wax a betters player gitars and rock blues

  • @stevetessier6568
    @stevetessier6568 4 роки тому +29

    One of the Greatest Blues Rock bands ever constructed. Alvin Lee was a True master of his form. We met one rainy night in Chicago at my home club. The Checkerboard Lounge. He just walked into the club. He called no attention to himself. I was on the bandstand. With Magic Slim. Alvin came up and sat in with us. A real gentleman. We made him feel so welcome he said. The great pleasure of my life to meet and jam with my hero. God bless his eternal soul....

    • @markdelcheccolo9191
      @markdelcheccolo9191 4 роки тому +7

      I thought Alvin Lee's performance at Woodstock 1969 was great they were only able to record one song because they were having problems with their equipment because of the rain but who ever filmed it did a damn good job of it

    • @blackcatsandpoppies
      @blackcatsandpoppies 4 роки тому

      What an experience! Thank you for that. 💓

  • @boobieneedham8873
    @boobieneedham8873 9 років тому +65

    It's been 2 years since Alvin Lee passed away. I lost my father on the same day, March 6 of 1985. He was also 68... God Bless Them

    • @kennybounds923
      @kennybounds923 7 років тому +1

      i saw him in the early 80's i didnt know he died in 1985 , i saw him in Louisiana in the early 80's ,that must have been his last tour? do you know what happened to him ..any one ? ...

    • @dipper888bp
      @dipper888bp 7 років тому +5

      he died in 2013 at age 68

    • @kennybounds923
      @kennybounds923 6 років тому +1

      thanx for the info other guy said 1985 ,so he died in 2013 ...

    • @dipper888bp
      @dipper888bp 6 років тому +2

      he must have meant, the same day, March 6, not the same year.

    • @patrickbrowning7755
      @patrickbrowning7755 4 роки тому +2

      I'm 64 and saw him in 72 in Dayton Ohio. Being a guitarist he blew my young mind and to this day have never been more entertained, excited , and lucky to witness that level of talent. What a beautiful day.

  • @rickyrm123
    @rickyrm123 5 років тому +34

    He was an incredible guitarist, one of my favorites

  • @Freakovski
    @Freakovski 3 роки тому +29

    Great music-even 100 years after!! RIP,Alvin Lee.

  • @truthserum9456
    @truthserum9456 Рік тому +9

    Sorry folks forget all the rest. Noone put it all out like Alvin Lee. Noone ever did and noone ever will. The undisputed uncrowned king of blues rock.

    • @daisywrabbit
      @daisywrabbit Рік тому +1

      ✨⚡️🎸👑✨

    • @vitolipari3406
      @vitolipari3406 3 місяці тому

      I would put Jimi Hendrix in there with Alvin Lee.

  • @jurgenseibert1200
    @jurgenseibert1200 3 роки тому +7

    I am 61 now. I love Ten Years After and Alvin Lee since 1969....What a great musician..

  • @northernthrifter8817
    @northernthrifter8817 Рік тому +10

    Sublime performance from the band here, the solo section with Alvin and Leo is simply brilliant pure musical genius,.

    • @Lynjupiter1
      @Lynjupiter1 Рік тому +2

      Just think Alvin didn't make Rolling Stone rag's best 100 guitarists of all-time. Just let that sink in.

    • @northernthrifter8817
      @northernthrifter8817 11 місяців тому

      @@Lynjupiter1 usually the case with mainstream publications, Alvin Lee, Rory Gallagher, Mike Bloomfield, Alan Wilson, I'm sure there's many more, players players I'd personally have Rory Gallagher Infront of Jimmy page as an all round musician. Alvin is an aquared taste, I guess he was one the first shredders before anyone knew what shredding was.

  • @stephengatto59
    @stephengatto59 6 років тому +32

    One of the Best players ever I Miss you My Friend

    • @dannybarcenas9701
      @dannybarcenas9701 4 роки тому +1

      For me he's up there with the 2 Jimm'is & Gary & Richie & Tony

  • @louiemiranda1922
    @louiemiranda1922 Рік тому +9

    One of the best live tunes ever soft yet powerful blues jazz rock takes you up then settles you down hittin the note 🍄

  • @ronnsven9983
    @ronnsven9983 6 років тому +97

    Alvin Lee is a legend.

  • @dutyandhumanity
    @dutyandhumanity 8 років тому +121

    Whoever the camera man is on this concert should be given an award, finally we can see what the artist is doing on the frets of the guitar instead of just seeing their face - those who work the cameras at concert should take lessons from this person!

  • @diegokeiko
    @diegokeiko 4 роки тому +11

    2:00 I love how Churchill gives Alvin the E so that he can tune his first string (without stopping the song). REAL musicians doing it Raw and Fresh.

  • @decetgianpaolo5201
    @decetgianpaolo5201 4 роки тому +30

    in these days of isolation I listen to ten jears after that keep me in high spirits especially alvin lee i saw him many years ago in milan where they represented WATT they were veterans of woodstock nice themes with the course students i said that alvi was the best rock blues guitarist better by clapton jymmy page i still support it viva italia battered by covid 19

    • @stanjhoro
      @stanjhoro 4 роки тому +2

      I saw him Paris May 1974.

    • @enzodallago6337
      @enzodallago6337 3 роки тому

      Lo vidi a Bolzano nel ...lontano 73 o 74 ,per l'occasione mi ero stinto i jeans con la candeggina (così si usava...) ma si aprirono letteralmente in un punto,,,,strategico: così passai il concerto con le mani giunte! Comunque incredibile prestazione.Ero a 5 6 metri dal palco a fotografare ma poi rimasi parecchi giorni con un fischio terribile alle orecchie...Peccato che in questa performance gli cali sempre il mi cantino.Comunque un ricordo indelebile.

    • @nickvoinov2178
      @nickvoinov2178 2 роки тому +1

      U can beat zis pLayer

  • @jBear-ku7vp
    @jBear-ku7vp 5 років тому +30

    I have read many of the comments and tributes to TYA the only thing there is for me to say is Thank you to TYA for such amazing tracks, my youngling is now the new generation of TYA fans. This is one of the greatest bands that is largely forgotten sadly.

  • @mauricesalce21sttheaaandan48
    @mauricesalce21sttheaaandan48 3 роки тому +10

    Best guitarist for his time

  • @markhorton3041
    @markhorton3041 5 років тому +14

    I love the way he incorporates Cats Squirrel into Sunshine of your Love and then Smokestack Lightening and Foxey Lady. Alvin Lee Forever!!! RIP

    • @VBForbes
      @VBForbes 4 роки тому +1

      Nice nod to Mick Abrahms

  • @minstrelofMir
    @minstrelofMir 8 років тому +39

    played guitar myself 40years never quite knew why my dad who played himself and was a contender when i was in nappies,said alvin lee was the best guitarist he ever saw,or was it from any,,,,this video shows what a performance alvin puts in,and like a comment below says, without effects,just raw talent and that old saying"making the guitar talk"
    so yer RIP alvin your made your mark

  • @joehicks6765
    @joehicks6765 4 роки тому +5

    The only guitarist that could talk to and with his guitar. What a fantastic musician. What a magical set of fingers. He made love to his guitar. REST IN PEACE.

    • @Lynjupiter1
      @Lynjupiter1 Рік тому

      He played ONE guitar and not one petal.

  • @patrickbrowning7755
    @patrickbrowning7755 Місяць тому +1

    I'm 68 and from a piece of dirt in the Midwest and the very best band this boy ever saw (at least four times) was this group of guys that never stopped entertaining for 3 hours at show. Those were fun shows!!!!!!!

  • @pedrorocha1913
    @pedrorocha1913 8 років тому +73

    A CLASSIC MASTERPIECE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @walendxweg
      @walendxweg 4 роки тому +1

      Nous engrangeons strand sirenes kx Ça Bremse sec 👍👻👻🎈🎈📡👠👢✌👏

    • @walendxweg
      @walendxweg 4 роки тому +1

      Effectivement 👻🎲🎲📞👍☀💎🐬✒✒✒👻🐺👋

    • @glenmcquillan6147
      @glenmcquillan6147 3 роки тому +1

      I'VE HAD THE FULL TEN YEARS AFTER COLLECTION SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, BEFORE THAT FLEETWOOD MAC FULL COLLECTION. AND SO ON AND SO ON.

    • @MrWhoevr
      @MrWhoevr 3 роки тому +2

      He is putting on a clinic on how to play the guitar.

  • @nicolasriq
    @nicolasriq 8 років тому +23

    Thank God he tuned that string on time!! Long live Alvin Lee

  • @micksterboone4517
    @micksterboone4517 2 роки тому +6

    Thank goodness this was taped for future generations to enjoy.

  • @jerryd5471
    @jerryd5471 3 місяці тому +1

    67 and still love this stuff, my favorite Alvin Lee is bluest blues with George Harrison 🎶🎸👊

  • @TheIsreal0312
    @TheIsreal0312 5 років тому +47

    When Alvin Lee passed on the only mention that I heard or read on any news source was a brief clip on the BBC. That made me a little sad that one of the greatest rock and roll guitarists of all time did not seem to rate being recognized by the news.

    • @johntiedeman5264
      @johntiedeman5264 4 роки тому +5

      Same with gary moore

    • @ellywinterquist8086
      @ellywinterquist8086 4 роки тому +4

      That is really SAD...😢 He was the best

    • @daveguitarnowski4402
      @daveguitarnowski4402 3 роки тому +4

      He was awesome!

    • @deniseballou5594
      @deniseballou5594 3 роки тому +3

      I heard it here in Michigan. Sad day.

    • @alancotterell412
      @alancotterell412 3 роки тому +1

      I saw Alvin in the 60's. at Eel pie island Twickenham with many of the best bands of the time and he was a knockout player, he greatly impressed me and many others, an all time great musician.
      A. Cotterell

  • @izzimichaels2892
    @izzimichaels2892 6 років тому +9

    this 8 track stayed in my car's player for a long long time. one of the best live recordings in rock history.

  • @jackhubbs54
    @jackhubbs54 9 років тому +173

    Wow! A 20 minute clinic on what is possible with a guitar. No pedals, just plug the guitar into the amp and play. Alvin is just the best.

    • @jodierichardson4308
      @jodierichardson4308 4 роки тому +2

      AMEN !!!!Where the heck have I been????

    • @tonyhendrix8075
      @tonyhendrix8075 4 роки тому +2

      Alvin was amazing but The Master was and always will be Jimi.

    • @saltoncityhobo
      @saltoncityhobo 4 роки тому +2

      There are plenty of bends and slides, though, not to mention the heavy and light touches.

    • @rolandrinke3945
      @rolandrinke3945 4 роки тому +4

      @@saltoncityhobo we listened to the recorded live album weeks, because we not buy too much records when we 14 or 15, so we listened one album intensively, like deep purple made in japan, frank zappa roxy and elsewhere, pink floyd ummagumma, yessongs, and black sabbath, james gang, king crimson, Hawkwind, and so on. The good old days, thx for uploading. I have all this records on Vinyl. And a few hundreds more....

    • @ritahall6628
      @ritahall6628 4 роки тому +1

      Love his skill but like all Rock Gods they think everyone is a musician and want to

  • @TheMorgasmF
    @TheMorgasmF 5 років тому +20

    If I'd ever had the chance to see'm live, I'd have paid just to watch leo. Guy's gotta be one of the most entertaining musicians to ever hit the stage.

    • @marsharupe8112
      @marsharupe8112 4 роки тому

      I saw them in 1974 with King Crimson and Robin Trower. Amazing show ...

  • @MrMikeduerr
    @MrMikeduerr 2 роки тому +4

    I was there. One of my favorite of many Winterland concerts that I attended.

  • @sergiokodemo6925
    @sergiokodemo6925 8 років тому +13

    Sickest kick ass live version of this song I've listened so far!!

    • @fgz851
      @fgz851 7 років тому +1

      stupid fuck

    • @sergiokodemo6925
      @sergiokodemo6925 7 років тому

      What does your "constructive" comment makes you?

    • @kennybounds923
      @kennybounds923 7 років тому +2

      mine too ,fuck that other guy, i saw him in the early 80's i'll look for my ticket stub ...

    • @feenex69
      @feenex69 6 років тому

      WHAT!!!!

  • @joemysteryguitar
    @joemysteryguitar 5 років тому +57

    Just an awesome display of techniques including octaves, atonal tapping, sweep picking, violin style lines, use of dynamics, otherworldly speed, double stops, vicious slides and pulls again at break neck speed, string lowering and all done with a great deal of showmanship not to mention soulful vocals. Folks this is 1975. Hard to believe as it foreshadows a lot of what became modern guitar technique and shredding. The tempi of tunes like Woodchopper's Ball and Going Home played live predates much of the technically driven stuff we today hear people playing against backing tracks here on UA-cam. And not even included in Rollingstone ragazine top 100 guitar players. Great post. Rest my case. R.I.P. Alvin.

    • @thetacticalninja9423
      @thetacticalninja9423 4 роки тому

      Amen brother! I was fortunate to T.Y.A. in Chicago in the eighties!

    • @lesterpaul9657
      @lesterpaul9657 4 роки тому +3

      I always had three favorites, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green and Alvin Lee.
      Two are dead and one is out of his mind.

    • @steveharris5008
      @steveharris5008 4 роки тому +3

      never did give that mag-rag much credence any way...

    • @BooBoo.Yogi.
      @BooBoo.Yogi. 3 роки тому

      @@lesterpaul9657 very sad isn't it

    • @denises8956
      @denises8956 2 роки тому

      @@lesterpaul9657 My three favorites of all time too!!! Now Peter is gone too.☹️

  • @briandoherty405
    @briandoherty405 2 роки тому +4

    I was 14 years old and was really just getting into knowing and following rock bands black sabboth,alice cooper,deep purple and Neil young were my first that I liked then I heard ten years after their music to me seems to be unique and listening to it was like a person finding an oasis in the desert that you could always find again once you experienced the feeling inside like a great Spirit has desended down from the heavens and has marked you as one of the chosen ones who has the right chemistry to appreciate life and have the finest attribute one can have and that is loyalty.When I listen to ten years after I feel so undescribably stimulated that it's not possible that it's just music but is a gift from the heavens that not everybody shall receive who listens to it but I was one of the lucky people who won the greatest lottery ever and that is I know my spirit will always love on because I got Alvin Lee and ten years after in my blood and nothing can kill me

  • @prettybettysue1
    @prettybettysue1 Рік тому +3

    Got to remember the natural beauty and gift we had in this band!

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley 2 роки тому +3

    I saw this man LIVE, back in 1968-ish? Houston. What a blast. Too bad kids today can't take a trip back in time. I know, I would do it again. In a heartbeat.

  • @tiger.6509
    @tiger.6509 5 років тому +9

    I can listen to this song over and over and over again it’s one I never get sick of /
    just love it
    All of his songs
    When I rekindled 30 years
    Of not listening too
    his music I haven’t stopped listening to his music now lol

  • @mauricebuckley4713
    @mauricebuckley4713 4 роки тому +7

    I've said before,the way that guy played that guitar,he was unique man😂

  • @keithdonnellan5564
    @keithdonnellan5564 2 роки тому +1

    4 Months later. Watched again. I am 74 went to IOW in 1970 TYA top of the bill. Saw them at the Royal Albert Hall. I wish in my dreams he could come back. Today's music makes sick!

  • @paulrosendale942
    @paulrosendale942 5 років тому +4

    Saw TYA 1973/4 ish, Alexander Palace London. Unbelivable guitarplayer and band. love the way the band fills in while Alvin tunes the guitar up. Been a massive fan since them days. Alvin and Jimi were way the best guitarists at woodstock. They will both be rocking their socks off in heaven now. Long live proper music

  • @reynalindstrom2496
    @reynalindstrom2496 4 роки тому +3

    My only Gods are Alvin Lee and Jimi Hendrix. I'm a flamenco and latino guitar player woman,I wish this time was my generation. Every body can learn to play the guitar technical,but no body can learn to play with the soul,you are born whit it.Hi from Sweden! Reyna Carmen Lindström. Satans Jävlar otrolig brå! Increíblemente fantástico!

  • @michelhille8107
    @michelhille8107 Рік тому +6

    Einfach nur großartig. Ein Genuss für die Sinne🙂☀

  • @joannebeauchamp1169
    @joannebeauchamp1169 4 роки тому +4

    When Alvin Lee picked up that battered Gibson ES-335, whoa...STAND BACK!!!

  • @mrfndz
    @mrfndz 7 років тому +24

    this should have a zillion views.
    maybe someday

    • @aronchavez1663
      @aronchavez1663 3 роки тому

      Esta es musica del año 2050
      Tocada setenta años antes.

  • @MGDCrown559
    @MGDCrown559 8 років тому +25

    Leo!!! The King of
    Bass!!! Bad+Ass=Bass

  • @MGDCrown559
    @MGDCrown559 6 років тому +28

    Alvin Lee he seems to breath through and with the guitar!

  • @markadkins2005
    @markadkins2005 Рік тому +2

    I saw them in Houston in 1973 at Hofheinz Pavillion with King Crimson and Robin Trower.
    We were blown away..........

  • @danielford9820
    @danielford9820 4 роки тому +21

    Unfortunately we won’t see another musician that comes close to his talent.

    • @ellywinterquist8086
      @ellywinterquist8086 4 роки тому +1

      Isn't that SAD 😢 I don't know if you come from this generation of music but I do, and I'm bummed out on how music has changed. He was a legend...

    • @johneichert9869
      @johneichert9869 4 роки тому

      @@ellywinterquist8086 so am I L E and I'm 66

    • @rawheartedmusicronnykjelds9806
      @rawheartedmusicronnykjelds9806 4 роки тому +1

      Jeff beck , Pete Townsend , alto more

  • @dannybarcenas9701
    @dannybarcenas9701 4 роки тому +4

    No kidding...This is my favorite among Alvin's.... RIP A.L.

  • @darlatidwell9995
    @darlatidwell9995 5 років тому +4

    What the f ?...FABULOUS performances by all !!!!!!

  • @alicep9293
    @alicep9293 7 років тому +15

    Awesome, love the sunshine of your love riff in here too!

  • @karlbullock2907
    @karlbullock2907 Рік тому +2

    Alvin Lee my all time fav!

  • @ellywinterquist8086
    @ellywinterquist8086 4 роки тому +21

    WOW!!!! Who is the bass player??? He sure can rock that bass!!! Alvin Lee was just the BEST!!!! This video is just fantastic!!!!! Don't know why he isn't acknowledged for his Great playing... He was THAT GOOD!!!!!

    • @fangofivefive
      @fangofivefive 3 роки тому +5

      Thats Leo Lyons smokin that Fender bass

  • @hwearrow
    @hwearrow 5 років тому +9

    One of the best rock songs of sixties , possesed by Rock Genius.

  • @jamesgillette1799
    @jamesgillette1799 4 роки тому +5

    He is what he is and never gave a damn i don't think, just like that song he does about it.
    Would I have liked him to be "bigger" in the media world, yes. Because I would like everyone to know how great Alvin was. A lot of people know though. He was just as great as any of them who were heavily promoted by the industry for decades even still being promoted right now.

  • @loisalanoa6342
    @loisalanoa6342 3 роки тому +4

    He was just the best....l love it

  • @costgene
    @costgene 8 років тому +61

    People forget what a badass Alvin Lee was!

    • @arlogittings9827
      @arlogittings9827 8 років тому +2

      +William “WECO” Cost Hard to deny the influence he had on the late 70s, early 80s Hard Rock and Hair Bands. All the tapping/harmonics, detuning on the fly, in a single 20 minute song. And unless I missed it, didn't swap out guitars.

    • @darlatidwell9995
      @darlatidwell9995 5 років тому +2

      44 years after, ...I'm a believer now, of his BA ness....how did this escape my attention? My bad!

    • @dannybarcenas9701
      @dannybarcenas9701 5 років тому +2

      I say George Benson been a fan of Alvin I dunno but I reckon he'd be be a darn good Jazz Guitarist So sad he had gone home

    • @VacantHaven
      @VacantHaven 4 роки тому

      Couldn't tune his bloody guitar though 😉 only kidding.

    • @ellywinterquist8086
      @ellywinterquist8086 4 роки тому

      I didn't... Rest In Peace Alvin Lee✌❤

  • @uwsgrrrl9981
    @uwsgrrrl9981 3 роки тому +3

    I saw TYA at the Atlanta Pop Festival in 1970. Loved the performance. Great band. Alvin Lee rocks. ☮️

  •  5 років тому +20

    I love Beatles. I love Led Zeppelin. I love Pink Floyd. But this sound I have missing. I love Ten Years After now too. The band as good as Beatles, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Why they aren´t so popular like the other? I don´t understand. I have listened to all discography and they have all songs great, wonderful, genius, great....the words are so weak to discribe that great band, obviously and especially Alvin Lee. Love Love Love.

    • @j-a9311
      @j-a9311 4 роки тому

      Truly fantastic but not as versatile as the aforementionned bands. "Undead" and "Cricklewood Green" are my favorite LPs from them!

    • @Evan-yw2qj
      @Evan-yw2qj 3 роки тому

      Ten Years After just recently came to be one of my favorite bands of all time right behind Led Zeppelin

  • @brettgarsed
    @brettgarsed 7 місяців тому +1

    8:29 about 30 years ahead of his time. I first heard TYA and Alvin on the Woodstock album back in the early 70's as my older brother had bought it. I eventually bought "Absolutely Live" and first heard this song on that album. It's so amazing to see Alvin doing all these incredible things on video after all these years. He was absolutely groundbreaking and never got the credit he deserved. RIP the great Alvin Lee.

  • @Phoenix-tv4gb
    @Phoenix-tv4gb 4 роки тому +3

    golden fingers ... 💝🕊️😍

  • @bmgaxel7837
    @bmgaxel7837 4 роки тому +5

    great guitar - Alvin for ever

  • @ruppstuff
    @ruppstuff 4 роки тому +2

    Was lucky to see him in the late 80's.Makes it look so effortless.

  • @RGped
    @RGped 4 місяці тому +1

    I became a fan tonight!!! What a band! Wheeeew! 😍

  • @jdevine42
    @jdevine42 2 роки тому +1

    Got to see TYA several times in early 1970's this was always a great highlight they were such an awesome band...1971: Page, Clapton, Beck and Lee was pinnacle of the guitar hero period of rock, the best period it ever had.

  • @june7914
    @june7914 4 роки тому +17

    While everyone else was mooning over other groups, I was lovin' this awesome musician and his group! The best!!!

  • @johnugaro7637
    @johnugaro7637 Рік тому +1

    Nothing like seeing Alvin Lee live unbelievable shows Rest in Peace Alvin😇😇😢😢😎🙏🏼 9:30 🙏🏼

  • @paulcooper5748
    @paulcooper5748 4 роки тому +5

    Brilliant R.I.P Alvin Lee.

  • @perrykalamaras7102
    @perrykalamaras7102 Рік тому +2

    Saw him many many times!!! It really is crazy how good he was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @Lynjupiter1
      @Lynjupiter1 Рік тому

      Eff you!!! Just my sheer jealousy getting the best of me. Please understand this.

  • @steinsther9066
    @steinsther9066 7 років тому +18

    The older I get the better I like!

  • @sunking2001
    @sunking2001 3 роки тому +2

    I was at this concert and one other one at Winterland , SF. I saw him twice in San Jose, CA., too. Alvin always gave the fans about a 2 1/2 hr. show. Alvin and TYA...one of my favorite bands.

  • @jacquelineanderson4958
    @jacquelineanderson4958 5 років тому +6

    Listen here's yet another kick as guitarist who never got a lot of recognision.Love ten years after!

  • @MrWhoevr
    @MrWhoevr 3 роки тому +16

    He’s actually adjusting the tuning of his guitar while playing. Respect

    • @B4NDllKOOT_
      @B4NDllKOOT_ Рік тому

      Much more diverse in his sound I love it ❤

  • @rawheartedmusicronnykjelds9806
    @rawheartedmusicronnykjelds9806 4 роки тому +4

    One of the best

  • @chrisscott-duns5504
    @chrisscott-duns5504 4 роки тому +1

    I saw them several times in the 60’s and early 70’s in NYC. Alvin Lee always amazed me. I don’t think there was any better place back then for music than in NYC.

  • @robinpotter963
    @robinpotter963 4 роки тому +1

    June 16, 1974. Selland Arena Fresno CA. I've seen LOTS of bands, Alvin Lee amazing and it's the only concert date I remember. Badass.

  • @dociebiezlasu1071
    @dociebiezlasu1071 4 роки тому +3

    Alvin Lee Was the Best & He is the Best still

  • @bryandunn425
    @bryandunn425 4 роки тому +1

    I had the pleasure of seeing Alvin 3 times. Each time was an honour. Best blues jazz rock guitarist ever. Alvin was in nme top 100. What a joke.

  • @tonyischotter4723
    @tonyischotter4723 2 роки тому +1

    Saw al once in. N.j updula cill. In April 78 was 44 the tie I'll won't ever forget that. He spewed the essence of the dixtys ythrough. Ear and l love maybe change will come one day at least it opened up the door for things to come and it wasn't over night really

  • @miandroid9934
    @miandroid9934 2 місяці тому

    This has been a favorite of mine since a long time... though more used to listening this song fromtheir "Recorded Live" CD.
    Fantastic!

  • @marcobo5506
    @marcobo5506 Рік тому +1

    Alvin Lee : the fastest hand in the west.
    This was his nickname in the 70's created by the musical critics who didn't love him ever.
    "All things must pass"...the critics even.

  • @DexterHaven
    @DexterHaven 4 роки тому +11

    10:40 hardest working bass player. Inspired to do more, because Alvin was so good, I sense.

  • @Traumburg1
    @Traumburg1 4 роки тому +1

    I saw him at a concert in my hometown in Germany in the Mid-80s. The Concert was : " Not Bad". He was propably my first really guitar hero, when I was 14 and started playing guitar. Me and my friend we wanted to be "Bluesmen" .....:-D. And Alvin Lee, Jimi Hendrix Clapton, Rory Gallagher and Billy Gibbons were our idols. I can`t ceep from crying was one of our favourite numbers. And I still like to play it. Even Hendrix was impressed about this solo and his classical introduction of the tune at Live concerts. One of his greatest influences was Andres Segovia. And then of course Scotty Moore! I still listen to "I`m going home" after work and "Help Me" from his live album, when I drive home. But this is actually my favourite blues number of them all.

  • @TheCristinalice
    @TheCristinalice 3 роки тому +6

    Masterpiece

  • @bobbyfairchild7365
    @bobbyfairchild7365 5 років тому +4

    So unbelievably awesome

  • @seanfegan8161
    @seanfegan8161 4 роки тому +1

    This was the best 20 mins I've had this year.

  • @musicman17046
    @musicman17046 3 роки тому +1

    I was 5-10 ft from him in 1984 in a German bar. I have never been so blown away. For 2 1/2 hrs my mouth was on the floor. Not only was he a master, but he surrounded himself with other great musicians. Glad I was so close for an entire show, dude even drank Ouzo from my wine skin. I've been a TYA and Alvin Lee junkie since that evening

  • @luvdylanstar
    @luvdylanstar 2 роки тому

    I absalutely adored Alvin Lee. One of the all time greatest conceets I ever saw.
    So damn good!!

  • @valeriyblinov1573
    @valeriyblinov1573 Рік тому +1

    Super Great Blues!!! LOVE!!!

  • @user-lx2do1qv2i
    @user-lx2do1qv2i 9 місяців тому

    I am 66 and got to see the great Alvin Lee when I was,17!! Good days!!

  • @aceball7076
    @aceball7076 6 років тому +8

    This is one SICK performance. Thumbs Up all around.