“BLUEST BLUES” - by Alvin Lee (leader of Ten Years After) . Fun fact: the slide guitar solo is performed by George Harrison. The outro solo is by Alvin Lee, who shows why he was a phenomenal, yet underrated blues guitarist. THIS IS A MUST LISTEN

@helenespaulding7562

6 ай бұрын

YES!!!! A gorgeous piece. I keep forgetting that Alvin Lee was in TYA.

@richardcampbell2261

6 ай бұрын

TYA is a great band to listen to. "50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain" is a song by them that a must listen to also.

The greatest guitarist of all time! Never got the recognition he so deserved!

Alvin Lee passed away in 2013 from surgical complications. I LOVE his solo song "The Bluest Blues" and of course 10 Years After's "I'd Love To Change The World" Great reaction!!

Alvin Lee died in March 2013 after a small routine operation went wrong. He was on tour in Spain and had a couple of days off before continuing the tour with gigs in France and went into a Spanish hospital to have the surgery since it was no big deal and he would be out and about hours after. Except, something went wrong during the operation and he died. He was 68 and a true guitar legend. One of the best and fastest blues and rock guitarists ever to grace this Earth.

@andrasczehlarik9180

5 ай бұрын

Alvin was a gift from god. R.I.P. ALVIN.🍉

@sdp-co9pq

2 ай бұрын

He's in heaven a rocking, RIP ALVIN LEE

One of the greatest concerts I attended was Ten Years After. Bluest Blues is another great one by them.

@helenespaulding7562

6 ай бұрын

Actually, I believe it was an Alvin Lee solo project…with George Harrison

Dear friends, this version is chopped. For some reason it was edited to make it shorter, I guess. You should check out the original version. Greetings from Caracas.

@jimwilcox2964

6 ай бұрын

The whole throwback tribute section channeling elvis and others section in the middle before he cranks it up is cut

@richeaton5752

6 ай бұрын

no watermelon...

@bradlymiller4936

6 ай бұрын

It’s really sad so many people are posting the chopped versions of some of these great songs. Santana suffers the same fate with their Woodstock performance. Sadly so many versions of many great songs on KZread are chopped. The viewer is cheating themselves, not finding the full uncut version of these great performances.

@MissAstorDancer

6 ай бұрын

Yes, the moment I saw the thumbnail, I cringed, because it is always so hard to watch people react to the chopped version! Makes me wonder if the person who requested the song gave them the link for the vid? At any rate, they should have been given the "heads up" to find the right version. Anybody interested (and it should NOT be missed) can watch the entire 11+ minute performance by searching on YT for "Woodstock Ten Years After I'm Going HomeLive - KZread". That is a copy&paste of the title of the vid, rather than posting a link. As for the uncut Santana performance, the only place I have found the full uncut version is on the site "Daily Motion", easily googled. The person who uploaded it took it directly from the actual movie (director's cut), so it includes the amazing "split-screen" thing, that was one of the most unique things about the way the festival was filmed. Peace & Love from a 70-year-old Texas Hippie Chick!

@michaelfoster5577

6 ай бұрын

Saw this band several times and collected all their albums back in the day. Alvin Lee sadly died a few years back, but the bass player - Leo Lyons - is still playing and touring and has his own KZread channel too. A real gentleman who is so gracious to his fans too. Ric Lee, the drummer, was considered as a replacement for John Bonham in Led Zeppelin until the remaining members agreed not to continue. So much material and very varied too - for something very different try out “I’d love to change the world”. They started out quite jazz influenced, as well as blues and rock n roll. Very underrated, even today. Glad you found them, but as others have said this version is heavily cut / a real shame!

At Woodstock '69, every performer was very focused and wanted to make the best impression possible; they all played their souls out! Credit the sound engineers for "recording in the field," through rainstorms, 400,000 to 500,000 folks milling-about the field and equipment, helicopters coming-and-going, etc., and coming up with such great tapes -- video and sound! As others have suggested, search for the full version of Alvin making more funny faces and burning up the strings on his axe. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GUY AND HIS BAND (10 YEARS AFTER) are not IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME???!!! It's an outrage!!! Same can be said about Mountain (and Leslie West), Steppenwolf (and John Kay), and so many more seemingly neglected by the rock & roll "cognoscenti," those folks SUPPOSEDLY "in the know" about the musical genre, but they're amazingly asleep at the wheel at times.

These boys could play and sing at the same time not like every single super bowl halftime show piped in and limp sinked ohh baby. Love you.

". . . had their own unique style." Exactly! In most cases, you may not have heard the song, but after a few notes you knew exactly who the band was! Thanks! Great to see another generation of music enthusiasts that can appreciate the timeless music a lot of us grew up with.

There were some great guitarists at this festival. Not only Alvin Lee but also Santana, Pete Townsend and Jimi Hendrix to name a few.

That's what you call shit kicking rock & roll, wow the energy!

If you want an index into how great a guitar player Alvin Lee was, just listen to the very beginning of this song when he starts playing, without the drums or bass chiming in yet. There are half a million people in the audience of the Woodstock Festival in 1969. In the couple of lines of music he plays before the drums and bass chime in, you can actually hear in the background the sound of half a million people already clapping in time with the beat that Alvin Lee has established. And yet he's playing notes so fast that you or I couldn't tell him which ones to emphasize or go easier on, or longer or shorter on, in order to establish the rhythm that this huge crowd instantly sensed and started clapping.

They chopped A LOT of his awesome guitar soloing. Try to find the version off of the original Woodstock album. It’ll melt your brain (in the best way possible!).😂

Ten Years After are a British blues rock band from the 60s-70s. They had some great songs such as "I'd Love To Change The World", "Hear Me Calling", "A Sad Song", "Let The Sky Fall", "Love Like A Man", "Working On The Road" etc.

@danielmalo173

6 ай бұрын

To dagmar 69, For me my right or super appreciated one = I could be wrong but I can not be not always Wrong. I don't think I write the title of the song not right but this (Live) is one of my favorite from TYA but even from the rest pf the industry of the rock and roll and blues song. I hope was not too poor, I am a french of 70 years old from St Émile de Suffolk au Québec. Salur et merci à tous

Yes this version is chopped. This was Woodstock where Alvin Lee Ten Tears After was known as the best performance of Woodstock. Alvin Lee came up with the name 10 Tears After because it was 10 years after Elvis. If you listen to the song and lyrics you will hear they are Elvis songs.

I got to see Ten Years After twice in Miami back i the late 60's andbin around 1970. Always a great show. I also really like Leo Lyons the bass player. I enjoyed watching him play.

Their best song is I Would love to change the world. Stay safe! 😁🇺🇸

"I expect a sizzlin guitar" Instead she got a volcano. Love Alvin RIP

Funny you guys went whoooooo at the exact same time. 👍

One of many legendary performances from that Woodstock concert. "I'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years After with Alvin Lee is a must listen.

Sadly, he passed in 2013. I was lucky enuf to see him back in the very late 90's. He was known to be the fastest guitarist ever. He was an amazing blues guitarist and is remembered that way by his fans. Check out "Help Me", or any other of his blues records. Thru his music he will live forever

There were several great guitar spots that were cut out in this video but still a classic performance. The full performance would be seen in the Woodstock movie.

You are sooo correct. I grew up in this era and there were so many great bands. And no two sounded the same. When a song came on the radio even if it was new, you knew immediately who the artist was. Yes most artists had their own sound and feel. Genre is what they call it now. But for example, Southern rock, whether it was the Allman brothers, lynard skynyrd or Marshall tucker you knew who the band was immediately. And you knew what pink floyd sounded like. Or Carlos Santana. Or the eagles. Or led zeppelin. Or BTO. Or BOC. Alice cooper. Queen. David Bowie. To many to mention. They were all great and it was a smorgasbord of great music. And it was all different and unique. A great time for music.

I saw them In Bradford some years later, Alvin Lee was outstanding! RIP Alvin Lee😢

I was probably one of the last people in California who got to meet him play my guitar for him and shake his hand all in about 19 minutes after his show 🎉

Watt is their best album and "i'm comin on" and "My baby left me" are for me the best of this group

You're right! All the top tier bands had their own distinct sound. Everything was new and experimental. Just as in cooking, you give ten people the same ingredients and you will come up with ten different results.

@richeaton5752

6 ай бұрын

This

One of the reasons I saw Woodstock 14 nights in a row at the drive in, I own the 4 cds box set, dvd and several copies of the albums one is on Mexican vinyl. Sadly you just saw the short version. Got to see them in 1971, a riot broke out when they started playing Going Home. Jim

Sounds American. The bands name is a tribute to Elvis. They formed ten years after Elvis broke onto the music scene.

@Rick-or2kq

6 ай бұрын

Have always wondered about that, what the reference was too, thanks!

Another amazing British Band that you should react on is : Same event .Woodstock Joe Cocker with a little help from my friends ( live in Woodstock )

Edited video - but it does capture his brilliance. Song is from the viewpoint of a soldier on a helicopter in Viet Nam, who has been injured - he knows he is truly "going home."

@mor4725

6 ай бұрын

That is untrue. The helicopter is because of they were flown in to the woodstock concert area by helicopter as all the roads were blocked by traffic.

I agree with the other commenters, you are are only seeing about a quarter of the performance. Look for the full length Woodstock performance to enjoy offline.

My father used to make me mixtapes of the music he likes when i lived with my mother.. and this song was one of the ones that got burned really deep inside my mind, it uncovers very deep memories some twenty years later..❤

I have a story..back in 1970 something I was a hotel maid in Salt Lake Utah.. went in to clean a room and saw a bunch of musical instruments that said 10 Years After on them..cleaned the room.. knocked on the next room told to come in.. and entire band was in the room..all these long haired gorgeous men just sitting there.. I cleaned up a bit..incredibly nervous..they were nice ask me if i wanted to go to the concert that night and gave me tickets..but I could not get out of there fast enough..always a fan....

I have said many times gone are the inovators and we are left with the imitaters sadly!

I saw him 1980 when he opened for Kansas. So awesome!

I had the luck to see him live in the 70's and 80's, Alvin like Rory Gallagher was a full on performer and just brilliant live, rest in peace Alvin.

Excellent performance!!❤❤

The British introduced the Blues to white middle-class Americans. Music that was played for decades "on the other side of the tracks". I'm from Mississippi and this, and other British bands, was my introduction to the blues.

As a matter of fact watch the movie 'Woodstock' you will find many fantastic performances as well as Ten Years After.

What a great band ❤

Alvin Lee past away in Spain RIp surperb guitar player this is the concert in Woodstock 1969

Alvin Lee's charisma is enthralling. A rock 'n roll god! It's too bad you reacted to a very short edited version. The full performance is far superior.

The American vibe to me is that it’s very Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley style of 50s guitar rock. Even a little Les Paul buried in there. Always amazes me how EVERY band seemingly had a guitar shredder. He’s rarely mentioned in the top 50 or even 100 but this is one of the best recorded live guitar performances I’ve ever seen and I’ve known it for 40+ years. This is the short version lol. His energy is boundless.

That's Alvin Lee, one of the original four best of England,. including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.

I got excited for a minute. I thought this was "Ten Years Gone" by Led Zeppelin. But nope. I got fooled.😢

Yes, the good stuff has no expiration date!

This band here and joe cocker were crowd pleasers at woodstock. Epic epic epic cuts🤘❤️

As was pointed out elsewhere this Woodstock performance has had an unfortunate amount cut from it. The bass player was also a madman...rarely do you see a bassist play that fast and not using a pick 😁

Nice to see you rocking to this!

For another great performance maybe try Neil Young and Crazyhorse " Love and only Love " live in Rio .

This video was from Woodstock I believe from the documentary film

Please check out “I’d Love to Change the World “. Not sure if there’s a good live version, but the studio track is legendary! Definitely should be added to your bucket list. Greetings from Hollywood. ✌️❤️🔥

it's a cut version, the original is over ten minutes long!

Watch the 13 minute version. Then go right to Hendrix, star spangled banner. Both from Woodstock.

This was at Woodstock in 1969 and late at night when 10 years after played.

The best band I had seen live by some way

60s and 70s experimental experience. Great times.

I thought I would suggest another new duet to check out, if interested. "Loggins & Messina -Sittin' In Again Live - Peace Of Mind" (by the channel: Kimske84) --Loggins & Messina was an American pop rock duo who achieved major success in the 1970's. Their gernes covered country-rock, folk-rock, pop-rock, and soft-rock. Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina would go onto to having stellar solo careers as well. So, lots to check out in future.

Check out Alvin Lee's "Rock-n-roll guitar picker" 😊❤😮

Sans doute leur meilleur morceau, quelle energie pour l'un des plus emblématiques festivals qui aient jamais existés : woodstock. toute une generation s'y retrouve... il reste a ecouter "l hymne de woodstock" : joe cocker et "with a little help from my friends"

You need to check out the "bluest blues" by Alvin Lee.

Going home by helicopter was because the traffic was so bad that it was the only way the musicians could arrive and leave. This is the short version. The fastest guitar player in the west. ❤❤❤❤Lee died on 6 March 2013 in Spain. He died from "unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure" to correct an atrial arrhythmia. He was 68. His former bandmates lamented his death.

The full length version of this song at Woodstock is so much better, sorry, but you got the video that was cut short for some reason. Great reaction to one of the great live performances of all time

@Straydogger

6 ай бұрын

They did that crap back then to make it "radio-friendly". It ruined so many songs.

Help Me live should be next.

I'm from USA and and old enough to have been at Woodstock and thought this band was from the US. I don't know when this song was written but it is very much in the style of 50s American rock.

@Straydogger

6 ай бұрын

Very much in the style of 50s American rock but much LOUDER! LOL :-)

@davids454

6 ай бұрын

Yes, VERY much louder@@Straydogger

React to I'd love to change the world and love like a man by 10 Years After

gibson makes a re issue replica of that guitar you can purchase today.

You shan't find too many guitarists better than Alvin, just sayin'. And the best part is that he and his band were just having fun doing what they knew how to do. I really appreciated your opinions...thank you!

Grand Funk Railroad, an american band.

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Stole the show at the original Woodstock.

This was very cool. But, I’m starting to suffer from MerchantofAlba Zeppelin withdrawal. 😱😜 is a cure forthcoming?

Not the full version..full version last between 9 and 11 minutes

Gary Richraft flying turkey trot live REO Speed wagon guitar solo best

Many, many British rock bands that came about in the late 50's and 60's were VERY MUCH influenced by early American blues.

I have always wonder why somebody cut away half of the song and then upload it? The performance of this song at Woodstock is twice as long and twice as good. Here is the uncut original version from Woodstock. 11:30 long. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZI12mdOynpizhtY.html

Unfortunately, that's a pretty chopped up version and a lot has been cut out. It should run for over 9 minutes. If you can't find a full cut then look for the version on their Undead album, it's about as long as this version but at least it's coherent and doesn't sound like it was edited by a suit.

Fastest guitar ??

this is a shortened video

PLEASE PLAY SOME (THIN LIZZY)

Stapped down ?

Do yourselves a favor and listen to the WHOLE original song from the Woodstock album or movie. These videos are horribly chopped up and shortened. Alvin said one of his mentors was Scotty Moore who played for Elvis Presley. Alvin said he learned everything he needed to know about playing guitar from Scotty. Alvin later went to Tennessee and recorded an Album Alvin Lee in Tennessee. It is a GREAT album. I think Scotty was with him in the studio but unable to play due to hearing issues.

Unfortunately, so many of the videos of these iconic Woodstock performances are truncated, as if the editors are trying to save the listener from some part of the performance they deem unimportant or expendable: the same dynamic is visible in some of the Santana "Soul Sacrifice" cuts and Jimi Hendrix's set, both at Woodstock. It's a shame for modern listeners. Ten Years After's set did for them what The Who's set did as well - it made them overnight superstars and put the late Alvin Lee up there with the other guitar gods of the era: Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Townshend, etc. I hope you get to watch or listen to the whole performance at some point. Love your reactions.

Need to watch the full length version. This edited version does not do the performance justice.

This is not the whole performance it has been edited try the original it is even better

check out an other great american cover for this brit band. i put a spell on you. thank you.

Proper sloppy rock and roll. A vastly underrated band. To my mind this ranks as the second best performance of Woodstock after Santana. Both quality.

It's a shame they butchered this song cutting out some of the best bits.

can see where rory gallagher got his influence from

@simonashworth8825

6 ай бұрын

Alvin Lee and Rory Gallagher were both fabulous guitarists and I have a soft spot for both of them but Rory had his very own sound and was much more versatile and influential. I saw them both live and both of them gave their "all". Great days! P.S. Listen to Brian May reminisce about R.G.

+What we have now is mainly a bunch of no talent rappers who are the product of hype using auto-tune and other electronic aids to spew out bad poetry with a beat and call it music .