![]() ![]() Mountain’s roadie and future drummer, Canadian, Corky Laing did them in the studio Corky replaced Mountain’s drummer very soon after Woodstock It required a studio overdub, but not from Ric himself. The sound problems meant that Ric Lee’s drums went unrecorded for the most part and the bits that were audible were of poor quality. As a tribute to the music that Alvin loved it featured, Blue Suede Shoes, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and John Lee Hooker’s Boom Boom within this repetitive riff-based rock and roll song.īut all is not as it seems with the recording. At over 12 minutes long I’m Going Home confirmed Ten Years After as a powerhouse band and elevated Alvin Lee to guitar’s top-table from the moment the film was released. The sound recording worked sporadically and the film crew were only able to film TYA’s last song. By the time they got to Woodstock, Ten Years After had little profile in America and while they were gaining a growing body of fans in Britain they were far from superstars the festival was their big break.Īt Woodstock, the humidity ravaged instruments were just one of the problems for the band. They followed Undead with their second studio album, Stonehenge, in February 1969, which made the Top 10 of the UK album charts. It featured I’m Going Home, which the band played so effectively at Woodstock it was the birth of Alvin Lee – guitar-god. In 1968 they released Undead, a live album that showcased the band’s great stage show it made the UK charts in the autumn of 1968. Among the tracks was an excellent cover of Al Kooper’s I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes. This led to the band signing for Deram Records and releasing their self-titled debut album in October of that year. The big break came in 1967 when they played the National Jazz & Blues Festival held at Windsor Racecourse to the west of London. After several more name changes, they finally settled on Ten Years After in 1966 Alvin Lee idolized Elvis Presley and this was ten years after 1956, Elvis’ annus mirabilis. It was just Alvin and Leo Lyons of the Woodstock line up in the original band with Ric Lee joining in 1965 (Ric was no relation to Alvin, who’s real name was the much less glamorous sounding Graham Barnes) Chick Churchill joined a year later by which time the band had moved to London to make it big. Ten Years After were another band that was no overnight sensation, having started out in the Nottinghamshire area in 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats to begin with they were just another beat band. ![]()
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