Joe Bonamassa on Alvin Lee's guitar at the Royal Albert Hall~Nobody Loves Me but My Mother
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Filmed by Linda Moke at The Royal Albert Hall, London.
Joe Bonamassa - Guitar and Vocals, Reese Wynans - Keyboards, Michael Rhodes - Bass, Paulie Cerra - Saxophone, Lee Thornburg - Trumpet, Anton Fig - Drums, Jade MacRae and Mahalia Barns
Thanks for bringing attention to Alvin Lee 😎 He is one of my favorite guitar players . Thankfully I got to see TYA a few times in the early 70’s and later probably mid 80’s .
He blew them away at Woodstock!
Patrick Ryan Yes he did ☮️
Patrick Ryan I’m going home🎸
Love Joe's stuff, but what drew me to this one is Joe playing Alvin's guitar. Something tells me that Mr. B has quite a collection of guitars. Of course I could be wrong, but here's the thing. I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken..
ed schneider he has a ridiculous collection of guitars and amps. There’s a RUclips video about it .
It is good for me at 77 to listen to a Master playing a Master's guitar. Soon we will all be together again! We remain forever young.
Beautiful 🙏🏻💫✨️💜🕎💎💎💎
Amazing. Nobody respects the greats before him like Joe. RIP Alvin Lee.
I mentioned to a friend awhile back my outrage that Alvin doesn't rate high on various lists of great guitarists, pure ignorance! Thank you, Joe for bringing it forward.
Alvin rates with those of us who carry on an affair with our instruments!
Ich sehe die Gitarre und vermisse das rasende, leidenschaftliche Bluesrock Stakkato, dass Alvin diesem Instrument entlockt hat. Aber auch das filigran akzentuierte Spiel von B. Ist zutiefst beeindruckend. Zwei brillante Musiker, zwei Stile wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. RIP Alvin Lee.
Great to see these iconic instruments actually being played and not in museums or on Merchant bankers walls Thanks JB
Respect!
….nuff said,
RIP A.Lee, one of the Greatest ever!!
Ten Years After's performance of I'm Going Home at Woodstock is one of the greatest Rock performances of all time. EPIC!!!
Jimi who was backstage is quoted as saying Alvin's performance there was best of All -Time.
It all by itself should be enough to get Ten Years After into the R&R HOF.
He had all the bells and wisols of that 50s rockabilly and the contemporary 60 at the same time, epic... What a legend
@@Aroncare Exactly - well said - thank you - ALVIN LEE - is and will always be a turning point in guitar playing - HE was unreal , Joe Nania a.k.a. "Hollywood" Joe
I've posted at various sites about one of the greatst guitar players of all time. TYA and particulalrly, Alvin Lee did not get not get the recognition they deserved primarily because he did not seek it ... Read Ric Lee's (TYA's Drummer) new Book.. From Comstocks to Woodstock, which is all about him in England & TYA's birth, growth, development, and appearance at Woodstock which was egged on by Bill Graham (Fillmore West and East).. It is Written very well, and Ric emphasizes the point of Alvin's pecular behavior at times. He seemed to be a "difficult" person. Although AL wrote and TYA recorded their only Hit Single (from their LP), "I'd Love To Change The World"... Alvin hated the song because he felt it was Too Poppy... They never played it Live. The song is played as Bumper Music on many many talk radio shows to emphasize the current MESS we are in.... I'd love to Change The World....But I Don't Know What To Do.....So I leave It Up To YOU!!! So now we have Pelosi, Schumer , God Help me for even mentioning her name - AOC, and of course our great leader of the Free World , Biden. R.I. P. Alvin Lee.
I love Joe for honoring Alvin Lee. I've seen Alvin 4 times playing this very guitar. Can't get enough!
Only saw him once after he left 10 years after. One of the joys of my life.
Really appreciate the way Joe is handling Alvin Lee's guitar with fire, passion, love and deep reverence. RIP Alvin Lee.
That guitar has never been played that slow before
Who cares? That's some sweet blues!
@Lloyd Bonafide WELL SAID - thank you - wtf - jb just get off that guitar and use your own !
I was about to post the exact comment you made. Alvin might not have been the greatest player of all time technically, but he was so damn fast. When you can pick a guitar so fast it sounds like you are using a violin bow you are just different than most players.
@@hollywoodjoe123 the fact he is playing it is a sign of respect. You don't have to be fast to be an excellent guitarist and Joe is that. Both use the abilities they were born with to play style suited to them. Not good or bad, just different.
Please look for "Help me" TYA
There is some amazing spiritual vibes reverberating thru that guitar, most definitely priceless and a honorable tribute to Alvin Lee.
Alvin Lee's guitar style was a distinct blend of rock-a-billy, blues with jazz phrasing. A very fluent and gifted player. R.I.P
Rockabilly and blues
Rockabilly, blues and volume. I guess if you consider jam improvisation jazz, you could say jazz -- then that would be true for most jam bands of the late sixties until Zeppelin put an end to most of it with more structured songs. But the Dead and Lee's band held on for a long time.
Alvin was big on jazz.
When I hear this guitar I see Alvin on stage...this guitar is a holy instrument, Joe Bonamassa did a special tribute
Good to here red again! Bin a long long time now.Thank"s Joe
Yes. It's a sacred relic.
Great performance Joe...a real honor to Alvin Lee!
Whoa, that boy can sing on top of everything else! I was fortunate to see the awesome Alvin Lee and TYA in LA in 1970- thanks for the tribute, Joe!
That big ol 335 Gibson belongs in the hall of fame, along with the great Alvin Lee.
No one’s guitars belong in that shit hole institution
Alvin Lee is one of my favorite guitarist since I was a young teenager. Beautiful job
I could listen to that guitar all day
One of the most iconic guitars in the history of music. Beautiful,and full of great memories.
Big Red lives on!!!! Thank you Joe!
A piece of musical history being played by a piece of musical history. Woa....
That guitar could not have found a better home or a better guitar master to play it. Two of the best that ever lived, Joe and Alvin.
I wish I could meet Joe and tell him I've seen Alvin Lee four times...playing this very guitar...and tell him how much all of us Alvin Lee fans love him for honoring Alvin by...playing his "Big Red." This is such a "huge honor" for Alvin Lee.
Saw Alvin in Detroit back in the early 70's. The man stood in one spot and brought down the house. The walls were shakin' the earth was quakin'.
Pure guitar power. Nothing like it.
Smokin' Joe ! , you did Alvin proud ! I was lucky to see them several times in the late 60's and early 70's .
Joe can make any guitar sound good . The bluest blues , my favorite from Alvin Lee
Alvin will foever be the GREATEST guitar player ever! He sang to "Big Red" and "Big Red", sang back to him....sorely missed!
Eric clapton made shure he wasnt Touring in the same country when Alvin lee was Lesly west actualy got Some Tips from Alvin when they toured together
Oh the years I've idolized that guitar and the player! Play I'm Goin Home, Joe!
Alvin Lee, one of the best and least appreciated greatest guitar players of all time. Joe isn't too bad himself.
VERY VERY NICE ! Back in Rochester NY in the early 80's I got the double whammy of Alin Lee and Johnny Winter in the same show . To this day I can't remember two great guitar legends playing so fantastic . They both had a great time and without saying, so did the crowd at he Auditorium Theater that very special night . The Red 335 and the Firebird crushing the blues all night long. May you both RIP,
Proof that there is no "best" guitar player ~
You saw Johnny Winter and Alvin Lee.
I hate you...
But I DID see SRV in Melbourne Aust in 1984.
Saw that on long island in1983, pure shred
Lucky u
How lucky can you get,saw jonny in columbus o.Missed my one chance to see Alvin when they cancelled.
My first time at the Fillmore East was August of '68. We saw Big Brother with Janis, The Staples Singers AND opening was Alvin Lee with Ten Years After. When I saw Alvin...I almost quit playing guitar...thank God I didn't. Joe carries the torch onward.
I was fortunate to see Alvin Lee and Ten Years After in Tampa in the early 70’s. They put on such a great show. I’ve been a fan ever since. It broke my heart when I heard he had passed. Such a great guitarist.
I would have cried like a baby just to hold that quitar let alone play it
Me 2 💯👍
Alvin was my idea of a Guitar God. I lost composure at the news of his passing and his memory still holds it's granduer in my mind. I couldn't imagine that we would be so fortunate as to have anyone more qualified to hold the Blues and Peace Resonator and resurrect the Notes of Love again
I saw TYA in 1979, Charleston, WV, about ten years after I saw them play at Woodstock. I asked the ticket people if this was the same band from 1969...they assured me it was the same 4 guys. The show was excellent! Alvin played the fastest licks I ever heard, and I never heard him hit a wrong note!
Playing The GREAT ! ALVIN LEE'S GUITAR , is both joy and saddnest ! Grew up on that guitar in Alvins hands
Great performance! A great commercial for the greatness of Alvin Lee, Joe Bonamassa and the Gibson ES-335.
THIS GUITAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN BETTER HANDS SINCE Alvin Lee left to join the celestial hall of Rock: RIP Alvin
That's about as close to holding the Holy Grail as anyone will get. Alvin Lee stole Woodstock and was my guitar hero forever!!!
I didn’t see the Frankenstrat! Lol. All kidding aside….Alvin and that guitar are legend.
Alvin had couple Red 335s.Ive seen a Dot one.Then Woodstock 335 Big Red.Both the dot 335 and Big Red block inlays have the same sticker arrangement.
Mine too!
Mine too!
Top 5 or so, for sure. SRV’s Fender scratched down to wood, Clapton’s blackie, anything touched by Hendrix, and of course BB’s Lucille.
One of the most awesome lines in any blues song originally done by the immortal BB King: "Nobody loves me but my mother and she could be jivin' too" Great job, Joe. Somewhere, the late great Alvin Lee is smiling
BB too
IM SO GLAD JOE HAS THAT GUITAR! FROM THE FASTEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD TO THE CURRENT BEST GUITARIST IN THE WORLD! THANK YOU JOE!
Fantastic guitar playing as always, Alvin was one of my very favorite guitar monsters, his Woodstock Going Home still sounds amazing, saw TYA in London back in the days, unforgettable performance. RIP Alvin, still listening after all these years
Alvin Lee....
.....The Reason I Learned Guitar.
Me also. There was no one like him, and he had the best tone still unmatched to this day.
Me too. I recorded Woodstock on beta when It came on tv in the 70s. Going home was the showstopper. Its what i call blues shred. I saw him twice. Awesome. Space and time is a classic all guitar players should have a copy.
@@tomacosta85 Space in Time. And don't overlook Cricklewood Green.
@@robertgraf9265 For me - - Every TEN YEARS AFTER album had magic in the songs , Joe Nania a.k.a. " Hollywood " Joe
I saw Woodstock with Alvin in 1969 and went straight out and bought a 1963 cherry 335
Great to see red out again,that guitar has one hell of history,Alvin Lee ..legend
I miss Alvin Lee and TYA. Thank you Joe for doing this. You’re always a class act.
Saw Alvin blow the roof off the Spectrum in Phila, Pa in 1973 using that very guitar. One of the best shows I've ever seen
I've seen Joe 2 times...this one of the coolest videos I've ever seen. Joe...honoring Alvin Lee by playing Alvin's guitar. I've seen Alvin 4 times. I love Alvin and Joe. God bless them for what and how they play.
Alvin Lee and SRV. Watching his guitar and his piano player from heaven.
What a honour to play Alvin Lees guitar !
Alvin and George Harrison on "The Bluest Blues" is one of the greatest emotional guitar sounds ever combined IMO. Wish Joe would have attempted that one!
Spellbinding performance on Bluest Blues. Heard a million songs but that one stopped me in my tracks
The Bluest blues is the finest combination of blues and rock in existence. It brings out the best sound that can be made with a guitar. It's sad that Alvin Lee doesn't have all the recognition that he deserves. He really made a great addition to the rocking band in Heaven.
@@williamblakeslee4727 That’s probably true. I just recently dropped on that fantastic piece of music and was blown away - the pictures on this YT video underscore it well I have to say.
The blues gods are smiling down at Joe every time he brings back to life an instrument of blues past
Please
Good to see Alvin being given his due by one of today's guitar heroes.
ain't no hero to me.
@bbb8997 you probably thought Prince was a hack as well since he didn't play in the genre you prefer?
I love that guitar. Glad it is being played. I'm 64 and a huge Alvin Lee fan forever. Wear a t-shirt with Alvin and that guitar on it. Good job Joe.
I just recently was introduced to Joe, and I love his playin and passion. He loves the instrument and has reverence for the instruments and he brings out of them ! Great job Joe !
I saw Alvin Lee play this guitar at Winterland in 1978. At the Tenth Anniversary celebration for San Jose rock station KSJO, the headliner was Sammy Hagar. Lee was one of the fastest guitarists I ever saw, he was amazing. RIP...
I was at Woodstock in ‘69 and saw Alvin’s performance. Now I’ll never be unable to unsee this. 😢
I carried Big Red at the Olympic Auditorium in LA, March 21, 1970, Hitch hiked to LA and got temp. roadie jobs for tickets because we were hanging around early, helped set up stage and unloaded the truck with TYA-s equipment. Carried a guitar case marked "delicate equipment" , we have been following TYA since their first gig at the Fillmore Auditorium playing behind Canned Heat.
RON , What a wonderful memory from you being with TEN YEARS AFTER - Thank you for letting the world know , Joe Nania a.k.a. "Hollywood " Joe
That's a little like a guy I know who has a telecaster that is broken all to hell after it ended up at his feet while working as a stage hand during a Who show in New Jersey. He keeps it in a case and it's like opening a coffin to when you raise the lid to look at it.
@@hollywoodjoe123 Cherish those memories (at least the ones i remember-LOL)
Canned Heat, wow! Blast from the past.
I was at the Fillmore gigs, went to school with Alan Kikuchi bass player in Concord
Seeing this guitar breaks my heart.
Seeing Alvin Lee play this guitar at Woodstock Inspired me to play the guitar and I Never looked back, play every day and love it. Joe does a great job at making this baby sing…. Keep on rockin brother……
Rock on!
So much here: phrasing, dynamics, soul, blistering solos, feeling- vocals- he has upped his game. What a credible band and artist. We are lucky indeed...
Alvin would be proud of this talented guitarist playing his baby.
Beautiful . I think Alvin would be proud . Thank You for sharing
Now I have more respect for this gentleman. Alvin Lee Is getting his dues now thanks
I'm happy and sad at the same time watching Joe play that iconic guitar.
This is so good, honoring Alvin this way. Alvin is perhaps the most underappreciated guitarist on the planet.
I would like to say that Alvin Lee has always been one of my favorite performers. He can and does play and sing slow blues very very well. His live solo album remains one of my top ten favorite albums. He left us far too soon. ☮️🙏❤️
Joe standin' real tall on the shoulders of giants.
Thanks JB keeping the love for BB and Alvin alive.
Great Job from a Great Player ... Soulful Tribute for a Legendary Guitarist ... And employing an Iconic Instrument.... What else is to say ....
Wow, that's a sacred guitar Indeed !!
So good. The tone is out of control. Historic guitar.
Don't forget the Sustain!!!
Kalamazoo built some of the most iconic guitars in history. This is one of them ❤️
WOW! Thank you so much for reviving Alvin's axe mastering it and kicking butt. Sooo Fine He is rollin over.
I was fortunate to play this Guitar when i was 16 years old, at the Eastown Theater in Detroit, at a Ten Years After Show, What a Memory , A Pleasure to see and hear it again here, Cousin Figel
As much as I like joe because he learned at an early age from the master of the telecaster the late great Danny gatton Alvin lee was far superior in playing to joe Alvin lee was probably the best guitarist of the 60’s and 70’s and never got the recognition he deserved I would have love to have seen Danny and Alvin Jan together now that would be something!
I know just what you mean - but for many like I - ALVIN LEE got a lot of recognition from me - I remember HIM well , Joe Nania a.k.a. "Hollywood " Joe
I dont know that Alvin was that much better technically than even Joe. We all get caught up in who was the best, when it all comes down to a matter if preference. There are thousands and thousands of very good, capable guitarist in the world, and then there are probably a hundred or so that exist as a group of their own, many if which post people couldn't name if their life depended on it. There are great players that people may have heard their names but for the life of them they couldn't point to anything they ever did. One of the greatest players I ever watched was Bugs Henderson. Bugs just never fit the rock profile when he showed up on stage barefoot in a pair of cut off Levi's, and just played. Then you have the select few who are Gods. Eddie Van Halen got into that class because not only was he so talented but was innovative with the techniques he used. There is one thing people forget though when they name the greatest guitarist. Those thousands of very good guitarist, can often play a song just as well as the original player, the difference is that someone had to lay down the original licks. Just becaue you can play eruption and sound just like EVH, but without Eddie, that little guitar number wouldn't exist. You not only have to play great songs, to be truly great you have to write the part you play, and then you can be one of the greatest ever.
The best white blues player in America in that time period was the late Michael Bloomfield..
The greats all acknowledge this fact…
@@Knight14649 what about roy bucanan? He was a monster blues player and master of the telecaster just like Danny was agreed Michael Bloomfield was a top notch guitarist blues player I just prefer Roy’s unique blues style
Are you guys from the DMV by any chance?
I had Cricklewood Green playing in the car just the other day. Check out 'Working On The Road/50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain'. Alvin Lee was a lot more than just 'Going Home' at Woodstock.
Yeah, you're 100% correct.
I saw Alvin in 1983 and he absolutely blew my mind.
He was than "a blues guitarist".
He was a freakin' PHENOMENON.
I was standing right by his mic stand and had a killer view.
He did these subtle bends when he an ascending lick...
One of the best I ever saw and I've seen a bunch dating back to 1980.
Oops, I mis-typed a sentence in my previous comment.
I meant to say Alvin was much more than a "blues guitarist".
A LOT MORE...
Me an My Baby and Love Like a Man are great off that album, too. They played them both when I saw them in the late 90s in Chicago.
Gevowavemagnet Absolute Masterpieces!!! 50,000 Miles Beneath my Brain is one of Alvin’s finest works.
@@markhorton3041 agree
Amazing. Simply amazing performance. On all counts.
Great to hear that 335 guitar 🎸... Alvin Lee RIP
I'm sure Alvin would love hearing his guitar being playes again
Saw Ten Years After in 1973 (a guess) at Bayfront Center in St Pete, FL. I was three rows back from the stage. At one point everyone in front of me was actually standing on their chairs, and a glance behind me it looked like more of the same. Not saying I liked standing on my chair but that was the only way to see the performance for a while. I think he must have been at the top of his game at that time. Really amazing player who could create a lot of excitement to the stage. Joe certainly knows his stuff but it just doesn't feel the same as Alvin Lee. RIP
saw the same show in Johnstown, PA. in '71. My first concert @ 16 years old. 2nd row and never will forget the peace sign, tone and shredding. Alvin had it all, I was forever hooked on live shows. Good Morning Little School Girl blew me away!
Thanks JOE ,!! And Glory to ALVIN for Ever !! Amazing Joe and Legend ALVIN ✌️✌️✌️🙏🏼🙏🏼👍👍👍
I love how JB plays tribute to legend players snd legend guitars. The nicest guy and one of the best with any guitar in his hands. 👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸
Thank so much, I been wanting Joe to honor Alvin.
This guy plays with real feel. Maestro Joe -- king tone! Thank you Gibson, for the 335 series.
You should see him. He's great.
My wife & I saw Joe in December of 2022 here in Phoenix. He was indeed awesome. As a guitar nut, I was graced with witnessing him using several beauties: his '59 Les Paul, a vintage Goldtop, two 335s, and a Tele. I so wished I'd have seen him play Alvin Lee's "Big Red". Still that iconic guitar is definitely in the right hands.
@@Marc-js8rx What a great memory of a great performance. You are so right about Alvin Lee's "Big Red" in the hands of someone like Joe Bonamassa! Many thanks. Cheers. -- W
Alvin was smiling down from heaven.
Joe is so awesome. His mom must be a saint. Hard to believe he plays so very well and can also sing. A strong voice, too. If I was wearing socks they’d have been long gone by now!
That would be a very humbling experience for anyone. I love TYA!! RIP Alvin!!
At one time Alvin Lee was the "fastest" guitar player on record. Blazing output of rhythm and melody from the man who would love to save the world. Now we know what to do?
Faster than anyone else with total accuracy. And he never lost the feel of the song, but that might have been that he had an amazing rythm section that would follow him anywhere. Ten years after was pure gold.
@@jefflitchfield4950 I think those E335s have a fast "D" shape neck as opposed to more of a "C" neck Like on a Strat for example. I have a cheap " E335 style' guitar, , an Oscar Schmidt " Delta King" And the neck is very fast on it. So if this has the same type of neck I can see why Alvin Lee liked it
at one time ( debatable) def no more . can’t stand the shredding w no passion like Yngvie but love slick quick blues like AL played , not this pretentious poser
@@jefflitchfield4950 true that ! that bass player was a maniac lol do you like Eric Gales?
@@meself349 Elvin Bishop and Rick Derringer also come to mind ! have you ever heard some of Ricks blistering solos w the Winter Bros
I've seen Alvin Lee 4 times and Joe 2 times. This is the "coolest" tribute I've ever seen...Joe playing Alvin's guitar...I love Joe for doing that! Unbelievable!
R.I.P. Alvin . Your Magic guitar is in good hands .
As usual the comments are pathetic. Well done Joe. Always love hearing you play. Guitars are supposed to be played not put in a museum.
Also great to hear Reese Wynans on keyboards. He was a catalyst with SRV and Double Trouble. Great to see Joe Bonamassa's tribute and recognition of other great blues masters.
Good call there. Wynans added another musical dimension to double trouble.
And he was in a band named “Titty Bingo”😂
Some guitars are just iconic. Alvin Lee was one of my first influences, and when I saw him play live at Woodstock well that performance was a game changer so fluid, so bluesy, so damn good… Thanks Joe for carrying the torch… Keep on rockin.
Great to see Alvin's guitar sing again. I saw TYA at the Cow Palace 1974. My favorite.
I'm learning to play "Good morning little school girl" ...took a break to watch this Thanks Joe!
I was at the June, 1974 Cow Palace show, too. It was the last time I saw TYA!
A magical guitar!
This almost makes me cry. Sounds soooooo good.
My God . I hope you appreciate Joe. Amazing , beautiful. What a musician!
Some trueist guitar playing I've ever seen or heard but to play a heros what a blessing
I don't care what nay sayers say this dude can play ... thanks Linda for another great video...
James Shackelford Anyone who thinks Joe can’t play has some serious mental issues. Lol. Glad you like the vids 😊
Hasn't that guitar done some miles?? Some magnificent blues from Joe, and yes, he even finds the Alvin Lee tone from of the greatest guitar players and performers there ever was.
Awesome man I didn't know he owned it learned something new everyday awesome Jam too I'm sorry Joe but there's only one man I played at guitar and that's Mr Alvin Lee rest in peace Alvin love you man😊🥰😎❤💜❤💯✌✌👍
I LOVE 335s. I had one and it was so versatile you could get anything out of it. I particularly like the "Trapeze" bridge type. Almost like a whammy bar. You can get a little vibrato out of it using your forearm. Great to see Alvin's axe in the hands of someone worthy of it! 👍