This is the very last song me and my dad listened too before he passed away in 2021 it’s a variable of emotions that hit me when I hear it. As I sat there listening to it with him I began to ball he turned to me and said it’s ok son I understand know I am proud of you thank you for being my son “he was my stepdad” the next morning he was gone RIP old man
Breaks the heart & soul..if this song doesn't make you cry then you're made of stone. The lyrics, vocal & that guitar SOLO just cut through to your soul.!!!
This is the greatest song ive ever heard! Im 23 and my generation unfortunately dont know REAL music, but this right here.. i dont see how anyone couldnt enjoy this, i feel this song deep in my soul. Alvin Lee is so talented, i would have loved to see this live.
First heard of Alvin Lee in grade 7 mid 70s touted as the fastest guitarist alive. I've heard numerous pcs of his work and every single one rips thru me as this one does... goose bumps shivers ND a warming to the soul ❤
really great, also listen to John mail with gary more and Buddy Whittington with so many roads Montreux Jazz Festival 2008. really fantastic, and I'm 69 and also a fan
ALVIN LEE was very underrated across the world as a guitarist but when you listen to this song and other's he's done in the past it blows my mind how he wasn't more FAMOUS, well overlooked.
Me too. I love it, when we comment a peace all together , form every country, everybody with our experience, love for Music, opinions, infos, s.t. heavily discussing, often agreeing. Love U so much, all of U...in our times I feel
From the first time I heard it a week ago, I was addicted to it like a drug. It's music without any mistakes, really. This is an icon of the blues world. ❤❤❤❤
Yes I just heard it recently too. It's definitely one of the best blues ballads I have ever heard. Harrison's slide guitar is perfection. It was nice to see Alvin Lee tone it down a bit, but I do love his fast fingers.
Every Alvin concert I went to was great, the Honolulu show was OUTSTANDING. The next day he was walking down the beach in Makaha with his girlfriend, and I told him he rocked my world....One of the best ever!
George Harrison slide guitar is the best I’ve ever heard from him! Thanks Alvin for letting him play on this track! Alvin’s guitar playing was never appreciated back in the day and present! Rest In peace Alvin and George 🎸
"It's the bluest blues..when you can't find your way home"....The lyrics say it all...a heart broken by love...that's why this song tears me up inside. Growing old alone...
Every time I hear this (just about daily) George's slide solo brings five words to mind - "while my guitar gently weeps" - and with that short piece of playing he hit the pinnacle of his long career.
Yes, I can't believe I've heard this song just a couple of weeks ago. I rushed and ordered this album online and it is a masterpiece of good songs by Alvin Lee.
I can’t imagine Any one under rating Alvin Lee . He simple did not get the exposure he could have . There is a huge difference . One would have to be a moron to diss him for any reason .
A true art that doesn't need few likes or bunch or Ret....d follower or even room of grammies, just a drop of two honest tears w'll do. Such music should be a testament to today's (& next) spoiled, lost and fu...ed up generation if they ever really want to hear what real music should sound like.? RIP Alvin & George🤘
First time I've heard this song and Alvin Lee and it hit me hard...I will add this song and Alvin Lee to my collection of Joe B., Robin T., Eric Clapton, Stevie R, B B King just to mention a few. I'm 70 and I've felt this Bluest Blue...more than once, for many reasons. Vietnam, Lost loves gone bad, younger brothers and parents gone to soon. Still...I'm going to listen to it again, wipe my tears away and enjoy the purity of the lyrics, the music and cleanse my heart. Live, Love, Laugh life goes on. Never, never quit or give up. Love to all..❤
Marvin, I really share your sentiments. Robin Trower, Clapton, J.J.Cale, and of course the greatest S.R.V. (who shares my b-day, but left us too soon) are some of my idols. Yes, never give up! And that's hard sometimes. Love to you all!
God bless you brother for protecting our America ! Alvin Lee was definitely one of the greats and I was saddened by finding out about his passing. I used to have lots of Ten Years After, and many others who will go down in history as awesome musicians and I will continue to listen to and admire them all the days I have left on this earth. I am 66 and Thank You for your service !
I thought I was the only person in this world who stille loved that great old music from the great days! I'm 67 now but still playing the old musiciens, RORY GALLAGHER, Roy Buchanan,Alvin Lee, led Zep, JJ Cale and so many, many more! Stille makes my tears role. IT'S all over, was such a wonderfull time, but much to short!!! Nowadays there's not much left. Sorry that's how I feel, sadness, pain and many tears. Stay faithfull to our music! Love you all!!! All my love from Amsterdam, Aristhea
@@LeglampConnectionhallo my Friends, I "do" worry, KEEP thinking about those great days, when we where still young and happy! When the music was "music". Thank God we have new very good miliciens!!! TAB BENOIT, SONNY LANDRETH and more. Love from Amsterdam
Hey, I totally understand what you are feeling. This is coming from Northern Ontario Canada. I hate to say this but I turned 68. Just wondering where the years disappeared. Worked my whole life since I was 18 on the railroad. Raised 3 children, they have their own lives now and here I am, sitting in the dark listening to music that I grew up on from the '60's and early 70's. Oh well, if the answers not at the bottom of this bottle, maybe the next one.
Amazing!!! Every single time I hear it. One of my all time favorite blues songs. Alvin Lee and George Harrison created a masterpiece with this recording.
Speechless, this song still gives me goosebumps. Graham Alvin Barnes was one of the mostrar underrated singers to be gone so soon, just like Gary Moore.
Outstanding groove! Remindes me of a mix of Warren Haynes and Stevie ray Vaughn with A hint of bb king. Love this tune. Makes me relax with a glass of bourbon 🥃.....
Hallo Did the know that George Harrison played the Slide Gitarre, not Alvin Lee, I had written this information on This side... Yoursincely from Renate Hörmann Vienna /Europa
Can't believe i just heard this for the first time today. Fantastic. What a beautiful song with some of the most beautiful guitar playing ive ever heard.
On the days where I'm at my lowest, those 7½ minutes offer me a temporary escape from reality like no other song will. God bless Alvin Lee for this masterpiece
Other great blues guitarists. ( Alvin Lee is my favorite ) Mick Taylor Jeff Beck Stevie Ray Vaughn Buddy Guy Mato Nanji Robert Cray Kenny Wayne Shepherd George Thorogood Steve Miller Jonny Lang B.B. King Muddy Waters John Lee Hooker Johnny Winter Robin Trower George Harrison Eric Clapton Jimmie Vaughn Chuck Berry
Somebody on Facebook posted this song recently. The song blew me away. I ran out and bought the CD, Alvin Lee's greatest hits. It's a two CD set and it's fantastic.
65 yrs young former marine and love the blues.this song captures the essence and then some. I play my c harmonica daily. Fucking awesome. I can't fathom anyone with a good heart not embracing this masterpiece!!
Back in the day Alvin could cram as many notes into a bar of music and shred with the best of em . Here he slows it down and lets it flow . Well done Alvin Lee !
I doubt many people have ever heard George on the slide..... Takes my breath away listening to him play. May He Rest In Peace Forever!!!!!! Not to take away from Alvin. Loved Ten Years After!!!!!
Again, I'm taken to a place that is beyond description. I can literally feel the pain in his voice. Very few songs can capture that level of truth. Doesn't hurt that the best of the beatles is involved! I hurt just listening! Arguably best ever blues song..............😢
I’ve been hooked on Alvin’s guitar work and songs since I first started hearing them about 1973 or so. This tune… so aptly titled IS the Bluest Blues as it brings out waves of emotions every single time I listen. George’s slide solo is hauntingly sad but mellow (melancholy?) and builds the emotion in to the next verses. Alvin’s solo at the end is an absolute sonic and emotional rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, brilliant light and deepest darks, screams and wails that tear at your gut until it leaves you a mess holding your head in hands at the end…. Wishing that there was more! Absolutely brilliant. You must listen through headphones or earbuds to feel the deepest emotions. It’s shocking.
@@barbhansen1378 thanks, i would have guessed earlier.not sure when he left ten years after.he wanted to take the band to blues but the band didnt want to so he left.good song with good guitar playing
RIP Alvin Lee. One of the greates Songs in the world of Blues and Rock. I'm so happy to grown up in these times and being young. Now i'm an old man over sixty, but to hear the music and those bands of the 70' and early 80' hold me young. Thanks Alvin and the other great bands
@@peterwebb2542 Good on ya Peter..I'm 64 and just over cancer...picked up the guitar a month before being diagnosed...just learning this song...struggling on the barre chords..working on it.
This puts me in another dimension. Midway through, the guitar work is mesmerizing. Yeah, the wine helps, too, but even without, it is the essence of blues. Thank you, Alvin Lee and George Harrison...somewhere in the great beyond.
ME too, know what you mean by another dimension. The last guitar riff is unbelievable. Never fails to mesmerise me every time - its a spritual experinece. I know every note foreground and background. The greatest riff of all time
First time I hear this song, extraordinay solo and melody. Thank to all these extraodinary musicians for this outstanding musical experience. Thanks Alvin for gathering these guys to play together.
I was lucky to see Alvin and Ten Years After in the 70s at Winterland, San Francisco.. The sidewalk would rumble as you walked closer and closer to the venue.. WOW, Thank you alvin... AKA Captian Speedy Fingers. Still miss you.
This is no exaggeration. I've listened to this song every day for 4 years. It's the most moving guitar solo I've ever heard. The song was written by the great Ray Charles. Amazing!!
@@williamcassidy3824 I believe that I was wrong. I looked it up and the only credit given for the song are to Alvin Lee. So I guess Ray Charles didn't write it after all.
This song is one of the greatest blues songs ever written. The lyrics and the guitar work are amazing, but I wouldn’t recommend it to a person going through a heartbreak. The sadness in the lyrics is too much to handle, for someone going through something like that. The tears will not stop flowing.
I went through a very rough breakup about 4 years ago, and this song (among others) did a lot to help me through it. Sometimes those tears need to flow for the hurt to start to heal... The song is absolutely beautiful and it has a special meaning to me, in a good way today.
No kidN! It makes me cry & I haven't been heartbroken N looseN a love relationship 4 many years. But if U have been there once, well, ya get over it but U don't ever 4get how deep it hurts! Alvin Lee is my hero!
I agree, they are in my list of favorite musicians in my life. Truly incredible, always,I love both their solos on this song. Great alvin Lee and why he's not in the hall of fame I'll never understand
Alvin and George left us like a shooting star in the night leaving behind a trace that is about a million miles. I guess God wants the best for him and leaving us with memories. RIP Alvin and George.
Absolutely in love with this song, 1 of my favourites. Everything about it; the vocals, the guitar solos, lyrics, emotion and everything is just perfection ❤
Greatest guitar solo ever from George Harrison - FANTASTIC - followed by a super-excellent Alvin workout. It came on the radio as I was driving through Walton-on-Thames in I think '93 after it came out and I had to stop the car - a magic moment.
So much great talent from England back then that Alvin almost slides under the radar but in every way he was a giant. Blues to the max and pure talent.
i was 16 in 1969/70, had a 8 track tape,but didnt realize how damm good this band was, memories, i dont feel any music of today comes close to music back then,
The most perfect blues ever written in the universe !!!! RIP Mr Alvin LEE, you were one of the best guitarist in this world and RIP Mr Georges Harrison and thank you for the slide guitar part !!!
When I listen to this it hits home so much. Lost my better half 1 1/2 years ago and I still see and hear him everyday. Such a great husband for 46 years. Music was so important to us!
JM.😇 On this day of OUR LORD 11-13 2021 I wish you peace. Can't get better than this epic. TINSLEY ELLIS "IN FROM THE COLD" &&&&&&&& GARY MOORE "I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW" &&&&&- STARSHIP "MIRACLES" help me 'get away' as much as "THE BLUEST BLUES" AMEN & PEACE
For the record Yes this is Alvin Lee playing the lead. George Harrison plays the slide guitar section, and for me GH was probably the most technically proficient of the Beatles. He farmed out solos and other attention getting sections of work to others, but he is regarded by artists as the best note for note and was dedicated to showing others what they had to offer. GH was humble and a craftsman. This song is proof that he was adored by other artists and was amazing at his craft.
I’ve always loved Alvin’s “Love to Change the World” since I was a kid in the 60s. That song is epic, and the Bluest Blues simply stated is: GENIUS ❤️❤️❤️
Eisblume....... Wir schauen in die Nacht, ins Angesicht.? Der Schneit, der uns von der bleichheit, ins Angesicht scheint. Und er schaut in die Nacht dessen angesicht erscheint. So erscheint ein Engel, im angesicht einer Eisblumen, in der Nacht. Denn wir sind eisblumen in der Nacht. Die bleichheit die es uns angetan hat. Denn wir kleiden uns in traurigkeit. Der Tag er hebt sich, eilig aus der Stadt. Der Morgen wankt, wie kleide uns in einer Eisblumen. Denn wir sind eisblumen, aus tausenden kristallen aus der Morgenstunden. Wir sind eisblumen, und sehen warge in der Tag. Denn wir sind eisblumen, in der Nacht. Wir sind eisblumen.???????
Ah I'd love to change the world definitely changed mine. A child of a musician but not touched by his genre. Alvin introduced me to a lifelong love of rock and roll. The blues in particular became and still is the genre that touches my inner most core. Without that artist who knows if I would have that therapeutic blessing called the blues. Thank Alvin. You did change my world.
I've seen him several times an never disappoints. Smoked a bud with him at the LA Forum...He lit the place on fire that night! Another great show was in Honolulu at the HIC...So many shows! Can we go back now?
@@bluestriad I was living in Indiana working on a neighboring farm and they had a college age son. It was probably around 70-71. I was 14 and we'd smoke pot together and he played Ten Years After Crickelwood Green album. First time I'd really gotten into Alvin. I'd heard the Woodstock performance earlier and was hooked.
I had that experience once, though different artists. Went to see Eric Clapton, Graham Parker opened. Having seen EC before, I knew he couldn't touch that, so I left before he came on.
Well I have been a fan of Alvin Lee from his beginnings with his group Ten Years After but sincerely this is one of his best guitar solo of all of his career. A great gift for all of us and with the inclusion of Mr. George Harrison was a great compliment. Both in heaven and here in Earth remembered as the greatest...Rest proudly in peace.
@@bobrat About the same time my brother was getting out as well! I haven’t heard FTA in a very long time. Fun,Travel,Adventure! Ok, that’s not what it really meant.
Alvin was never underrated.Under appreciate ,and misunderstood like many.But never under rated.I knew Alvin and miss the man.The music lives on.RIP mate!
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I'm 79, and still my heart becomes stronger listening to this song .... Go!!!
ditto man, @ 76 !
only 59, but I hear you loud and clear.
/@@joeb8162
I'm now 71 years old, and ""My arm hair is standing on end listening to this music."
I totally agree.. 💙
This is the very last song me and my dad listened too before he passed away in 2021 it’s a variable of emotions that hit me when I hear it. As I sat there listening to it with him I began to ball he turned to me and said it’s ok son I understand know I am proud of you thank you for being my son “he was my stepdad” the next morning he was gone RIP old man
So sorry for your loss. It's a great tune to remind you of your dad.
Very sorry, but there are streets of gold for him now. Take good care of yourself, dad would want that and live😊to do the right thing daily.
Such a beautiful song and what true words. Just wow !!! Bluest Blue 😢
He's waiting for you in heaven brother
The song & you're statement brought tears from my eyes. I love what you & you're had. Tnks 4 sharing.✌
Give me the chill everytime. One of the greatest song ever made. It's only my opinion. Are you with me.
Yes i am overwhelmed too...
Ok.very
Yes, one of the greatest songs by one of the greatest guitarest to ever live!
Im feeling the same
Breaks the heart & soul..if this song doesn't make you cry then you're made of stone. The lyrics, vocal & that guitar SOLO just cut through to your soul.!!!
This is the greatest song ive ever heard! Im 23 and my generation unfortunately dont know REAL music, but this right here.. i dont see how anyone couldnt enjoy this, i feel this song deep in my soul. Alvin Lee is so talented, i would have loved to see this live.
Playing Live at the Drunken Poet Melbourne Nov 21st this song what a gem.
Madison, Thank you for recognizing true artistry.He is a guitar virtuoso.
🤘❤️
Madison, is this a gal or guy?😊
@@thomaspercival7702 who me? I'm a girl, if you're asking me who alvin is a male.
I am 65 takes me back when I was 35. Love this song. Hug your loved ones daily
I'm turning 66 years young and love n hug you're love ones..Greetings from Wyoming ✌👍🇺🇸..Peace out brother.
@@davidgarcia-jk6nt Love Your "Hug Your Loved Ones Daily" line,,,
Yes and tell them to you love them don't be the first to let that hug go . 60s group 67 here
Guitar playing at its finest.
RIP Alvin & George.
Harrison was without a doubt something that the rolling stones did not know, quiet, calm and explosive on the guitar. The humility of a musician.
❤DON'T FORGET PRINCE TOO ❤
First heard of Alvin Lee in grade 7 mid 70s touted as the fastest guitarist alive. I've heard numerous pcs of his work and every single one rips thru me as this one does... goose bumps shivers ND a warming to the soul ❤
Om
I'm 65, yesterday. And I'm grateful to have lived thru the era of some of the finest Rock music the world is ever likely to hear. Rock On!
really great, also listen to John mail with gary more and Buddy Whittington with so many roads Montreux Jazz Festival 2008. really fantastic, and I'm 69 and also a fan
67 years young...and still rocks me to the bones!!!
lots of 67 yy's on the comments : if u were born in 1957 : u rock ! ( we have the best taste : ladies please note : ) .
@@jeremydow1432I was born in 58 and I rock lol😅
ALVIN LEE was very underrated across the world as a guitarist but when you listen to this song and other's he's done in the past it blows my mind how he wasn't more FAMOUS, well overlooked.
you know sooooo much . How was he rated in Kenia ?
No one plays music like this anymore. I am pleased to see so many positive comments. I am not alone. You are all amazing, kindred spirits.
There is Alvin the best🎸
witaj pokrewny duchu ,posłuchj nowej gwiazdy wielkiego talentu Taj Farrant on rozumie muzykę jak nikt
Me too. I love it, when we comment a peace all together , form every country, everybody with our experience, love for Music, opinions, infos, s.t. heavily discussing, often agreeing. Love U so much, all of U...in our times I feel
@@silviapistone1794 Cheers!
@@alanwilson5442 skool! Salute! Zum Wohl!😅😅🙃🙂😉
The slide guitar blows me away!!
Damn it sounds So Good. This slide is weeping!!? So powerful!! Harrison was the BEST!!
I'm 77 and still listening to the blues. This guy was great. Saw him with Clapton in Houston
Soon to be 73 here. Saw him at the Second Atlanta Pop Festival in Byron, Ga.
@john WALSH I just love to listen to this. 🧝♂🤰
Lucky man !!
WOW
Lucky u. Bet it was great
This song is a masterpiece.
Indeed
It took you so so long to notice that. But anyways. Better late than Never.
I Agree
Элвин Лии один их великих гитаристов в мире . Жаль что так рано ушёл.
It's one piece, from a Guitar Master
My lord how music has changed over the years Think I will stay right back here with these guys✌️👌😎
I do think so. Maybe we would be on the same platform by chance some other day.
Great sad but the best
Ditto
Know it!
Gives me chills
Fabulous Fabulous Fabulous
From the first time I heard it a week ago, I was addicted to it like a drug. It's music without any mistakes, really. This is an icon of the blues world. ❤❤❤❤
Yes I just heard it recently too.
It's definitely one of the best blues ballads I have ever heard. Harrison's slide guitar is perfection. It was nice to see Alvin Lee tone it down a bit, but I do love his fast fingers.
I have listened it for the first time about 3 months ago, and became one of my favorite guitar solos and every time I put it on, I hear something new
Indeed it is.
Every Alvin concert I went to was great, the Honolulu show was OUTSTANDING. The next day he was walking down the beach in Makaha with his girlfriend, and I told him he rocked my world....One of the best ever!
Really
George Harrison slide guitar is the best I’ve ever heard from him! Thanks Alvin for letting him play on this track! Alvin’s guitar playing was never appreciated back in the day and present! Rest In peace Alvin and George 🎸
I'm 67 and still rocking the blues, for ever...
I'm 72 so you can't buy these blues.....lol. I've been playing all day trying to get that track down. I'm locked in....
@@bluestriad : Bass?
ditto brother.
@@jeffreyp1957 ...as well
Me too....from Argentina!!!
No matter how many times I hear this song it always brings a tear to my eye 😢 this has to be one of my all time favourite songs ❤️ ♥️
Agree
Who knew George could shred like that?❤
"It's the bluest blues..when you can't find your way home"....The lyrics say it all...a heart broken by love...that's why this song tears me up inside. Growing old alone...
@@kenneththompson8933
As am I. I lost my husband of 43 years in 2019. So now I’m an old lady with a chihuahua living on a 60 acre farm 😊
:yep! actually I want to be played on my funeral ;-) but I will never to be able to get it :-(
Every time I hear this (just about daily) George's slide solo brings five words to mind - "while my guitar gently weeps" - and with that short piece of playing he hit the pinnacle of his long career.
it was Clapton.
@davidroberttaylor57 Yes it was but Harrison knew Clapton would get him that sound.
Yes, I can't believe I've heard this song just a couple of weeks ago. I rushed and ordered this album online and it is a masterpiece of good songs by Alvin Lee.
Alvin Lee has a very unique style of guitar playing. One of the greatest guitarists of all time for me.
R.l.P Alvin Lee most underrated guitar player ever .
timeless and nostalgic times ... ❤
He is rated properly by myself. More than enough for me.
I can’t imagine Any one under rating Alvin Lee . He simple did not get the exposure he could have . There is a huge difference . One would have to be a moron to diss him for any reason .
People use to often the term “underrated” maybe because they’re not acquainted with the artist
….to proov this have a brief look at the lp „Undead - Live at ClocksCleek - from the late sixties…ways before they became wellknown as TYA.
A true art that doesn't need few likes or bunch or Ret....d follower or even room of grammies, just a drop of two honest tears w'll do. Such music should be a testament to today's (& next) spoiled, lost and fu...ed up generation if they ever really want to hear what real music should sound like.? RIP Alvin & George🤘
First time I've heard this song and Alvin Lee and it hit me hard...I will add this song and Alvin Lee to my collection of Joe B., Robin T., Eric Clapton, Stevie R, B B King just to mention a few. I'm 70 and I've felt this Bluest Blue...more than once, for many reasons. Vietnam,
Lost loves gone bad, younger brothers and parents gone to soon.
Still...I'm going to listen to it again, wipe my tears away and enjoy the purity of the lyrics, the music and cleanse my heart. Live, Love, Laugh life goes on.
Never, never quit or give up.
Love to all..❤
Right on Marvin I'm right there with you
Marvin, I really share your sentiments. Robin Trower, Clapton, J.J.Cale, and of course the greatest S.R.V. (who shares my b-day, but left us too soon) are some of my idols. Yes, never give up! And that's hard sometimes. Love to you all!
I’m 71 and can relate to you. We have to just keeping on. Love you
God bless you brother for protecting our America ! Alvin Lee was definitely one of the greats and I was saddened by finding out about his passing. I used to have lots of Ten Years After, and many others who will go down in history as awesome musicians and I will continue to listen to and admire them all the days I have left on this earth. I am 66 and Thank You for your service !
Tears
I thought I was the only person in this world who stille loved that great old music from the great days!
I'm 67 now but still playing the old musiciens, RORY GALLAGHER, Roy Buchanan,Alvin Lee, led Zep, JJ Cale and so many, many more! Stille makes
my tears role. IT'S all over, was such a wonderfull time, but much to short!!! Nowadays there's not much left. Sorry that's how I feel, sadness, pain and many tears. Stay faithfull to our music! Love you all!!!
All my love from Amsterdam, Aristhea
Don´t worry about it.
@@LeglampConnectionhallo my Friends, I "do" worry, KEEP thinking about those great days, when we where still young and happy! When the music was "music". Thank God we have new very good miliciens!!! TAB BENOIT, SONNY LANDRETH and more. Love from Amsterdam
no u r not
Hey, I totally understand what you are feeling. This is coming from Northern Ontario Canada. I hate to say this but I turned 68. Just wondering where the years disappeared. Worked my whole life since I was 18 on the railroad. Raised 3 children, they have their own lives now and here I am, sitting in the dark listening to music that I grew up on from the '60's and early 70's. Oh well, if the answers not at the bottom of this bottle, maybe the next one.
Rory is one of the best.
Still get goosebumps when his solo starts. Miss you Alvin
I never get tired of hearing this great Song !! 😊😊😊😊
Amazing!!! Every single time I hear it. One of my all time favorite blues songs. Alvin Lee and George Harrison created a masterpiece with this recording.
Speechless, this song still gives me goosebumps. Graham Alvin Barnes was one of the mostrar underrated singers to be gone so soon, just like Gary Moore.
agree
Right on both counts.
Indeed
Outstanding groove! Remindes me of a mix of Warren Haynes and Stevie ray Vaughn with A hint of bb king. Love this tune. Makes me relax with a glass of bourbon 🥃.....
Fully agree. But at the risk of being a pedant, Alvin's real middle name was Anthony.
George Harrison’s slide guitar is beautiful. Such an underrated player.
Very true beautiful
Really a masterpiece !
Beautiful tones.
That's George !?!
No
Certainly one of the best blues players ever. A lot of fantastic tunes from this man. We miss you Alvin.
One of the greatest blues riffs I have ever had the pleasure to listen to thanks Alvin
I'm 65 and in my opinion Alvin was one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
I miss this dude and his music. Like so many others we’ve lost. I’m 70. Still hanging and rocking. FOREVER
Him and Jimi are two of the best
He and Gary Moore
I'm 52 . Seen many of the greats. Stevie Ray Vaughn , Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page ect. Alvin is right there with them.
What about Joe Bonamassa?
The best blues song ever written for me.He is telling a story with his guitar!Fabulous!
I AGREE STILL 🎶LISTENING 5/25/22 IM A LONG TIME ALVIN LEE PLAYING// JUST AWESOME EPIC STORY/ 🎵🎶
Damn straight👍👊💯🎶
He makes it cry, astonishing guitar skills.
Hallo
Did the know that
George Harrison played the
Slide Gitarre, not Alvin Lee, I
had written this information on
This side...
Yoursincely from Renate Hörmann Vienna /Europa
Absolutely!!!!
😢very emotional song 🎵 ❤
Can't believe i just heard this for the first time today. Fantastic. What a beautiful song with some of the most beautiful guitar playing ive ever heard.
Me too..just moving thru..think will stay awhile..🇨🇦
Still haven't found a better BLUES song than this! So beautiful! RIP Alvin Lee!
I’m 70 and I can play this blue over and over. Love Alvin Lee ( RIP). ☮️&💟 for everybody 🌸
I am 73 and remember when and where I was when I first heard this great song. Ten Years after was also a great band, he led
I'm 67 years old....saw him and Eric Burden in Dallas at the Deep Ellum Blues. One of the best shows I've seen.
Wow, 10 years After and he comes out with this. So under estimated, what a musician, RIP Alvin, your music lives on with me.
On the days where I'm at my lowest, those 7½ minutes offer me a temporary escape from reality like no other song will. God bless Alvin Lee for this masterpiece
I'm in 20's & recently discovered Alvin Lee. Was awestruck. Another listener recommended this masterpiece. I'm mesmerized. ❤
Other great blues guitarists.
( Alvin Lee is my favorite )
Mick Taylor
Jeff Beck
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Buddy Guy
Mato Nanji
Robert Cray
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
George Thorogood
Steve Miller
Jonny Lang
B.B. King
Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker
Johnny Winter
Robin Trower
George Harrison
Eric Clapton
Jimmie Vaughn
Chuck Berry
Don't miss all of his work with Ten Years After.
@@threeg6966 and gary moore
Hope there will be more from your generation to wake up and listen good music and the world will be a better place again musically. Keep it up.
BTW , George Harrison does the slide guitar solo, and Alvin does the outro solo.
dieser blaueste Blues wirkt absolut harmonisch und melancholich schwebend in Sehnsucht, den song noch einmal zu fühlen
One of the best blues songs I have ever heard. Listen to it just about every time I bring my music up.
Alvin was ahead of his time. Such heart.💗💗💗
This song painting a colours of soul....🎼❤️
One of the best solo everrrrrr
Still gives me goosebumps 50 years later !
To me too!
Alvin one and Only I love the Guy Quigg Heke
I am 28 and Listen to the Blues, the new generation doesn't know what they're missing out on.
Somebody on Facebook posted this song recently. The song blew me away. I ran out and bought the CD, Alvin Lee's greatest hits. It's a two CD set and it's fantastic.
The guitars scream out the blues and match the intensity of the lyrics. Love this song...
65 yrs young former marine and love the blues.this song captures the essence and then some. I play my c harmonica daily. Fucking awesome. I can't fathom anyone with a good heart not embracing this masterpiece!!
😊
I can't agree with you more, and I believe most of us hard working guys have lived this song.
One of the best songs yet
The absolute Blues guitar king!
With a great assist from slide guitar Master George Harrison.
Oh, this is so beautiful it makes me cry. Alvin & George, Rest In Peace.
This song is a song of profound PAIN
Makes me cry too.
@@carolynhinton3353 Dry your eyes and rejoice in the music.
@@colinl9018 Think you.. I will.
Hi Ann. We are all together on this planet!.
Back in the day Alvin could cram as many notes into a bar of music and shred with the best of em . Here he slows it down and lets it flow . Well done Alvin Lee !
You can hear the gut wrenching in every note, the depth of the blues in this song is unfathomable. Just like the great void of a broken heart
This is such a deep song. It is Heartfelt. RIP The greatest blues song Ever..
Honestly, I think this is one of the best songs ever made
Me too
@@pamelagibson8920 Yep
Yep.
The best
I doubt many people have ever heard George on the slide..... Takes my breath away listening to him play. May He Rest In Peace Forever!!!!!! Not to take away from Alvin. Loved Ten Years After!!!!!
My son plays like George on a lap steel. ruclips.net/video/7AmV8W2Dj9o/видео.html
Again, I'm taken to a place that is beyond description. I can literally feel the pain in his voice. Very few songs can capture that level of truth. Doesn't hurt that the best of the beatles is involved! I hurt just listening! Arguably best ever blues song..............😢
The best of the Beatles??
I’ve been hooked on Alvin’s guitar work and songs since I first started hearing them about 1973 or so. This tune… so aptly titled IS the Bluest Blues as it brings out waves of emotions every single time I listen. George’s slide solo is hauntingly sad but mellow (melancholy?) and builds the emotion in to the next verses. Alvin’s solo at the end is an absolute sonic and emotional rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, brilliant light and deepest darks, screams and wails that tear at your gut until it leaves you a mess holding your head in hands at the end…. Wishing that there was more! Absolutely brilliant. You must listen through headphones or earbuds to feel the deepest emotions. It’s shocking.
great comment!!
I don't listen to the radio anymore,I search the internet,and find awesome music like this, really touches the soul.
Hi David...please check out all my songs on reverberation/Lenny Luzitano......enjoy...
i am 65.dont care for todays bands,i use youtube for everything from my younger years.when did this song come out ? first time i heard it
Commercial radio sucks.
ray carter 1993
@@barbhansen1378 thanks, i would have guessed earlier.not sure when he left ten years after.he wanted to take the band to blues but the band didnt want to so he left.good song with good guitar playing
I miss my little girl SO much. She died two years ago at age 12 and I cry EVERY DAY! Daddy loves you Roxie!
James Ryan damn I’m sorry bro
May light be with her... I understand your pain.. we will all go to the same place one day. 🙏 I send you warm wishes
She's here. You can hear her in this music, can't you?
Jimmy brother I lost my wife and my son - all you can do is keep walkin with your head down - God keep you in his hand my brother.
So sorry for your lost, theres no words...try to carry on. Bless you
RIP Alvin Lee. One of the greates Songs in the world of Blues and Rock. I'm so happy to grown up in these times and being young. Now i'm an old man over sixty, but to hear the music and those bands of the 70' and early 80' hold me young. Thanks Alvin and the other great bands
I love me some Alvin, and George, this was my era I never get tired of it! I pity the young people of today, not knowing what music is supposed to be!
Yes I agree one hundred percent I’ll always love the real music it is a shame how many young people never heard real music and singing!
The young are losing out on this music
I do too. So sad 😞
@@grangrampa832 And they will never know either....
I'm 64 years old and I've never had the pleasure of hearing this? Amazing and yeah it's great.
I'm 78 and always been a fan of Alvin's.Love this number.Play along regularly with it.Stil singing and playing lead guitar in a band.
@@peterwebb2542 ......, You GO Peter! 😁
@@peterwebb2542 Good on ya Peter..I'm 64 and just over cancer...picked up the guitar a month before being diagnosed...just learning this song...struggling on the barre chords..working on it.
The same happened to me. I never heard this beautiful song.
Yeh, first time for me….brilliant piece of music👍🇦🇺🎸
Without a doubt, one of the greatest blues songs ever...one of the greatest songs period.
❤💯 I was hooked on Alvin's playing the first time I heard him in 1968, there will never be another Alvin Lee!
Wish I had known him back in 68. Man what a "VERY FINE " Dude.
Not know when I got to listen to Alwyn. But it was like an accident. Since then, it keeps coming and I love to listen.
@Julie The Fillmore in San Francisco TYA sold out 4 nights,
@@vwccrline Was blessed to see TYA in 1971. Unforgettable.
This puts me in another dimension. Midway through, the guitar work is mesmerizing. Yeah, the wine helps, too, but even without, it is the essence of blues. Thank you, Alvin Lee and George Harrison...somewhere in the great beyond.
@Lucille One of These Days TYA
ME too, know what you mean by another dimension. The last guitar riff is unbelievable. Never fails to mesmerise me every time - its a spritual experinece. I know every note foreground and background. The greatest riff of all time
:-)
Agree with the "another dimension" stuff, this song is great.
I totally agree 🥰
Exceptional slide from George Harrison Alvin Lee one of the best ever he didn't get the recognition he deserved
I don't know how many times I listen to this but it always reaches in side GREAT slide by George and guitars by Alivin this was a magic recording
First time I hear this song, extraordinay solo and melody. Thank to all these extraodinary musicians for this outstanding musical experience. Thanks Alvin for gathering these guys to play together.
George Harrison on slide....'honorable mention'
very well put!
Tis good to appreciate.
I was lucky to see Alvin and Ten Years After in the 70s at Winterland, San Francisco.. The sidewalk would rumble as you walked closer and closer to the venue.. WOW, Thank you alvin... AKA Captian Speedy Fingers. Still miss you.
This is no exaggeration. I've listened to this song every day for 4 years. It's the most moving guitar solo I've ever heard. The song was written by the great Ray Charles. Amazing!!
I was told it was written by Ray Charles but that doesn't appear to be true. My bad. I was misinformed.
Didn't know that
@@williamcassidy3824 I believe that I was wrong. I looked it up and the only credit given for the song are to Alvin Lee. So I guess Ray Charles didn't write it after all.
@@curbchurch1714 ok thanks what a great song
Best I've ever heard
One of his best ever songs. Gosh, I really miss Alvin. I never knew I loved you until you went away.
This song is one of the greatest blues songs ever written. The lyrics and the guitar work are amazing, but I wouldn’t recommend it to a person going through a heartbreak. The sadness in the lyrics is too much to handle, for someone going through something like that. The tears will not stop flowing.
I went through a very rough breakup about 4 years ago, and this song (among others) did a lot to help me through it. Sometimes those tears need to flow for the hurt to start to heal... The song is absolutely beautiful and it has a special meaning to me, in a good way today.
No kidN! It makes me cry & I haven't been heartbroken N looseN a love relationship 4 many years. But if U have been there once, well, ya get over it but U don't ever 4get how deep it hurts! Alvin Lee is my hero!
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Read my message on this song. I read yours and still I had to listen...
@@lubosimna450 Yes, God's caress 4 sure...such beautiful music 4 us!
Alvin lee at his best so underrated
I've always loved Alvin Lee for his guitar playing and his voice! George Harrison is also very good, here on slide!
Some of the finest guitar I've ever heard and you can just feel how real it is. So heartfelt.
If it's feel you want, Alvin Lee and George Harrison are your people, perfectly played without overplaying.
I agree, they are in my list of favorite musicians in my life. Truly incredible, always,I love both their solos on this song. Great alvin Lee and why he's not in the hall of fame I'll never understand
Alvin and George left us like a shooting star in the night leaving behind a trace that is about a million miles. I guess God wants the best for him and leaving us with memories. RIP Alvin and George.
Absolutely in love with this song, 1 of my favourites. Everything about it; the vocals, the guitar solos, lyrics, emotion and everything is just perfection ❤
Alvin Lee is one of the most underrated great guitarist
Oh no, Brother! Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix and he where the winner of Woodstock! They started their career.
Only underrated by the uninitiated.
Yep
Greatest guitar solo ever from George Harrison - FANTASTIC - followed by a super-excellent Alvin workout. It came on the radio as I was driving through Walton-on-Thames in I think '93 after it came out and I had to stop the car - a magic moment.
So much great talent from England back then that Alvin almost slides under the radar but in every way he was a giant. Blues to the max and pure talent.
The greatest ax man, blues man. Fitting he is from Nottingham .
Alvin had an epic performance on Woodstock. Santana too but only he got on to stardom. I can't figure why but this business is irrational I guess.
i was 16 in 1969/70, had a 8 track tape,but didnt realize how damm good this band was, memories, i dont feel any music of today comes close to music back then,
I don't care how many times I hear this song; Lee and Harrison's solos just rip my heart out. Epic.
I saw Ten Years After several times. One of the best guitarists ever.
The most perfect blues ever written in the universe !!!! RIP Mr Alvin LEE, you were one of the best guitarist in this world and RIP Mr Georges Harrison and thank you for the slide guitar part !!!
When I listen to this it hits home so much. Lost my better half 1 1/2 years ago and I still see and hear him everyday. Such a great husband for 46 years. Music was so important to us!
Sounds like a wonderful marriage, beautiful that you can still connect through the music.
@@waynethera2712 it must be hard but be happy in that you had that with him for long. many people will never know that connection.
Foyle Butler, you replied to the wrong person. I hope she gets your message.
JM.😇 On this day of OUR LORD
11-13 2021 I wish you peace.
Can't get better than this epic.
TINSLEY ELLIS
"IN FROM THE COLD"
&&&&&&&&
GARY MOORE
"I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW"
&&&&&- STARSHIP
"MIRACLES"
help me 'get away' as much as
"THE BLUEST BLUES"
AMEN & PEACE
It must be so sad for you, but uplifting all the same.
For the record
Yes this is Alvin Lee playing the lead. George Harrison plays the slide guitar section, and for me GH was probably the most technically proficient of the Beatles. He farmed out solos and other attention getting sections of work to others, but he is regarded by artists as the best note for note and was dedicated to showing others what they had to offer. GH was humble and a craftsman. This song is proof that he was adored by other artists and was amazing at his craft.
One of the most marvelous rock quitar players ever
I’ve always loved Alvin’s “Love to Change the World” since I was a kid in the 60s. That song is epic, and the Bluest Blues simply stated is: GENIUS ❤️❤️❤️
Eisblume....... Wir schauen in die Nacht, ins Angesicht.? Der Schneit, der uns von der bleichheit, ins Angesicht scheint. Und er schaut in die Nacht dessen angesicht erscheint. So erscheint ein Engel, im angesicht einer Eisblumen, in der Nacht. Denn wir sind eisblumen in der Nacht. Die bleichheit die es uns angetan hat. Denn wir kleiden uns in traurigkeit. Der Tag er hebt sich, eilig aus der Stadt. Der Morgen wankt, wie kleide uns in einer Eisblumen. Denn wir sind eisblumen, aus tausenden kristallen aus der Morgenstunden. Wir sind eisblumen, und sehen warge in der Tag. Denn wir sind eisblumen, in der Nacht. Wir sind eisblumen.???????
Hi rosie
Ah I'd love to change the world definitely changed mine. A child of a musician but not touched by his genre. Alvin introduced me to a lifelong love of rock and roll. The blues in particular became and still is the genre that touches my inner most core. Without that artist who knows if I would have that therapeutic blessing called the blues. Thank Alvin. You did change my world.
I will never be to old not to listen to this masterpiece!
I saw Alvin live once. He opened for ZZ Top and Journey. I could have went home after his performance. No one else came close.
I've seen him several times an never disappoints. Smoked a bud with him at the LA Forum...He lit the place on fire that night! Another great show was in Honolulu at the HIC...So many shows! Can we go back now?
@@bluestriad I was living in Indiana working on a neighboring farm and they had a college age son. It was probably around 70-71. I was 14 and we'd smoke pot together and he played Ten Years After Crickelwood Green album. First time I'd really gotten into Alvin. I'd heard the Woodstock performance earlier and was hooked.
I had that experience once, though different artists. Went to see Eric Clapton, Graham Parker opened. Having seen EC before, I knew he couldn't touch that, so I left before he came on.
No one comes close.
Well I have been a fan of Alvin Lee from his beginnings with his group Ten Years After but sincerely this is one of his best guitar solo of all of his career. A great gift for all of us and with the inclusion of Mr. George Harrison was a great compliment. Both in heaven and here in Earth remembered as the greatest...Rest proudly in peace.
saw him mant times with ten years after at the old winnipeg arena
RIP Alvin and RIP our beloved Beatle George for his divine slide playing on this.
So divine
Yes that was very special
Superb will still be brilliant one hundred years from now
73 haven’t heard this guy in years just how great and underrated was he
This not just a music, this a soul therapy
YES...
I think everybody has said more than enough
Amen brother
fking bingo!
Well put.
Alvin's best song. He makes his guitar cry. One of the most under rated
@Mark Rymanowski Really? Nice to know. Thanks
How old are you? After Woodstock he was the guitar god No. 2 after J. Hendrix! No. 3 Santana . . .
I like "I'm going home" better but it reminded me of getting out of the Army in 75. FTA!!!
@@bobrat About the same time my brother was getting out as well! I haven’t heard FTA in a very long time. Fun,Travel,Adventure! Ok, that’s not what it really meant.
Alvin was never underrated.Under appreciate ,and misunderstood like many.But never under rated.I knew Alvin and miss the man.The music lives on.RIP mate!
I'm 78 and always loved this music , keep on rocking great Alvin
Awesome song. One of my all-time favorites. George Harrison is magnificent on the slide guitar.
who would of thought......George.. fantastic
George with this silde guitar solo is also The inspiration to Alvin - less 'techincal' solo and more variations of melody and feeling...