I'm 78 years young. Been listening to music since the beginning of the Beatles. This is the first time I've heard this. How could I have missed this ? It's like meeting an old friend that i haven't seen in a long time.
I love Alvin Lee. I drove 60 miles to see him when I was 16. Alone,but not when I got there. Phenomenal performance. You were never alone at a concert back in those days. Im 70 now and still remember it so vividly. He was masterful.
I’m also 70, first concert I saw was Ten Years After at the Denver Coliseum, never had the chance to see Alvin again but very thankful for that evening.
yeaah i feel ya lady i'm 76 and i sure do miss the perceived freedom which we actually had when america was great of yore Led ZEp for $6.50 and allt he music.thank you for being and responding i'm sure we have to be since we're still here and Dylan,Rolling Stoners and all that love the 60s
Totally majestic, this song hits you right in the guts. George's solo is inspiring and flows so easily and then Alvin kick's in and plays a solo that befits this being a total masterclass in writing, singing and guitar playing, it's truly up there with the greatest blues songs, two guys now no longer with us but what a legacy they left us.... My god it's both brilliant and awe-inspiring RIP boy's your likes are sadly missed today..👍👍👍👍👍👍
Simply incredible tear jerking unbelievable absolutely top of the charts for me. I am 66 and absolute addicted to this kind of music. My youngest son (30) has the same music taste as I have. He looks like me (the poor boy😝). When we are discussing music, movies etc he alway tells me he is genuine jealous because he is is convinced growing up in the 60th/70th was awesome. Looking back in time, I don’t disagree with him. 😊
I hope you are just kidding and your son doesn't look like a 66 years old guy. In two weeks I will celebrate my 70th birthday and I have to agree with your son. Growing up in 60th/70th was something special.
When you're a Baby Boomer and growing up with listen to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the 60s it lead the way to heavy times with so much fresh, raw & original. Nothing like the Blues. Loved Santana early 70s, but Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton was more my taste than George Harrison in the 70s. Alvin Lee was always hot too. Seems lots of great guitar sounds in the late 60s but I also loved The Bee Gees too even they weren't Rock n'Roll or Blues...their music made you feel good. ❤❤❤
Alvin elevated the song to the next level when he invited George to add his out-of-this-world solo. The contrast worked beautifully. Two different styles, one masterpiece.
I am from Afghanistan, and when I came to America, my first albums were from the Beatles and Elvis. In my teenage years I devoured everything from the 60's and 70's. When I first heard Alvin Lee play I was blown away. I think he's an underrated guitar player, but one of the best in rock history. 😢
Listen to Lee on Ten Years After's, "I'd Love to Change the World". Incredible lead guitar solo throughout, and he sings the song! (But notice that there's no vocals while the lead guitar solo is played. Go figure.) Check it out, if you haven't already.
An incredible duet and a reminder of what we too often forgot: how intuitive and soulful a guitar player the great composer George Harrison was and how great and underestimated a blues-soul singer the great Woodstock Guitar slinger Alvin Lee was. Perhaps the single greatest post-Woodstock pairing of these Woodstock generation icons. These two played, composed, and worked in great combos ( I saw and heard Harrison playing with a young Robben Ford), and Lee, I feel, felt compelled to duke it out with his generational rivals. But here, Lee and Harrison leave all of that hoo hah -- the weight of their legends, the weight of their fame, the weight of fans' demands, even the long shadows of Lee's and Harrison's shared influences (Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, et al.). and get to the core, the essence of it all. Here Lee forsakes the guitar shootouts and the trepidation of doing right by his mentors, and Harrison leaves his compositional fastidiousness; together they achieve a heart-breaking intimacy , a meditation on loss, awakening, redemption. It is an astonishing performance. And then we realize the utter devastation in the loss of Lee and Harrison:Oh, we always knew they were great. But now we truly realize WHY.
Alvin Lee is one of the most underrated musicians in Rock & Roll, Alvin could play any time of music, Blues, Jazz & of course Rock, Alvin was lighting quick, emotional &so melodic, RIP Mr. Lee & Mr. Harrison 🎸🎵🎸🎶☮️
But how come Ten Years After hardly featured Lee? (Other than, "I'd Love to Change the World"? I'm dumbfounded on this, because, 'Change the World', Lee's guitar was phenomenal. Right up there with Jimmy Page, Clapton, or Hendrix.
Surely the greatest blues Outro solo in the history of music ….by , IMHO the greatest blues white blues player ….all subjective I know but just listen ….
george's solos were always immaculately constructed and contextually perfect imo. Genius😇 but there was one early song of his which he failed to add a solo to... If I needed someone... I have fun occasionally adding my own George_inspired solo! Go on... Try it yourself ;) RIP George 🎸🎶❤️
I first heard Alvin in my local pub back in the 60s after one of the gigs I had a long conversation with him and he was just as interested in what I did for a living as I was about his music. What a great guy and fabulous guitarist and singer.
One of my all time favorites! Seems an unlikely collaboration, but what a masterpiece! Alvin’s BEST solo and George kills it with a sweet slide. Never gets old.
This song is basically a classic Alvin Lee excellent blues solo preceded by a bit of other interesting stuff. Great to hear the contrasting slide solo from George H. Back in t' day Alvin was supposed to be the fastest guitar player in The West. Nobody argued....
Great guy, Alvin. The most emotive of all the rock stars. He wore his heart on his sleeve. He stole the show at Woodstock. Yet, Ten Years After has never been inducted into the RRHOF? I smell a rat.
I am 70 years and also a first time hear for me. Where the heck was I ??? This is magnificent !!!!! So good ! I loved George so much , and my freshman college roomate loved Alvin Lee (me too) .... Thank you for posting this. Maybe you have more to share ? I hope so and thanks again
I saw Alvin Lee in the early ‘80s, at a club in Kenner, Louisiana and I was leaning on the stage. I met him afterwards and he autographed my ticket stub. Phenomenal show!
"I'd Love to Change the World", is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard! I don't understand why Ten Years After didn't do more music with Alvin wiggin' on it!
WTF 😮 I'm 75 and a drummer ,in my youth I shared the stage with a few greats BUT NEVER heard this BEAUTY by 2 of the greatest ! Totally hear who is playing what and when ! I get chills hearing the heart and SOUL in this BEAUTY OF A TUNE ! THANK YOU PETE ! Its BETTER than Christmas morning ! ❤
I’m a big fan of Alvin Lee. His choices, his songs, his struggles to find a place in the record business. An excellent player, but I get another impression of him. A generous and exceptional man. It’s great to hear this collaboration.
I was 10 yards from the stage in Detroit, 1971 when J. Giles Band, Canned Heat and 10 Years After put on an AWESOMELY AMAZING blues night at Cobo Hall.
I saw Ten Years After, Country Joe & The Fish, Buddy Miles, and Frank Zappa on the same bill at the Baltimore Civic Center. Was the late 60's or the early 70's, but I don't recall the year.
Dam*!! This song gives me chills! Never heard it before! George is my favorite Beatle. Alvins voice and musical talent are phenomenal as well. ❤❤ these two together are dynamite!
Too good.... You could tell it was George ...his unique signature there..but a George I've never heard before ...another wonderful string to his bow... Thanks very much to the poster
I'm 78 years young. Been listening to music since the beginning of the Beatles. This is the first time I've heard this. How could I have missed this ? It's like meeting an old friend that i haven't seen in a long time.
Me too knocking on 79. It’s brilliant.
Same here. No music like this today
Well say hello and enjoy the friendship this is a great song best I ever heard him play
The only thing that I can compare it to is "Brother can you spare a dime" with Boz Scaggs and Duane Allman. Both are blue eyed soul..
George Harrison also plays on Alvin Lee's version of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" which was recorded about the same time as "The Bluest Blues".😊
Two greats here. Alvin Lee didn’t receive the recognition he deserved.
George was so great on slide and always overlooked for his tone and emotion on guitar! RIP both of you!
I love Alvin Lee. I drove 60 miles to see him when I was 16. Alone,but not when I got there. Phenomenal performance. You were never alone at a concert back in those days. Im 70 now and still remember it so vividly. He was masterful.
I’m also 70, first concert I saw was Ten Years After at the Denver Coliseum, never had the chance to see Alvin again but very thankful for that evening.
yeaah i feel ya lady i'm 76 and i sure do miss the perceived freedom which we actually had when america was great of yore Led ZEp for $6.50 and allt he music.thank you for being and responding i'm sure we have to be since we're still here and Dylan,Rolling Stoners and all that love the 60s
I used to jam along with this song as a 25 year old kid pretending to know how to play the blues, fourty years later i'm still pretending....
Real?
I'm 65! How did I miss it? Ten Years After stays in my cars jump drive on mp3 since they don't make cars with cd players anymore
I saw Alvin Lee & Ten Years After in concert with Deep Purple in Frankfurt in 1973 . Absolutely a GREAT CONCERT! RIP Alvin Lee & George Harrison.
Alvin Lee's best song. Also one of the best blues song ever.
@@J-Hajj Agree bro ! ✨👍
Totally majestic, this song hits you right in the guts. George's solo is inspiring and flows so easily and then Alvin kick's in and plays a solo that befits this being a total masterclass in writing, singing and guitar playing, it's truly up there with the greatest blues songs, two guys now no longer with us but what a legacy they left us.... My god it's both brilliant and awe-inspiring RIP boy's your likes are sadly missed today..👍👍👍👍👍👍
A hidden gem
You hit the nail on the head majestic is the perfect description.
When and where was it recorded …? when was it released?
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@@johndrowe5281The song was released in 1994 as part of the album titled “I Hear You Rockin’.Was written by alvin lee
Good Job..Zero! Great commentary!!
I’m 73 and from Detroit, I’d thought we heard everything.
Saw Alvin & Ten Years After at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City in the seventies. Alvin Lee is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. RIP
Simply incredible tear jerking unbelievable absolutely top of the charts for me. I am 66 and absolute addicted to this kind of music. My youngest son (30) has the same music taste as I have. He looks like me (the poor boy😝). When we are discussing music, movies etc he alway tells me he is genuine jealous because he is is convinced growing up in the 60th/70th was awesome. Looking back in time, I don’t disagree with him. 😊
I hope you are just kidding and your son doesn't look like a 66 years old guy. In two weeks I will celebrate my 70th birthday and I have to agree with your son. Growing up in 60th/70th was something special.
I share the 60s and 70s with you. Never before and never again.
When you're a Baby Boomer and growing up with listen to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the 60s it lead the way to heavy times with so much fresh, raw & original.
Nothing like the Blues. Loved Santana early 70s, but Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton was more my taste than George Harrison in the 70s. Alvin Lee was always hot too. Seems lots of great guitar sounds in the late 60s but I also loved The Bee Gees too even they weren't Rock n'Roll or Blues...their music made you feel good. ❤❤❤
Alvin & George are both absolutely brilliant on this track.
yep!
Alvin elevated the song to the next level when he invited George to add his out-of-this-world solo. The contrast worked beautifully. Two different styles, one masterpiece.
out-of-this-world is exactly what the blues ain't
Always loved this song. I didn’t know George Harrison played on it. Assumed it was all Alvin Lee. Thanks for posting!!
I saw Alvin Lee live in a hot summer night in Italy when I was a teenager (in the seventies)My God!BLOOD SWEAT and TEARS! RIP guy
I am from Afghanistan, and when I came to America, my first albums were from the Beatles and Elvis. In my teenage years I devoured everything from the 60's and 70's. When I first heard Alvin Lee play I was blown away. I think he's an underrated guitar player, but one of the best in rock history. 😢
Listen to Lee on Ten Years After's, "I'd Love to Change the World". Incredible lead guitar solo throughout, and he sings the song! (But notice that there's no vocals while the lead guitar solo is played. Go figure.) Check it out, if you haven't already.
George played slide on this track, but Alvin is amazing. His perfomance in Woodstock is one of the best along with Joe Cocker.
I don’t know if you ever heard of Gary Moore. But My choice for best guitarist would be Gary Moore.
You go girl. That was a beautiful statement
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It's Jimi Hendrix for the win !
An incredible duet and a reminder of what we too often forgot: how intuitive and soulful a guitar player the great composer George Harrison was and how great and underestimated a blues-soul singer the great Woodstock Guitar slinger Alvin Lee was. Perhaps the single greatest post-Woodstock pairing of these Woodstock generation icons. These two played, composed, and worked in great combos ( I saw and heard Harrison playing with a young Robben Ford), and Lee, I feel, felt compelled to duke it out with his generational rivals. But here, Lee and Harrison leave all of that hoo hah -- the weight of their legends, the weight of their fame, the weight of fans' demands, even the long shadows of Lee's and Harrison's shared influences (Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, et al.). and get to the core, the essence of it all.
Here Lee forsakes the guitar shootouts and the trepidation of doing right by his mentors, and Harrison leaves his compositional fastidiousness; together they achieve a heart-breaking intimacy , a meditation on loss, awakening, redemption. It is an astonishing performance. And then we realize the utter devastation in the loss of Lee and Harrison:Oh, we always knew they were great. But now we truly realize WHY.
but it just doesn't have any balls
@@cenestpas : Votre réponse n'a pas d'intelligence, "n'est-ce pas?"
@@montymason1647 thank you for making my point
@@cenestpas You have neither a "point" nor the "balls" to make one. Congratulations. Stupidity in mind and feebleness in body become you.
One of my favorite Alvin Lee Songs and George Harrison with that slide ! And Alvin never ceases to blow me away with his different styles he plays.
Me too ,,! 💞👍
That was George Harrison's slide? omg!
That was classic GH slide work
I discover more and more George Harrison’s talent.
Love This Song and Georges Solo Was Magnificent as Alvin's second solo as well. I miss them both So Much.
Love this song and had it for many years but I never knew George played on it. Blown away.
You must not be a GH fan because that slide work was classic GH
It's simply magical to hear these two giants of world rock on a recording. I didn't know this beautiful song... BRAVO!!!!
First time hearing this incredible song.
No words for this…never listen before.It’s a total experience.
Alvin Lee is one of the most underrated musicians in Rock & Roll, Alvin could play any time of music, Blues, Jazz & of course Rock, Alvin was lighting quick, emotional &so melodic, RIP Mr. Lee & Mr. Harrison 🎸🎵🎸🎶☮️
Love the music 💙💙 Great Blues 💙🎤🎸💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟⭐️💫
Ten Years After is one of my favorite bands. But this is Alvin Lee’s best song
just amazing song. Cannot stop loving it since it came out but followed Alvin & TYA since I was 14
BEAUTIFUL
I'm 65...How could Inhave missed this???? Thank u Pete Johnson...
Alvin is sorely missed.
They both are 😢
Most awesome guitar solos I've ever heard
Georges guitar can weep and cry ! Perfect for blues
He can play anything
Duane Allman's slide growled. George's wails!
This has to be one of the best tracks of the 20th century.
no mistaking it, that's our George on the gorgeous slide solo !
In the right hands, the blues cuts deep into the soul.
Gary Moore is smiling with this unknown masterpiece and the world of blues is proud of such legendary stars that will remain until the eternity
These two along with many others helped me through endless days and nights serving in Uncle Sam’s Flying Circus in the early 70’s. RIP my brothers.
First time hearing this, I am.blown away, it's brilliant
✌️❤
two of the most haunting Solos I have heard, listened to on a regular basis, sheer class
Didn't know that it was George playing the slide part in this song always liked this song but even like it more now 🎶🎵🎸🙏
I've been listening to this album for 30 years now. Alvin was a master guitarist and Georges slide on this track was epic.
But how come Ten Years After hardly featured Lee? (Other than, "I'd Love to Change the World"? I'm dumbfounded on this, because, 'Change the World', Lee's guitar was phenomenal. Right up there with Jimmy Page, Clapton, or Hendrix.
each one had own style to play,,, alvin`s solo is awesome
Thanks for putting this up. Alvin and George together. Incredible.
That was incredible ------ Thank You
Surely the greatest blues Outro solo in the history of music ….by , IMHO the greatest blues white blues player ….all subjective I know but just listen ….
george's solos were always immaculately constructed and contextually perfect imo. Genius😇
but there was one early song of his which he failed to add a solo to... If I needed someone... I have fun occasionally adding my own George_inspired solo! Go on... Try it yourself ;) RIP George 🎸🎶❤️
Only recently discovered this song. It's now on the playlist on my phone. Love it!
George was one of the best lead guitarists even though he did not think he was.
He was lead guitarist of the beatles and produced most of there riffs
He said he could be pretty good if he practiced. Ha!
Wow! insane guitar by george harrison ,
Yes george was a great guitarist
It's been awhile since I heard this...but it's just as beautiful. Odd how it's not on any of the top classic songs. So good.
I first heard Alvin in my local pub back in the 60s after one of the gigs I had a long conversation with him and he was just as interested in what I did for a living as I was about his music. What a great guy and fabulous guitarist and singer.
One of my all time favorites! Seems an unlikely collaboration, but what a masterpiece! Alvin’s BEST solo and George kills it with a sweet slide. Never gets old.
Actually George Harrison also appeared on one of Alvin Lee's albums (I think it was Peter and the Wolf) under the name of Harry Georgeson...
@@sisaket33 really! Wow, had no idea. A shame most of the good ones are gone. It’s really depressing to hear what people think is good music. 😒
I never heard this before. It’s the best. I have to listen to more Alvin Lee. George is just so smooth and cool. I love his solo too.
This song is basically a classic Alvin Lee excellent blues solo preceded by a bit of other interesting stuff. Great to hear the contrasting slide solo from George H.
Back in t' day Alvin was supposed to be the fastest guitar player in The West. Nobody argued....
Takes a few minutes to get to the point, but when it does it’s fantastic ! Great guitar solos!
What's your hurry man
1440 moments in a day~here are 7+ of the finest
Just beautiful. Cheers
Great guy, Alvin. The most emotive of all the rock stars. He wore his heart on his sleeve. He stole the show at Woodstock. Yet, Ten Years After has never been inducted into the RRHOF? I smell a rat.
Agreed 100 % !!!
I am 70 years and also a first time hear for me. Where the heck was I ??? This is magnificent !!!!! So good ! I loved George so much , and my freshman college roomate loved Alvin Lee (me too) .... Thank you for posting this. Maybe you have more to share ? I hope so and thanks again
Same here. I'm 66. Can't believe this escaped me.
I saw Alvin Lee in the early ‘80s, at a club in Kenner, Louisiana and I was leaning on the stage. I met him afterwards and he autographed my ticket stub. Phenomenal show!
I remember reading they lived nearby each other. And Alvin would often have friends over to jam.
Alvin Lee, still one of the greatest solo blues players, this solo has Alvin written all over it.
"I'd Love to Change the World", is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard! I don't understand why Ten Years After didn't do more music with Alvin wiggin' on it!
Lee is easily right up there with Jimmy Page, Clapton and Hendrix! (From what I've read, those comtemporaries acknowledged as much.)
WTF 😮 I'm 75 and a drummer ,in my youth I shared the stage with a few greats BUT NEVER heard this BEAUTY by 2 of the greatest ! Totally hear who is playing what and when ! I get chills hearing the heart and SOUL in this BEAUTY OF A TUNE ! THANK YOU PETE ! Its BETTER than Christmas morning ! ❤
Amazing collaboration!❤👍
Beautiful tune. Love George and Alvin together. George Harrison loved to play with the greats
Never knew this existed. Big brother turned me into Alvin in about '70.
Great typo or extremely talented brother! X
LOVE LOVE IT AT 66 YEARS YOUNG🌹
The bluest blues indeed.
I’m a big fan of Alvin Lee. His choices, his songs, his struggles to find a place in the record business. An excellent player, but I get another impression of him. A generous and exceptional man. It’s great to hear this collaboration.
There is good there is Better There's great Then There is a Master Alvin Lee Was the Master
I was 10 yards from the stage in Detroit, 1971 when J. Giles Band, Canned Heat and 10 Years After put on an AWESOMELY AMAZING blues night at Cobo Hall.
Wow! What a line-up!
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I saw Ten Years After, Country Joe & The Fish, Buddy Miles, and Frank Zappa on the same bill at the Baltimore Civic Center. Was the late 60's or the early 70's, but I don't recall the year.
Dam*!! This song gives me chills! Never heard it before! George is my favorite Beatle. Alvins voice and musical talent are phenomenal as well. ❤❤ these two together are dynamite!
been listening to this song for decades. First time with George and it rocks!
Wish George had played more blues! He sure had all the ropes!
Too good.... You could tell it was George ...his unique signature there..but a George I've never heard before ...another wonderful string to his bow... Thanks very much to the poster
Listen to George's slide solo on "How Do You Sleep" from John Lennon's Imagine album.
I would never have guessed that they played together, but what a beautiful combination, I feel like I have found a hidden treasure
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Anything George harrin
Tks from an old Detroit rocker from back in the day. We had it all.
& Alvin's voice is also amazing
Stunning.
Doesn't surprise me with these
Two Giants .
Wish there was more.
Great Tune. ❤
Both unbelievable talents! That slide guitar is so good!
George was one of the best slide guitar players made it look easy !
Where the hell did this little bit of blues heaven come from? Excellent and thank you 👍🏻🏴
Very great nice 😊
One of the greatest blues 💙 song ever written or recorded in my 💜 humble opinion absolutely 🌹💕💕❤️❤️💕💙
You might be riight, i love it to!
Incredible !!!✌️
Absolute magic
Wow amazing
I never knew George Harrison collaborated with Alvin Lee. Great track.
Just now heard this song and what a song it is. Added it to my playlist, two fantastic legends. WOW WHAT A GREAT SONG !!!!
Congratulations to Harrison for amazing solo. Great music and contribution of George. Just like Clapton on While my guitar...
This is simply amazing - Thank you!
In a class of it's own ❤and a 👍👌is just not enough....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm going home, by Helicopter! I was 17 years old the first time I saw the Woodstock movie, at the Renfro drive-in in Vancouver, Washington.
I'm 77 years young and since the seventies I do lissen to Blues Music but I did not earlier heard of this. Well done.
Gustosamente sorprendido con esta selección musical; enriquece mi momento, Gracias, 🙏
De juiste vakmensen op de juiste plaats en tijd!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Dang, this is cool. Love to discover the connections in the music matrix.
To think George picked up slide around the end of the Beatles.
Two super people playing the blues so so well , both now sadly gone but what a legacy they have left
Fabuleux crescendo qui vous emmène dans les étoiles.