Alvin Lee - Night of the Guitars - 2

[ellonysman]

oh, and adding to my commment already posted...if you dont like 'em why are you coming here to see him play? huh? why......case closed again! Bazinga!

[ellonysman]

negative people....alvin lee is here on video, why cuz hes cut the grade all these years...we dont see you on video so case closed lol

[htk56]

think you're RIGHT

[TheRoxette80]

Pentatonic monster

[MrMikeCraphone]

ALVIN "SPEEDKING" LEE = CLASS ACT. Any and every great guitarist looks up to him. He is the BEST.

[precisionb]

My Main Man ******Alvin Leeeeeeeeeeeeee

[TwoPointsUp]

Other guitarists are fast too, but most seem like they can't write good songs, something you actually want to hear more than once..not to mention they also can't sing worth shit, unlike Alvin who's has several great ablums under his belt..

[TheCarcharodon63]

This is Dolph Lundgren's father...

[clikityclak]

Paul Kossoff

[soulrebelroots]

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡THE BEST AMONG THE BEST!!!!!!!!!

[Terrible1]

my two influences remain tony iommi and alive lee as is.

[cbxsage]

Alvin invented these licks, everybody else has tried to cover them, but Lee is the original "fastest guitar". A real gunslinger!

[DazedConfused1969]

@cbxsage You serious, clapton invented them in cream and john mayall bluesbreakers, in 1965 and 66, just listen to steppin out cream live and you will see where it all came from

[Mystashyft]

Holy #^%#!!! That was awesome.

[tmcmahen]

check out Sean Lane

[mcpoleck]

Mintha magamat látnám suhanc koromban!!

[coder63]

No words...

[nineteen19candles]

that classic alvin lee lightening lick he's playing at about 2:20 - man, i would love to steal that lick. but i just can't play that fast...

[beerdeddi]

Key change at 4:11!

[gatmasta10]

What is the name of this song ty :D

[aadrianogamino]

Fuckin preatty amazing! Hes one influence por me more than eddie van who? hendrix? page? clapton? etc....

[lou11735]

I saw him 3 times w/Ten Years After in the 70's. He played a magnificent guitar.

[thebird55]

Alvin's always been great (I saw him twice in the seventies), but he must have done some extra homework for this. When I saw him he played more for effect than technique.

[Ozzydethica]

he's pretty fast considering he doesn't really use his pinky finger

[DazedConfused1969]

@Ozzydethica Thats even worse, im a guitarist and the ring finger is easier to shift up down strings than pinky, cause theres less weight, and less time between hitting the strings one after one,

[jks2]

i played a signature once it played very nice and looked exactlye like the original. there are no peace symbols on this one? that's strange.

[talkingwall]

alvin no longer travels with Big Red. It's too fragile and worth way too much money.

[jks2]

hm.. yes i agree with alvin i wouldn't do that either :)

[knowMusicMan]

There were actually 2 "Big Reds" as you call them. He came to Dallas in the early eighties and made a deal with Arnold and Morgan Music. They gave him a new red 335 and he gave away the back-up Red to a young guy in the audience.

[talkingwall]

Wow, I love hearing stories like that. Pretty neat. Thanks for sharing.

[Psychedelicbananas]

Doesn't Alvin Lee look a little German to anyone?

I know he's totally British, but hey - blond hair and leather pants? :)

[talkingwall]

no, it's the clogs. Dutch people are Germanic. (ha ha)

[johnnyrocker1000]

Alvin Lee stay young and be free!!!

[Blatch643]

im quite good on a guitar but theres no fucking way i could do that,

[MattColoris]

good guitarest, crap quality

[trueeasyrider]

This guy can play better than hendrix.

[bernard35]

My goodness Alvin Lee is a master!

[unionjack65]

Again,another video ruined by disgusting comments. Alvin Lee one of the greats.

[hangmanfrombrazil]

I saw this show in Rio de Janeiro!

It was amazing!

[dapoetmaster]

This is the guy that put on one of the greatest if not THE greatest performance at Woodstock...look it up...'Goin Home', Alvin Lee.

[trueeasyrider]

Alvin is the greatest.

[duncanstpt]

He is way too old and fat to be wearing black leather pants. But his guitar playing is acceptable.

[lamecasuelas2]

for fuck sick!!!!

[rigoletto68]

no equal.

[pjotr669]

Listen to the music! What the hell is it worth arguing who´s a shredder or not! Are all the players that one can´t define a shredder,but plays fast within the context of a song anyhow, a slow guitarist, a dull one, or in another way not talented? Shredding is just a word!!! Many guitarists through the history of jazz an´blues an´rock have played fast, but shredding as a definition came, I remember, in the 80´s. So, music first, shredding or not, please! Yeah, I´m a Malmsteen fan, anyway!

[fgildas]

Is there a studio version of this track? does it appear on any album?

[wauggydoggy]

yes the studio album is titled guitar speak came out 1988 has 12 songs all fom diferent artist ronnie montrose steve howe included

[lamecasuelas2]

i think the solo is from i can´t keep from crying sometimes ,put atention

[Kenoman29]

no it really isnt.....its from a song from the old defunct IRS label LP called Guitar Speak.

[dapoetmaster]

Respect for Lee.

[alvinlee10ya]

Wow ! Jammin' , indeed ! I think my fave tunes/songs by Alvin Lee and Ten Years After are "I'm Goin' Home" ( Woodstock Version ) , "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes" ( Isle of Wight 1970 Version )( Jimi Hendrix liked Alvin's rendition of this blues song ) , and "I'd Love To Change The World" from the A Space In Time album .

As far as best shredder ..... my choice is Manitas de Platas ...... FWIW .

I really like Alvin Lee , tho !!

[pokbacsi100]

The term "shredder" wasn't even applied to music until the advent of Metal, and it refers to guitarists who can play Classically inspired lines a la Yngwie and can mix them up with other genres like Ritchie,Django and the others I mentioned have.Sorry,but I am not aware of any of Alvin's pieces being fusions of different genres,so how would he qualify

as a shredder.Because of speed?That alone doesn't define "shredder".Besides there are kids out there who can play faster. Some here on YouTube.

[cageo2207]

Guitar virtuosity is inherently a function of the listener's interpretation to the artist's application. The quality of the sonic product produced by technical speed is purely objective. If the listener deems the piece as a positive sensible experience, the guitarist has succeeded.

[cdresaw]

fuckin classic.....

[pokbacsi100]

That taste is an elusive quality both Django and Ritchie had/have as does Yngwie Malmsteen who really influenced the whole overplaying aspect popular today with umpteen clones, but who himself is an original in that he came up with the overplaying style.Those who would qualify as shredders outside of Metal, would have to be Flamenco/Jazz god Paco DeLucia, Flamenco/Rock god Antonio Baillardo, Gypsy Jazz players like Birelli LaGrenne, Stochello Rosenberg, former Blugrass/Jazz player, Danny

Gatton.

[apanokato]

Slow down there and take a breath. Just as Alvin always gives credit to Django- Ritchie has given credit to Alvin. The Chimera of shredding was reached with ''Help Me'' at the Fillmore East version. Alvin set the bar so high that still nobody has gone over it.

By the way I have never been called a ''hippie generation Alvin fag '' before. Imaginative!

Ritchie is a Legend. But so is Ten Years After!!!!

[pokbacsi100]

So he was not the 1st shredder 'cause that term refers to Metal players who fuse several different genres together and who can play extremely fast. The 1st to do this was Ritchie, and outside of a Metal context one could argue that really the 1st shredder ever was Django Reinhardt way before the Rock era even began, during the Swing Jazz and Bebop eras. What separates the men from the boys though is not just speed,but how tastefully it's applied (melodicism, phrasing, fire, etc.)

[jamesha175]

alvin was the original shredder!

[lamecasuelas]

es un dios!

[lubrikant]

Alvin Lee is the greatest!!!!

[coldsnout]

I was in high school when this guy hit the US. He's the first thrash guitarist and we Americans just didn't know what to do. I'd just outgrown the Ventures, and was kind of into the Stones. Then Blue Cheer, Mountain, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Great bands... BUT WHEN Alvin Lee arrived, everything changed...

[dapoetmaster]

Lee's tone is like crystals hitting rocks, clear & sharp at all times.....just an incredible guitarist.........much under-rated by the general media.....

[ranmore20002000]

Eddie Van Who? Hendrix? Page? Clapton? Townsend? Buckingham? All GREAT! Some even God! (i've seen them all live except Hendrix)But the best and quickest, and cleanest has to be ALVIN LEE!!!

[coopster555]

Eddie can keep up, the rest....no! Alot of eighties guitarist can keep up too, but Alvin to me was the first true speed shredder!!

[penescus]

in the 70's Alvin Lee has been declared the faster quitarist in the world by New Musical Express.....big true !

[notafraidoffuture]

@ranmore20002000 In his time yes he was but by todays standards he's pretty ordinary. I can probably name 10 quicker and cleaner. Its a matter of taste and he was very good.

[apanokato]

@notafraidoffuture You are NOT serious.... right? Name these 10 ok even 5?!

[notafraidoffuture]

@apanokato 1. Paul Gilbert, 2, Shawn Lane, 3 MAB, 4 John Petrucci, 5 Jeff Loomis 6 Jason Becker 7 Nuno Bettencourt 8 Buckethead 9 Steve Vai 10 Rusty cooley... you want 10 more?

[apanokato]

@notafraidoffuture I am sorry. I simply can not concur. Perhaps, it is a generation schism.

[notafraidoffuture]

@apanokato I'm 55 years old so I cut my teeth on Alvin's music. I worshipped him when I was a teenager.  I saw him in Dallas and it was one of the best concerts I ever went to. I play guitar. I appreciate all types of guitarists. I believe the criteria you mentioned was "quickest and cleanest". Given that, I mentioned a few that I believe rival or surpass him as "quickest and cleanest". I'll leave it at that.

[swingmanu]

@notafraidoffuture I have seen dozens of guitarists who can play faster, cleaner, but does it even matter? They all have good times and bad times... AND SO DO WE!

[markm201]

@ranmore20002000  amen brother alvin rules

[soulrebelroots]

@ranmore20002000 yeah brother

no doubt that if

[ottowes]

He'd love to change the world!

[vitovitale]

To really get more of an understanding about Alvin, I advise you try and listen to the first 2 TYA abums especially Undead - recorded live.. which includes a very different version of I'm Going Home.. Some players have a feel and sound that captivate.. Alvin has had it but also at times strayed in areas where he is not that unique.. a great player no matter how you look at it.

[voodoochild312]

does he have a kahler on that?

[depper]

Alvin Lee AND Leslie West on the same bill and on the same stage (on several songs) means I needs a ticket to the first row!! ;) It also means this concert will forever be CLASSIC.

[DFondy]

is there a studio version of this track? does it appear on any album? i love it but the quality doesnt do it justice.

[JohnStoebner]

This version appears on the "Night of The Guitar" live CD. There may also be studio version of this song "No Limit" on one of the GuitarSpeak CDs.

[ForYeGo]

I have the Cd album, which does sound much better, and you just might get it if you give me your email at my account.

[captaingrice]

Oh man, I remember watching this on tape over and over again. I'm 26 now, so seeing this as a nipper (what year was it?) was amazing! I also remember being gutted as we recorded it on betamax, so when VHS came along I couldn't watch it anymore. This is the first time I've seen this in all those year.

Thanks for the memories!

[lvsummer]

Damn, when Steve Howe introduces you, that says something!

[p426r]

Yup, still one of the true greats. In his sixties, and plays like this...holy crap!!

[peteq1972]

i`m not sure your find anyone on youtube doing a cover of this in their bedroom lol.

[peteq1972]

I LOVE this tune!!!!!!!!!!1

[grotsza]

WoW... The bluest Bluest... so damn good song... this one rocks makes me feel like I wanna raise my hands and sream Hell Yeah!

doebladidblaaaayah yah yah

[Iamstardust]

I would like to pose the eternal question, albert or alvin lee?

I'm with Albert Lee...

no offence to alvin.

[vailati]

dude, how is this song called ?

[edizkan]

The song is called: No Limit.

[ppiaseck]

One of the best I have ever seen, keep on rocking!

[sideburns1974]

This is why i called my youngest son Alvin.

[barnaclephil]

Goes to show you....wine ripens with age...The Master still gets better..that tune rivals any song by Eric Johnson (no slight..he is great too) any Clapton solo and even Santana...(whose passion is unequaled as well)....Rock on Alvin...play It's Getting Harder...soon LIVE on VIDEO...please..

[ifucuda]

Still pretty good..."Even after the last 40 years!"....Ya Think!

[thesizeofthefight]

does anyone know what the name of this song is?

it's great!!

[buuye]

this is the first time i hear of ten years after and lee.man what a artist

[DillRoadie2]

Bought the album 15yrs ago wot a privalidge to see the fastest man in the west play my favorite tracks of his

[rockout118]

Amazing. One of the greatest guitarists of all time.

[gorgiak]

one of his best live tracks....

[Stoneytone1]

Yeah thats what Im talking about, you can keep you Paganini apeggio riffin shit gimme some Alvin Lee ;)

[CDJOHNNY]

Simply the best rock guitarist ever !

[HarmonicMinorJ]

Wow that was fantastic man