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ALVIN LEE NEWS & UPDATES Live 2012 28th May 2012, Ribs & Blues, Raalte, The Netherlands. Visit Festival Website for more information  LIVE! 2011 16th. July - Genova Guitar Festival - Genova Italy Tickets available online here 13th Aug - Dolina Charlotty / Poland. Tickets for sale here
ALVIN LEE LIVE - 2010 25th September, Budapest (Hungary) Petofi Csarnok http://www.broadwayjegyiroda.hu/event.php?eid=1906
17th July, Stuttgart (Germany) Mercedes Benz Museum,Open Air Stage click here for photos click here for video Fri 29th May 2009 Show time 22.45 Douro Blues Festival, Vila Nova de Gaia (near Porto), Portugal 2 July 2009 Show time 22:30 Avoine Blues Festival en Touraine France Please see Festival site for details 18 July, 2009 Patrimonio International Guitar Festival in Corsica, Please see website for details 4 September 2009 Show time 22:50 Guitare en Scene, St. Julien en Genevois Please see Festival Site for details (Please note that contrary to media reports, Alvin Lee is not playing the Woodstock Revival Festival in Shrewsbury UK on 7th August) The last scheduled show of 2008 was played 21 November in Tilburg, The Netherlands See photos here I hadn't seen Alvin live for about 20 years, so couldn't help wondering how he might have changed, as we all have over the years. The thing about him is, he's got so much technique and natural talent that he could, if he wanted, play at 80%, put on an 'act' and still make you enjoy it, But that's not the man or his style... he takes you on an edge-of-your-seat ride that pushes you, as well as himself, to the limit. You can see him stretching to meet his own expectations, as well as those of the audience. and his own love of the music he plays, and that's what sets him apart. Tilburg was freezing with snow in the air on the coldest night of the year so far. It's a typically Dutch town with even more bicycles than you ever expect to see. Lovely friendly and hospitable people there. The venue was a black painted cavern just along from a street of bars and cafes where, incredibly in the zero temperature, drinkers sat outside til after midnight. It had tiered steps up from the stage, holding about 2500 and it was packed with fans when Alvin came onstage at 10 pm on the dot, asked if they were ready to rock and roll, roared his red Gibson into life before they could answer. Someone else will no doubt have the set list - for me it went by as something of a dazzling blur, with one familiar song after another being given the Lee treatment - a bit of Django or Charlie Christian here, bit of Franny Beecher or Scotty there and plenty of Alvin in between. Even a creditable solo flamenco piece between numbers. They loved him, singing and swaying along and raising a forest of arms to cheer and applaud at the end of every number. He often gets into places in his solos where you can't see how he's going to get himself out - but he always finds the way - and leaves you gasping when he pulls it off. This is how Going Home seemed, more than ever, this time. Picking it up, slowing it down, finishing on a high after he's teased you just long enough. Then, somehow, having to top it off with an encore when you can't imagine how he can give anything more. I tried to make a comparison in my mind with how I saw him 20 years ago and before... the brain plays tricks, so I can't be sure but here goes. If anything, his timing and phrasing have got even better - there's less thunder and lightning, more balance and harmony. His voice has grown more into itself as an instrument. What never alters, though, is the excitement he generates, his passion and quest for perfection, for his own sake as well as for the fans. Don't wait till he comes to see you - go and see him -----Playmaker NEW on Repertoire Records ALVIN LEE - ANTHOLOGY 2 on our merchandise page  Disc 1 1. Gonna Turn You On 2. Detroit Diesel 3. Friday The 13th 4. Trucking Down The Other Way 5. Rock N' Roll Guitar Picker 6. Midnight Special 7. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' 8. I'm Gonna Make It 9. I'm Writing You A Letter 10. Can't Sleep At Night 11. One More Chance 12. Burnt Fungus 13. I've Got Eyes For You Baby 14. Slow Down Disc 2 1. Time And Space 2. Talk Don't Bother Me 3. Ride On Cowboy 4. Cant' Stop 5. Getting Nowhere Fast 6. All Life's Trials 7. Wake Up Momma 8. The Darkest Night 9. It's Alright Now 10. Carry My Load 11. Got To Keep Moving 12. Somebody Callin' Me 13. The Bluest Blues SAGUITAR The New CD from Alvin Lee...  Available Now on R.A.R.E. RECORDS, Europe RAINMAN RECORDS, U.S.A. For sale at BlueStorm Music Please visit REPERTOIRE RECORDS for Chris Welch's interview with Alvin Lee about SAGUITAR Track Listings:
4 November, 2007 RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL Antwerp, Belgium Alvin Lee performs at 22:00h Visit Festival Site for More Deta ALVIN LEE AT NOTODDEN BLUES FESTIVAL 2 AUGUST, 2007 SHOWTIME 0:15 - 01:45 for more information, please visit the Festival website  ALVIN LEE Fans around the world....  From the July issue of Playboy Magazine February 2007: The "lost" Midnight Special videos - Check out You Tube for the Alvin Lee/Mylon LeFevre 1973 Midnight Special performances - not seen anywhere in all these years. Performing along with Alvin and Mylon are Steve Winwood, Boz Burrell, Ian Wallace, Jim Capaldi, Mike Patto and Tim Hinkley
February 22, 2007 - We are saddened to learn of the passing of Ian Wallace, former drummer of King Crimson and session drummer extraordinarire. Ian played with Alvin Lee many times, including on On The Road to Freedom , In Flight and Pump Iron. When Boz died, Ian wrote "Boz, wherever you are I hope you don't rest in peace. I hope you're playing your balls off somewhere with people you love, to appreciative audiences." We hope you're playing right along with him, Ian. Sept, 21, 2006 - Boz Burrell, renowned bass player for King Crimson, Bad Company and many Alvin Lee sessions, has passed away at his home in Spain. Drummer Ian Wallace posted this information in his online tribute to him " He was at his home with friends talking about chords, something he loved to do. He picked up a guitar and said something like; "do you know this one?" strummed a chord and promptly fell over. He was apparently dead before he hit the floor. I spoke with Alvin Lee (whose guitar it was) and Alvin thought the chord was a half diminished thirteenth. It may have well been the lost chord. We'll never know."  9 September,2006European Bike Week Faaker See, Austria ALVIN LEE & band - onstage 22:30 Please visit Bike Week website for more information
SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST, appearing 23:45 H BLACK MUSIC FESTIVAL LA MIRONA AMNISTIA INTERNACIONAL, S/N SALT (GIRONA) SPAIN PHONE : 00 34-972 200 122 E-MAIL : info@lamirona.net WEBSITE: www.lamirona.net TICKET SALES January 25, 2005 - GIBSON Custom has unveiled the new ALVIN LEE "BIG RED" ES -335 SIGNATURE GUITAR Available in a limited edition of just 50, a production model will follow. Please visit Gibson Custom for complete details. 
ALVIN LEE IN TENNESSEE USA release May 18, 2004 on Rainman Records  Clcik For Reviews & Sound Samples AlvinWith Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana from the original Elvis Presley band Buy ALVIN LEE IN TENNESSEE and other Alvin Lee/Ten Years After CDs from BLUESTORM MUSIC ALVIN LEE - THE ANTHOLOGY 9/21/04 USA release on Rainman Records  09/21/04 - ALVIN LEE - The Anthology to be released in the USA 9/21/04 on Rainman Records. Disc: 1 1. Keep on Rockin' 2. Wake Up Moma 3. On the Road to Freedom 4. Play It Like It Used to Be 5. Real Life Blues 6. Back in My Arms Again 7. Ain't Nobody's Business 8. Long Legs 9. Put It in a Box 10. Boogie All Day 11. Love Like a Man [Live] 12. Jenny Jenny 13. Love the Way You Rock Me 14. Bluest Blues Disc: 2 1. Shot in the Dark 2. My Baby's Come Back to Me 3. You Told Me 4. Madness 5. Hear Me Calling [Live] 6. Let It Rock 7. I Don't Give a Damn 8. Midnight Special 9. Help Me Baby 10. I'm Going Home 01/22/04 ALVIN LEE has announced he will tour the United Kingdom APRIL - MAY 2004 on a bill with EDGAR WINTER and TONY MCPHEE. Alvin will be supported by PETE PRITCHARD on double-bass and RICHARD NEWMAN on drums. This incredible tour will visit 31 of the U.K.'s finest venues, ending on 27 May at the Royal Albert Hall. More info: PETE PRITCHARD is an incredibly accomplished double bass player and one of the founders of the acclaimed ALLIGATOR RECORDS. Pete has played with many rock and roll greats, including CHUCK BERRY, BILL HALEY & THE COMETS and SCOTTY MOORE & D.J. FONTANA. He is the double bass player on Alvin's soon to be released album ALVIN LEE IN TENNESSEE. RICHARD NEWMAN is a dynamic drummer out of the U.K. who began his professional career at age 14 playing for Steve Marriot. He was drummer with Rory Gallagher's band from 1995 until Rory's death and recorded with him for the album RATTLESNAKE GUITAR. He has played with Alvin before, both live and on the ZOOM album  April 2004 17th - Oxford - Oxford New Theatre 18th - Bristol - Bristol Hippodrome 20th - Basingstoke - The Anvil 22nd - Newcastle - Newcastle Opera House 23rd - Bradford - St. George's 24th - Harrogate - Harrogate International Centre 25th - Grimsby - Grimsby Auditorium 27th - Llandudno - North Wales Theatre 29th - Cardiff - St David's Hall May 2004 1st - Sheffield - Sheffield City Hall 2nd - Liverpool - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 3rd - Birmingham - Symphony Hall 4th - Portsmouth - The Guildhall 6th - Bournemouth - The Pavilion/BIC 7th - Folkestone - Leas Cliffe 8th - Coventry - Warwick Arts Centre 9th - Reading - The Hexagon 10th - Watford - The Watford Coliseum 11th - Southend-On-Sea - Southend Cliffs Pavilion 12th - Dartford - The Orchard 13th - Croydon - Fairfield Halls 14th - Cambridge - Cambridge Corn Exchange 16th - Preston - Preston Guildhall - 17th - Edinburgh - Usher Hall 18th - Glasgow - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 19th - Aberdeen - The Music Hall 21st - Manchester - The Bridgewater Hall 24th - Nottingham -The Royal Centre Concert Hall 25th - Brighton - Brighton Dome 26th - Leicester - De Montfort Hall 27th - London - The Royal Albert Hall April 6-03 ALVIN LEE returns to his musical roots with new recordings.... When Alvin Lee was 14 years old he joined the Elvis Presley fan club, not so much to get pictures of Elvis but to get pictures of Scotty Moore and his guitar. The original solos of Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog were a big inspiration to his lead guitar work. At the time, Alvin was only playing rhythm and teaching himself lead guitar lines. A lot happened to Alvin Lee over the years, but those early influences always remained musical favorites. At any given time if you asked Alvin what music he enjoyed listening to, "early Elvis" would be among the answers. In 1999 he was asked to play with Scotty and D.J. Fontana (Elvis' drummer) at Air Studios in London for a special presentation of the Scotty Moore guitar by Gibson. Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, Jack Bruce and many others were there to honor the man. Alvin jammed a Rock & Roll medley of Rip It Up,Blue Suede Shoes and Hound Dog, and a relationship of mutual respect was sparked between Scotty and Alvin. Alvin had a great time playing alongside his early heroes, and that excitement carried over to the songs he was writing for an upcoming album. Would it be possible to get Scotty and D.J. to play ? When Alvin called Scotty to ask, the answer was a resounding yes, and when he asked if there were any studios or engineers he would prefer, Scotty said,"Why not cut at my place?" WOW! What better place to capture the feeling of true roots rock. Scotty had spent 20 years after leaving Elvis concentrating on studio production and engineering . It happened in Nashville this week with Alvin Lee, Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, Pete Pritchard (double bass) and Willie Rainsford (keyboards) . It was fantastic. Scotty is still a master, and D.J. Fontana is still "the best drummer in the world". The sound and feel is great. Alvin is on cloud nine. Inspired again. He called the first day of recording "maybe the best day in my life"and certainly, its been awhile since anything has delighted and energized him as these sessions have.Things went remarkably well, as could be expected with such impressive talent. In only two days in the studio, eleven songs were recorded , and they're all terrific, filled with the kind of energy and joy we've come to expect from Alvin Lee when he plays with challenging, inspiring musicians. And nothing is more inspiring than playing with the people who started it all. PLEASE VISIT SCOTTY MOORE'S SITE For Photos and a Personal Look into Alvin's Trip to Nashville & the In Tennessee Recording Sessions March 7, 2003 ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM Release date March 31, 2003 Repertoire Records The long awaited release on CD of Alvin's Lee's first project without Ten Years After. 
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