Slide Guitarist REACTS to TEN YEARS AFTER- I'm Going Home (LIVE from Woodstock, 1969) | Mike Nagoda

[@mikenagoda]

Hey all- this is one from the archives! I'd originally done this for a Wayback Wednesday, but it got blocked! Thankfully the block got lifted, so now you can all enjoy it, albeit on a Monday :P See you all on Wednesday with a fresh new video!

[@GBeret83]

Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes.

[@robertschmahl6325]

The most bad ass performance of all time!!

[@winstonsmith8240]

I can't argue. Electric.

[@georgemorley5926]

From Australia , love your reactions to this legendary band , seen them 4 times in the early 70s , Alvin Lee greatest guitarist in the history of the world

[@andrasczehlarik9180]

I agree, ALVIN WAS A GIFT FROM GOD. R.I.P ALVIN. 5 times I saw in Hungary. Cheers.🍉

[@vitolipari3406]

Alvin Lee considered Jimi Hendrix to be the best guitarist as did Jimmy Paige.

[@vitolipari3406]

I think your analyses are right on target.

[@vitolipari3406]

I have been a fan of Alvin Lee for over 50 years. I learned that both of Alvin Lee’s parents played the guitar and he started playing when he was 13 ( he was born in 1946); that might explain the influence of the music in 1950’s on his repertoire.

[@jmelvin28]

Jimmy Paige said Alvin Lee was the only guitarist he would pay money to see.

[@GBeret83]

I went to Bogart's Nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio back in 1990 to see the mad albino himself, Johnny Winter live, and man did he ever blow the doors out of the place. But the best part of the entire night was when he came out for his final encore, he said he had a friend from the old days backstage that he would love to have come out and play with him on a couple of songs. After a little prodding, Johnny finally grinned like a possom as the late, great Alvin Lee walked out and joined the late, great Johnny Winter onstage. The two broke into a medley of old rock classics. I remember Whole Lotta Shakin', Blue Suede Shoes, and Jailhouse Rock being among them. Then came a powerhouse performance of Johnny & Alvin paying major homage to Jimi together in a mind fuck cover of Red House. The guitar licks traded between the two during Red House was incredible. It left me nearly speechless to see 2 of rocks all-time great blues-rock guitarist not trying to outdo each other, but rather feeding off of one another's playing. The energy between them was on full display and both of their playing was flawless. After Red House Alvin left the stage and Johnny played one more song. He then had Alvin come back out and take a bow with him and the band. It was the only time I ever saw Alvin play live, but that collaberation between Johnny & Alvin on Red House is enough to last a lifetime.

[@chrisseager4866]

That must have been awesome

[@kevinlundgren1169]

I have been a ALVIN LEE , Ten Years After fan for 40 years , never got to see Alvin Lee play , but got a bunch of their tunes . Got to see Johnny Winter live three times , the last time was two weeks before he passed away . The first two times he had help getting out on stage , the last time he walked out on his own and ripped that guitar apart , incredible show . That would be awesome to see the two of them together !!!!!

[@Shamacanada]

Saw Johnny in 1984 and still remember that concert vividly to this day. Johnny rocks so good.😊

[@detroitlady7201]

And this is why rock and roll will never die! I am from this era and have passed this great music down to children, grandchildren and now great grandchildren! They all say we had the best music and their Playlists are full of classic rock. They won't even bother with what they try to pass off as music today. Back then it was pure, raw talent! No autotune! No gimmicks, just talent!

[@jonathannorburg1376]

Alvin Lee used to scare the hell out of other guitarists

[@hollywoodjoe123]

HE STILL DOES - - DEAD OR ALIVE !

[@jameslapham3274]

Great in-depth, knowledgeable analysis. I think this is one of the greatest live performances ever. You comment about the endurance required - this is the closing piece after a two-hour show. Unbelievable!

[@jacksaintjack2844]

He's cookin' right at 260 beats per minute. My metronome app would only go to 240 so I dropped it back to 132 and once doubled comes out to about 260, 262 bpm.

[@dinovassilakos6868]

The Led zeppelin medley were derived from TYA they had seen them in London in 68 and Jimmy Pages jaw dropped to the Flppr. After Woodstock ended Hendrix stated that Alvin's playing scared the shit out of him. After Alvin died Tommie Iommie said there would be no Black Sabbath. Van Halen saidwithout Alvin as a model he would never have become a shredder.

[@markdecker6190]

Dude, great reaction and analysis. you know your shit, and I appreciate the insights. Gave me insights into a performance that I've watched dozens of times over and over. Learned a lot, thanks!

[@mor4725]

Yes Paige "stole" many licks from Lee. He used to stand backstage and watch how Alvin did it. According to what I have heard. And yes Lee was a big fan of Elvis! Thanks for your reaction, you notice a lot more than most other people that react, very nice to hear!

[@mikenagoda]

Learning this about Page does not surprise me in the slightest- he was a notorious thief who never gave proper credit alot of the time unless his hand was forced (as in the case of Willie Dixon's lawsuit) .

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Paige took other 🎶🎵 also

[@williawilkes1036]

Jimmy needed no reason to abuse Alvin Lee..........,...he used licks from the guys from the twenties......and paid their families..,,,........then all used him.

[@williawilkes1036]

@@mikenagoda shit,!

[@williawilkes1036]

@R. Andromeda shit

[@MrEdWeirdoShow]

Not for nothin,' but that bassist there deserves a purple heart just for keeping up with Alvin.

[@Falk4J]

Blue Suede Shoes first was done by Carl Perkins in 1956 which acc. to Wikipedia was his greates hit. I saw Alvin Lee live in Hamburg, Germany, back in the 80's. He never lost his fastness and was just as incredible as in Woodstock. Of course my first time coming across him was watching the famous Woodstock Movie in a theatre and I was immediately mesmerized by this guy, even a little more than with Jimmi Hendrix who played Voodoo Child in the movie. While I turned to be a big Hendrix fan as well of course. I just loved anyone handling their guitars like raging thunderstorms and those days brought forth quite a plethera of these. R.I.P. Alvin Lee.

[@webbtrekker534]

Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes

[@artbagley1406]

Don't hurt your jaw, Mike! Dropped real far then stayed open during the first 2 minutes! You bet that bassist -- Leo Lyons -- kept up the beat! Performed the role the drums usually do. Can you believe the high quality of the sound recording at a live, out-doors concert in the late '60s?! Love to time travel listening to the whole Woodstock album. Cocker, Santana, Janis, Jimi, Johnny W, Creedence, Sly, and all the others -- gotta be in the top 10 of all time live albums. "Blue Suede Shoes" written in 1955 by Carl Perkins, a caucasian man. Thanks, Mike, for a heartfelt, professional analysis. This was my college-days, alcohol-induced, air-guitar go-to song that got lots of laughs from my house mates.

[@nicksykes4575]

The name Ten Years After comes from the fact they started ten years after Elvis did. The drummers name is Rick Lee, no relation.

[@sherryarflin726]

Alvin Lee’s was a beast !!

[@cheekymonkey444]

Carl Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes" released in 1956.

[@OverlandOne]

"Holy crap!" is right. This was the 60's and no one played the guitar like this. Hendrix was great but played a different style. This guy was playing stuff that would later make Stevie Ray say..."Damn!"

[@daveman_50]

When Alvin Lee announces the song, "I'm Going Home - by helicopter" - it was a joke - meaning, when they left Woodstock, they'd be flying out by helicopter. So, it's not a cover of a song by a band called Helicopter. :)

[@hpb5495]

Great review! 50 years ago they were all rollin' and tumblin' all night long..

[@keithkoledo1166]

There were many groups brought in and out by helicopter. This is Woodstock. In an interview, Joni had a visit from CSN at her Hotel Room, trying to convince her to come. They tried to entice her by saying they were taking a copter from the Pan Am roof. She was doing a television show and said her producer that was more important.

[@roblinnell8382]

Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes, Great reaction, well done. Alvin Lee is one of my faves. What a talent!

[@david1044]

Yes Jimmy Page worshiped Alvin Lee. Most of his peers back then understood that Alvin was doing things they were incapable of.

[@robertm7071]

Further to my previous comment, I strongly recommend listening to Petter Green’s playing on I’ve Got A Mind To Give Up Living with Fleetwood Mac - the original group . The first album I ever bought was Mr Wonderful by Fleetwood Mac and on the video I mention Green is just extraordinary - just as stunning as Alvin but in a different way. The video to watch shows Green wearing a light coloured shirt with a devising on the front and playing the guitar. It is a live recording - an old BB King song. Green is regarded here as one of the greatest ever.

[@arminiusgratis9439]

Alvin Lee said "I'm going home by Helicopter" Helicopter is how they arrived and left Woodstock !!!

[@dollar5832]

Searched for TYA and your channel popped up Fantastic man !

[@winstonsmith8240]

Seminal performance. Stole Woodstock. RIP. Brilliant.

[@davidjiron8513]

Mike, you nailed it right on the nose. back in the day Alvin was way ahead of all the "other talents guitar wise w speed fluency and the rock and roll voice neither Clapton, beck?, Page or Townsend had period. I've been following all these bands since I was a Beatle fan, and loved cream, still like most of the who, zeppelin etc, but Alvin could always be recognized with or without ten years after by just his guitar and or voice really. I remember hearing a song on a college radio station many yrs after that was disbanded, a song called " my baby's come back", and I thought (is it true? I knew before the announcer said it was Alvin Lee. then hearing the lead and acusti guitar on the song. I knew no one else was capable or that talented voice an guitar wise. recognizable to any Alvin fan by just the licks and riffs of his. Mike, as you research more into Alvin's music. you will realize what a lot of people missed in this era. no bad to zep, but tya was the best..

[@r.awilliams9815]

A little background info...this was the last day of the festival and the crowd was estimated to be more than 400,000 strong. They played a 1 hour set and this was the last song...yeah, they played this insane tempo last! Hound Dog was a Big Mama Thornton song, she didn't write it but did own the rights.

[@vitolipari3406]

Great analysis. I agree with you about Ten Years After. I always thought that Jimi Hendrix and Alvin Lee were the best guitarists that ever heard.

[@roblinnell8382]

Here's an amazing live performance: 'Thunderstruck" by AC/DC live at the River Plate, unbelievable.

[@anichtyofagist]

Man!..give it up for Leo Lyons on bass. He's almost 80 now and he's still hammering that thing. Please check out Hundred Seventy Split.

[@hollywoodjoe123]

CARL PERKINS WROTE " BLUE SUEDE SHOES "

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

Blue Suede Shoes was Carl Perkins' song I think. I know he did it, pretty sure before Elvis, but I don't know for sure that he wasn't covering too. I'm fairly certain it's his though.

[@colinturcinov4002]

11 minutes of pure adrenaline and amphetamines. For 1969 I would not be surprised.

[@pathfinderau286]

1965-1975 a revolution in music. It will be studied by future generations. We appreciate Woodstock as music fans not historians. Go 55 years before 1969, its 1914. Music fans don't listen to that music, historians do. See? A revolution occurred.

[@coleparker]

The song has three references, Biue Suede Shoes, written and sung by Carl Perkins, I gotta a woman mean as she could be, Roy Orbison, Whole Lotta Shakin, by Jerry Lee Lewis, who wrote and performed the songs, and BTW were white. Perkins and Lewis and Presley all started their careers at Sun Records.

[@mor4725]

As for some other Ten Years After tunes: "I can't keep from crying" kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5S6lJSGZcR_aNE or "Help me" kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2KcgICAZrZsn7c

[@silvanaflores2844]

Al fin una reacción a la altura de TEN Years After aunque no tengo idea de la técnica me encaró oirlo desde ese punto de vista. Gracias

[@Dave_Mayberry]

Carl Perkins wrote Blue suede shoes..

[@Cosmicblast77]

There was a time my son when guitar Gods roamed the earth.

[@dinovassilakos6868]

Jerry Lee L e wis, I agree with you 9n your assessment of Led Zeppelin and I did v see them at the old Fillmre 3ast!

[@ptnspop8537]

CARL PERKINS

[@douglasennis7291]

Carl Perkins 🎉

[@owtll1]

Carl Perkins

[@robertm7071]

It was a blessing to grow up in London during the Sixties with these stunning guitarists. And bands - amazing for such a small country. I agree about Page who was, after all, a back-up guitarist to Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds. I think the likes of Steve Howe of Yes was another guitarist who was better than Page but Zeppelin have a cult following. I bought the first Zeppelin album as soon as it came out and bought the poorer second one but skipped the rest. They BORED me and Plant’s screeching voice was tiring. I even preferred the voice of Jack Bruce even though he was mainly a bassist.

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Alvin Lee is in the top 🎸🎶🎵 players of all time 1) Jeff Beck 2) Alvin Lee 3) Johnny Winters 4) Jimi Hendrix 5) Robin Trower

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Wow , my top five is really close , instead of Robin Trower , mine is a toss up between Tommy Bolin and Frank Zappa . I just have not listened to very much Robin Trower!!

[@stevemccooleq]

Rory Gallagher has to go in there somewhere.

[@funincatalonia]

If sold now alvins guitat would be worth millions, ps i think his wife has it in the bank

[@pete3883]

Fungo like baseball

[@pete3883]

Woodstock at 1am ?

[@funincatalonia]

Led zep after john bonham died did think about asking ric lee to be there drummer

[@funincatalonia]

Hey dude listen to a live version of help me by tya

[@jamesooley8771]

blue suede shoes. carl perkins

[@dinovassilakos6868]

It was widely known that Jimmy Page stole a whole lot Taliesin from Alvin, I n fact Led Zeppelin as a band. Went to aa TYA concert during which Jimmy Paget's jaw dropped during the entire performance. It so passed off John Bonham thr b great threw his drink at Alvin. TYA was doing in song medley earl8e4, CHECK out their live version ofbI can't keep from crying,

[@pete3883]

Kool, you sound like RFK Jr.

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Yes , Jimmy Page does know how to play the guitar , BUT , myself , I think he's a little sloppy , he is not crisp and clean and clear like Alvin Lee , or Jeff Beck , or Tommy Bolin !! Hey , speaking of Tommy Bolin , you should check out some Bolin , POST TOASTIE !!!!!!

[@ecarteringram]

You don't have to talk all the time.......less is more Mike.

[@mor4725]

Blue Suede Shoes -> Carl Perkins

[@mikenagoda]

Thank you! I thought it might be Carl!

[@Stylus1]

Alvin Lee | ES-335 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqqbqoaeg8mggbM

[@steve55sogood16]

Too many pauses,mate!

[@arnaldosepulveda1170]

Interrumpes demasiado la canción.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

Led Zeppelin is cool, but they are one of the most overrated bands of all times. Bonham is number 1 on every 'best drummers of all times'-lists and that is just lunacy and sacrilege.

[@Roy-ho6ii]

I agree with you. Alvin Lee was a far better guitarist than Jimmy Page.

[@jeffreytipton-kp7fz]

No click track here just heart and soul

[@jeffreytipton-kp7fz]

Carl prrkins

[@quentinmichel7581]

Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes.

[@talonsoup]

Carl Perkins

[@deniskostic1502]

Carl Perkins