Ten Years After

1967 – Na história:

O ano começou pegando fogo:
Aos 27 dias do mês de janeiro, a Apolo 1 (AS-204), num teste de lançamento, pegou fogo, matando seus astronautas -  Ed White, Virgil Grissom e Roger Chafee. E não parou por aí: em 23 de abril, o cosmonauta Vladimir Komarov, morre durante vôo da Soyuz-1. A corrida espacial fazia, já, suas vítimas.

Outros acontecimentos:

. 19/Abr: Morre na cidade alemã de Rhöndorf, Konrad Adenauer, primeiro chanceler da República Federal da Alemanha e grande responsável pela reconstrução do país e pela consolidação da democracia no pós II Guerra Mundial.
. 09/Out: Che Guevara é executado por ordem dos serviços secretos norte-americanos após vários anos de combate em defesa dos seus ideiáis de esquerda revolucionária.
. 03/Dez: Na cidade do Cabo, na África do Sul, o cirurgião Christian Barnard e a sua equipa realizam, com êxito, o primeiro transplante de um coração humano. O paciente, Louis Washkansky, sobreviveu 18 dias.
. 05/Dez: criada a FUNAI, etc, etc, etc.

1967 na música:

Surgi o movimento “Psicodélico” na música; festivais com reconhecimento internacional – Festival Pop de Monterey – e lançamento de álbuns “emblemáticos” para a música mundial, como Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", “Are you experienced?” e “Disraeli Gears”, só para citar alguns.

Principal cronologia musical (Fonte: Wikipédia):

Janeiro

• 4 de janeiro - The Doors lança seu álbum de estréia somente com o nome da banda.
• 15 de Janeiro - Os Rolling Stones aparecem no The Ed Sullivan Show. Por pedido de Ed Sullivan, a banda mudou a letra de "Let's spend the night together" ("Vamos passar a noite juntos") para "Let's spend some time together" ("Vamos passar algum tempo juntos").
• 22 de Janeiro - Simon e Garfunkel fazem um concerto ao vivo no Philharmonic Hall em New York.
• 27 de Janeiro - O cantor Luigi Tenco se suicida após ser desclassificado do concurso de música italiana Festival de Sanremo.
• 30 de janeiro - Os Beatles gravam o vídeo promocional da música "Strawberry Fields Forever" em Knole Park em Sevenoaks

Fevereiro

• 3 de fevereiro - O produtor musical britânico Joe Meek se mata com um tiro na cabeça.
• 12 de fevereiro - Policia britânica dá uma batida na casa de Keith Richards. Embora não tenham sido presos Richards, Mick Jagger são acusados de pose de drogas.
• 13 de fevereiro
o Os Beatles lançam o compacto com as músicas "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane" nos Estados Unidos
o Jefferson Airplane lançam o álbum "Surrealistic Pillow"
• 14 de fevereiro - Aretha Franklin grava a música "Respect"
• 16 de fevereiro - É declarado o "Aretha Franklin day" em Detroit
• 24 de fevereiro - Os Bee Gees assinam com o produtor Robert Stigwood
• 26 de fevereiro - Dalida tenta se suicidar após o suicídio do seu namorado Luigi Tenco, mas ela sobrevive.

Março

• 3 de março - O grupo The Animals se recusa a tocar em um show em Ottawa, Ontário a menos que eles fossem pagos com antecedência. Manifestações do público causam danos de 5.000 doláres ao auditório.
• 11 de março - Os vídeos das músicas "Penny Lane" e "Strawberry Fields Forever" são transmitidos pelo canal de televisão especializado em música, a American Bandstand.
• 12 de março - The Velvet Underground lança o álbum "The Velvet Underground and Nico".
• 25 de março - O grupo The Who faz seu primeiro show nos Estados Unidos, em Nova Iorque
• 27 de março - John Lennon e Paul McCartney recebem o prêmio Ivor Novello pela música "Michelle"
• 30 de março - Os Beatles começam a ser fotografados para a capa do álbum Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band no Chelsea Manor Studios em Londres.
• 31 de março - Jimi Hendrix põe fogo na sua guitarra em um show pela primeira vez. Ele sofre queimaduras nas mãos. O incêndio da guitarra se tornaria sua marca durante seus shows.

Abril

• 14 de abril - Os Bee Gees lançam seu single de estréia (a nível internacional): New York Mining Disaster 1941.

Maio

• Maio: Paul McCartney anuncia que todos os integrantes dos Beatles já tomaram ácido (LSD).
• 1 de maio - Elvis Presley casa-se com Priscilla Presley em Las Vegas.
• 2 de maio - Pink Floyd faz seu primeiro concerto no Queen Elizabeth Hall, Inglaterra
• 12 de maio - Jimi Hendrix lança seu álbum de estréia "Are You Experienced" no Reino Unido.

Junho

• 1 de junho - The Beatles lançam o álbum Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Considerado um marco na história da música pop/rock.
• 16 de junho-18 de junho - É realizado o Monterey International Pop Festival, o primeiro festival de rock em larga escala.
• 25 de junho - Os Beatles apresentam a música "All You Need Is Love" no especial de televisão Our World, que foi a primeira transmissão ao vivo para o mundo inteiro. Na vocalização da canção participaram Eric Clapton, membros dos Rolling Stones e The Who.
• 28 de junho - The Supremes se torna publicamente Diana Ross & the Supremes ao se apresentarem pela primeira vez juntas no Flamingo Hotel em Las Vegas, Nevada.
• 29 de junho - Membros dos Rolling Stones são presos por porte de drogas.

Julho

• 14 de julho - Os Bee Gees lançam seu álbum de estréia (a nível internacional): Bee Gees' 1st.
• Verão - Começa o movimento conhecido "The Summer of Love" ("O Verão do Amor") em São Francisco. Vários jovens se reuniram livremente em São Francisco por uma nova experiência social. O Summer of Love foi o marco na contracultura hippie. O hino do Summer of love foi considerado a música "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" que se tornou um sucesso na voz de Scott McKenzie. ("If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair…If you're going to San Francisco, Summertime will be a love-in there.").

Agosto

• 27 de agosto - Morre em Londres o empresário Brian Epstein dos Beatles. A causa da morte foi overdose acidental de drogas. Os Beatles estavam meditando com o guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi em Bangor no dia da morte de Brian.

Setembro

• 17 de setembro - O grupo The Doors se apresenta no Ed Sullivan show cantando "Light My Fire". Sullivan havia pedido para o grupo trocar uma frase da música ("Girl we couldn't get much higher") mas Jim Morrison cantou a letra original. O The Doors acabou sendo banido do show.
• 19 de setembro - Os Bee Gees lançam seu maior sucesso durante a época em que tocavam rock: a rock ballad Massachusetts, que chega ao primeiro lugar em 15 países.
• 30 de setembro - É lançada a radio BBC 1

Outubro

• 14 de outubro - Tammi Terrell teve um colapso quando se apresentava com Marvin Gaye na Universidade de Hampton em Virgínia. Mais tarde ela foi diagnósticada com câncer cerebral e morreria por causa da doença em 1970 com apenas 24 anos de idade.

Novembro

• 9 de novembro - A primeira edição da revista Rolling Stone magazine é publicada

Dezembro

• 5 de dezembro - Os Beatles abrem a Apple Shop em Londres.
• 10 de dezembro - Otis Redding morre em um acidente de avião, dois dias após gravar "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay".
• 26 de dezembro - Estréia o filme Magical Mystery Tour na televisão britânica.

Outros acontecimentos

• Os Beatles lançam no programa de tv Ed Sullivan show um vídeo com a música "Hello Goodbye".
• A gravadora Pickwick Records lança um LP com dez músicas gravadas nos anos 1950 por Simon and Garfunkel, sob o pseudonimo de Tom and Jerry. Simon and Garfunkel proibem sua comercailização e a gravação e considerada agora rara no mercado.
• The Who destrói seus instrumentos durante um show no The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
• O grupo The Monkees se torna o de melhor vendas de 1967

Início de carreira

• Bee Gees (Início a nível internacional. Os Bee Gees desde 1963 já tocavam e lançavam seus discos em âmbito regional na Austrália)
• Blue Öyster Cult
• Donny Hathaway
• Genesis
• Iggy Pop
• Sly & the Family Stone
• Ted Nugent
• Ten Years After

Álbuns lançados

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
• Bee Gees' 1st - Bee Gees
• Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
• Mellow Yellow - Donovan
• More of The Monkees - The Monkees
• Between The Buttons - The Rolling Stones
• The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland - The Supremes
• Winds of Change - The Animals
• Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield
• Up, Up and Away - The Fifth Dimension
• I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
• The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead
• Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
• The Marvelettes - The Marvelettes
• Headquarters - The Monkees
• How Great Thou Art - Elvis Presley
• Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra
• Temptations Live! - The Temptations
• Happy Together - The Turtles
• The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
• Joan - Joan Baez
• Smiley Smile - The Beach Boys
• Brighten the Corner - Ella Fitzgerald
• Aretha Arrives - Aretha Franklin
• Moby Grape - Moby Grape
• Absolutely Free - The Mothers of Invention
• Little Games - The Yardbirds
• Wild Honey - The Beach Boys
• Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
• Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
• It Must Be Him - Vikki Carr
• Disraeli Gears - Cream
• A Gift from a Flower to a Garden - Donovan
• Wear Your Love Like Heaven - Donovan
• Strange Days - The Doors
• John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
• The Magic Garden - The Fifth Dimension
• United (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Marvin Gaye e Tammi Terrell
• Forever Changes - Love
• Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd. - The Monkees
• Blowin' Your Mind! - Van Morrison
• Clambake - Elvis Presley
• Procol Harum - Procol Harum
• Their Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones
• Silk and Soul - Nina Simone
• The Temptations in a Mellow Mood - The Temptations
• The Who Sell Out - The Who
• Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• And His Mother Called Him Bill - Duke Ellington
• Blues Is King - B. B. King
• Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger
• The World We Knew - Frank Sinatra
• Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
• Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues
• Every One of Us - The Animals

Álbuns de estréia

• Bee Gees' 1st - Bee Gees (estréia a nível internacional. os Bee Gees já haviam lançado 2 álbuns em âmbito regional na Austrália)
• David Bowie (álbum) - David Bowie
• The Doors - The Doors
• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
• Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
• Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
• Winds of Change - The Animals (Como Eric Burdon and the New Animals)
• The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground

Músicas de sucesso

Primeiro lugar na Billboard

• "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
• "Kind of a Drag" - The Buckinghams
• "Ruby Tuesday" - Rolling Stones
• "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" - The Supremes
• "Penny Lane" - The Beatles
• "Happy Together" - The Turtles
• "Somethin' Stupid" - Nancy Sinatra e Frank Sinatra
• "The Happening" - The Supremes
• "Groovin'" - The Young Rascals
• "Respect" - Aretha Franklin
• "Windy" - The Association
• "Light My Fire" - The Doors
• "All You Need Is Love" - The Beatles
• "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
• "The Letter" - Box Tops
• "To Sir, with Love" - Lulu
• "Incense and Peppermints" - Strawberry Alarm Clock
• "Daydream Believer" - The Monkees
• "Hello, Goodbye" - The Beatles

Outros sucessos

• "Sugar Town" - Nancy Sinatra (#5)
• "Tell it Like it Is" - Aaron Neville (#2)
• "Words of Love" - The Mamas & the Papas (#5)
• "Baby I Need Your Loving" - Johnny Rivers (#3)
• "There's a Kind of Hush" - Herman's Hermits (#4)
• "For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield (#7)
• "Dedicated to the One I Love" - The Mamas & the Papas (#2)
• "This Is My Song" - Petula Clark (#3)
• "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles (#
• "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Neil Diamond (#10)
• "Somebody to Love" - Jefferson Airplane (#5)
• "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" - Scott McKenzie (#4)
• "Can't Take My Eyes off You" - Frankie Valli
• "I Say a Little Prayer" - Dionne Warwick
• "San Francisco Nights)" - The Animals(#7)

Primeiro lugar na Inglaterra

• "Puppet on a String" -Sandie Shaw
• "Silence Is Golden" - Tremeloes
• "The Last Waltz" - Engelbert Humperdinck
• "Massachusetts" - Bee Gees
• "Baby Now That I've Found You" - The Foundations
• "Let the Heartaches Begin" - Long John Baldry

Grammy

• Álbum do ano: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
• Música do ano: "A day in the life" dos Beatles, composta por Lennon/McCartney

A Banda:

Após diversos anos do sucesso na área de Nottingham/Mansfield como uma banda conhecida, desde 1962, como o Jaybirds (seu núcleo foi formado no final de 1960 como “Ivan Jay and the Jaycats”), e mais tarde como “IvanJay and the Jaymen”.
Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Ivan jay (que fazia o vocal principal) e Ric Lee, que havia substituído o baterista Dave Quickmire, que tinha substituído Pete Evans em 1962, mudam-se para Londres, como “Jaybirds”, onde Chick Churchill se junta ao grupo.
Em novembro daquele ano, já como um quarteto com a saída de Ivan Jay, assinam com um produtor de nome Chris Wright, que decide mudar o nome da banda para “Blues Trip, Blues Yard”, fazendo sua estréia no Marquee Club, como banda de apoio de Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
Finalmente em Novembro de 1966, surge o TEN YEARS AFTER, em homenagem a Elvis Presley – um dos ídolos de Alvin Lee – que havia, a partir de 1956, se tornado uma sensação internacional.
Em 1967, foram convidados a participar do “Windsor Jazz Festival”, cuja performance trouxe a oportunidade de assinar um contrato com a “Deram”, subsidiária da Decca Records, sendo a primeira banda a fazê-lo sem ter um single lançado.
Em outubro de 1967 finalizam um álbum alto intitulado, com lançamento, também, no EUA. Com este feito, sensibilizam o produtor Bill Graham, que os leva a tocar no Fillmore East, atraindo a atenção para seu jovem guitarrista virtuoso, que o fez ser considerado o melhor guitarrista dos festivais em que tocou.
Em 1968, depois de excursionar pela Escandinávia e EUA, lançam o álbum ao vivo “Unded”, que trazia a conhecida canção “I’m going home”.
1969, trouxe, em fevereiro, o lançamento do álbum “Stonedhenge”, com seu hit “Hear me calling”, que saiu, também, como single e teve sua versão cover tocada em 1972, pela banda britânica Slade. Em julho deste ano, foram convidados a tocar no Newport Jazz Festival, quando pela primeira vez, bandas de rock se apresentaram. Em agosto se apresentaram em Woodstock, onde estavam os maiores nomes do rock da época, entre eles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who e muitos outros. Mesmo com uma quantidade enorme de grupos consagrados no festival, o Ten Years After foi convidado para o encerramento de uma das noites, parte nobre dos eventos. Junto com Jimi Hendrix, Alvin Lee foi considerado o melhor guitarrista do festival, levando o Ten Years After a colocar um de seus singles no Top 10 das paradas americanas. Em 1970 é lançado o álbum “Cricklewood Green”. Este nome refere-se a um bairro de Londres – Cricklewood – onde diziam haver uma planta que possuía efeitos alucinóginos. Como ninguém Sabóia o nome da planta, foi dado este nome ao álbum. Em agosto, tocaram no Strawberry Fields Festival perto de Toronto e no Isle of Wight Festival .
Em 1971, mudaram de gravado, indo para a Columbia Records e gravando os álbuns: “A space in time”, de onde saiu o maior hit da banda - "I'd Love To Change The World” -, “Rock and Roll music to the world”, o álbum duplo ao vivo “TYA recorded alive” e “Positive vibrations”, que marca a primeira separação da banda.
Entre 68 e 75, realizam 28 turnês americanas, além de inúmeras na Europa e Ásia.
Os membros voltam a tocar juntos em 1983 no Reading Festival, e esta performance rende o CD “The Friday Rock Show Sessions - Live At Reading '83”.
Em 1988, uma nova reunião para tocarem em alguns concertos, lançado o álbum “About Time” em 1989.
1994 traz a participação da banda no Eurowoodstock Festival.
(Por Tarcísio Caetano).

Membros da banda (Fonte: Wikipédia)

• Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals, harp; nascido Graham Barnes, 19 dezembro de 1944, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
• Leo Lyons – bass; nascido David William Lyons, 30 novembro de 1943, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
• Chick Churchill – keyboards; nascido Michael George Churchill, 2 janeiro de 1946, Mold, Flintshire, North Wales.
• Ric Lee – drums; nascido Richard Lee, 20 outubro de 1945, Cannock, Staffordshire.
• Joe Gooch – guitar, vocals; 3 maio de 1977, Highbury, London (juntou-se à banda em 2003).

Discografia

Estúdio e álbuns “ao vivo

Ten Years After
Deram, 1967
Undead
Deram, 1968
BBC Sessions 1967–1968
Stonedhenge
Deram, 1969
Ssssh
Deram, 1969
Cricklewood Green
Deram, 1970
Watt
Deram, 1970
A Space in Time
Columbia, 1971
Rock & Roll Music To The World
Columbia, 1972
Recorded Live (double album)
Columbia, 1973
Positive Vibrations
Columbia, 1974
Rocket Fuel RSO, 1978 by Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later
Ride On RSO, 1979 by Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later
About Time Chrysalis, 1989
Live at the Fillmore East 1970 (double live album)
2001
One Night Jammed (Live) 2003
Now 2004
Roadworks (double live album) 2005
Evolution 2008
Live at Fiesta City (live DVD) 2009

Compilações

• Double Deluxe (1970)
• Ten Years After (1971)
• Alvin Lee & Company (Deram, 1972)
• Goin' Home (Deram, 1975)
• Classic Performances Of (Columbia, 1976)
• London Collector - Greatest Hits (London, 1977)
• Profile (1979)
• Ten Years After (1980)
• Timewarps (1983)
• The Collection (1985)
• At Their Peak (1987)
• Universal (1987) (Chrysalis Records)
• Portfolio - A History (1988)
• The Collection (1991)
• Essential (1991)
• Pure Blues (1995)
• I'm Going Home (1996)
• Premium Gold Collection (1998)
• The Best of (2000)
• Very Best Ten Years After Album Ever (2001)
• Ten Years After Anthology (2002)

Curiosidades:

Tour Dates 2011

March 9 Wed Germany Kiel Pumpe
March 10 Thurs Denmark Silkeborg Performers House

March 12 Sat Germany Flensburg Roxy
March 17 Thurs France Montauban Le Rio Grande
March 18 Fri France Seignosse Les Bourdaines
March 19 Sat France Bergerac Le Rocksane
March 22 Tues France Rennes L'étage
March 23 Wed France Le Havre Magic Mirrors
March 24 Thurs France Paris Le Trabendo
March 25 Fri Belgium Lessines Centre Culturel R. Magritte
March 26 Sat France Florange La Passerelle
March 27 Sun France Lyon Ninkasi KAO
March 31 Thurs France Auxerre Le Silex
April 1 Fri France Belfort La Maison du Peuple
April 2 Sat France La Ravoire Centre Culturel
April 9 Sat Germany Menden Stadthalle
June 24 Fri Germany Rüdesheim a.R. Magic Bike
July 23 Sat Germany Plattling Arcobräu Classic Rock Night
July 24 Sun Netherlands Rosendaalen Bloomenkinderfestival
July 29 Fri Germany Mönchengladbach Schloss Rheydt
September 23 Fri Germany Memmingen Kaminwerk
September 24 Sat Germany Annaberg-Buchholz Mälzerei
September 28 Wed Germany Koblenz Café Hahn
September 29 Thurs Germany Köln Kulturkirche
September 30 Fri Netherlands Apeldoorn Gigant
October 8 Sat France Salaise-sur-Sanne Centre Culturel
October 15 Sat France Chaullnes Overdrive Festival
November 24 Thurs Belgium Tongere Rockstage

Jan 2012 28 Sat Germany Gelsenkirchen Die Kaue

. Concert Listings 1967

June 20, 1967 -
Marquee Club/London, England
Supporting the Savoy Brown Blues Band and John Lee Hooker.

June 29, 1967 - Flamingo/Darlington, England
With Cock A Hoop.

June 30, 1967 - Quay Club/Newcastle, England

July 1, 1967 - St. Helens Grammar School, England

July 2, 1967 - Jazz Club/Peterlee, England

July 4, 1967 - Didsbury College/Manchester, England

July 5, 1967 - University/Reading, England

July 6, 1967 - University/Southampton, England

July 10, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

July 22, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

August 12, 1967 - Balloon Meadow/Windsor, England
Ten Years After perform before an audience of 20,000 people at the 7th National Jazz & Blues Festival and receive a standing ovation.

August 18, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

August 28, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

September 4, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

September 22, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

October 6, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

Ten Years After are filmed for a BBC-TV documentary about teenagers titled, "The Butterflies".

October 16, 1967 - The Blue Horizon/London, England

October 20, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

October 27, 1967 - Release of first LP: "Ten Years After" (Deram DES 18009)

November 3, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

November 8, 1967 - Blaises/London, England

November 10, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

November 11, 1967 - Sussex University/Brighton, England

Ten Years After support the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

November 12, 1967 - Saville Theater/London, England

November 17, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

December 1, 1967 - Manor House/London, England

December 8, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

December 22, 1967 - Marquee Club/London, England

Concert Listings 1968

January 5, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

January 12, 1968 - Manor House/London, England

January 13, 1968 - School of Economics/London, England
January 19, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

January 23, 1968 - Klook's Kleek/London, England

January 30, 1968 - "Fishmongers Arms" Wood Green/London, England

February 1968 - Kulttuuritalo/Helsinki, Finland

February 2, 1968 - Lorensberg Circus/Gothenburg, Sweden

February 6, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

February 9, 1968 - "Buesville 68" - Hornsey Wood Tavern - Manor House/London, England

February 1968 - Gladsaxe Teen Club/Denmark

February 10, 1968 - Pop Club/Brondby, Denmark
Day Of Phoenix is the opening act for Ten Years After and the Young Flowers.

February 11, 1968 - Klub Bongo/Malmo, Sweden
Rock Your Mama, Spoonful, I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always, Summertime, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes , Spider In My Web, Help Me.

February 16, 1968 - "Flower Pop - Holeby Bio"/Lolland, Denmark
Parts of this show are subsequently broadcast on the Danish DR-TV "Top Pop" show on February 24, 1968. Three numbers were included, Love Until I Die". Spoonful."

February 25, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England
With the Spirit of John Morgan.

February 26, 1968 - Zodiac Club - Eden Park Hotel/Beckenham, England
February 27, 1968 - Klook's Kleek Railway Hotel - West Hampstead/London, England

March 1, 1968 - City of Westminster College/London, England

March 8, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

March 15, 1968 - "Bluesville 68" - Hornsey Wood Tavern - Manor House/London, England

March 18, 1968 - The Cromwellian/London, England

March 22, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

March 23, 1968 - Corn Exchange - Chelmsford, England

March 28, 1968 - Zodiac Club/Beckenham, England

April 5, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

April 1968 - Gladsaxe Teen Club/Denmark

April 20, 1968 - Pop Club/Brondby, Denmark
With the Baronets, Tages and the Jeff Beck Group.

May 2, 1968 - Metro/Birmingham, England

May 4, 1968 - University/Norwich, England

May 5, 1968 - Palezzo dello Sport/Rome, Italy
May 7, 1968 - Falconer Theater/Copenhagen, Denmark
Rock Your Mama ,Spoonful, I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always, Summertime, Help Me, I'm Going Home.
Fleetwood Mac and the Fugs also perform.

May 9, 1968 - Gothenburg, Sweden

May 10, 1968 - Stockholm, Sweden
May 12, 1968 - Cat Balou Club/Grantham, England

May 14, 1968 - Klook's Kleek Railway Hotel - West Hampstead/London, England
The show is recorded and later released as the "Undead" LP.

May 22, 1968 - Wigan Technical College

May 23, 1968 - St. Michael's Hall/Oxford, England

May 24, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

May 25, 1968 - Redditch College/Worcestshire, England

May 26, 1968 - Wooden Bridge/Guildford, England

June 3, 1968 - Ten Years After visit to Ireland to play at a festival.

June 7, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

June 13, 1968 - Ten Years After arrive in America to begin a seven week tour.

June 14 - 16, 1968 - Cheetah Club - Venice, California

June 24, 1968 - Whiskey A Go Go - Hollywood, CA
Alice Cooper opens!

June 25-29, 1968
The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach CA

June 28 - 30, 1968 - Fillmore Auditorium/San Francisco, California
June 28 - First Set: Help Me, Rock Your Mama, Spoonful, I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always, No Title Summertime/ Shangtung Cabbage ,I Woke Up This Morning

June 28 -Second Set: I Want To Know, Spider In My Web, Crossroads, Woodchopper's Ball.

July 5, 6 & 7, 1968 - Fillmore West/San Francisco, California

July 10, 1968 - Los Angeles, California
Ten Years After perform "I Want To Know" for the Groovy Show television program.

July 12-21, 1968 - The Golden Bear/Huntington Beach, California

July 26-28, 1968 - Cheetah Club/Los Angeles, CA
With Jose Feliciano.

August 2 & 3, 1968 - Fillmore East/New York City, NY
With Big Brother & The Holding Company and The Staple Singers.

August 4-6, 1968 - Steve Paul's Scene Club/New York City, NY

Ten Years After spend the day in the studio on August 5th backing Guitar Crusher (vocal) and Jimmy Spruill (lead guitar) on "Hambone Blues",and backing Garfield Love (vocal) and Jimmy Spruill on "Part Time Love". In the evening,
TYA are joined onstage at The Scene Club by Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Larry Coryell for a jam!

August 7, 1968 - Toby Blues Club, Surrey England

August 9-11, 1968 - Kempton Park - Sunbury/Middlesex, England

August 12, 1968 - Cooks Ferry Inn/London, England

August 16, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

August 17, 1968 - Klook's Kleek - West Hampstead/London, England

August 23, 1968 - California Ballroom/Dunstable, Scotland

August 24, 1968 - Free Concert/Hyde Park, London

August 27, 1968 - Klook's Kleek - West Hampstead/London, England

August 30, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England

August 31, 1968 - Middle Earth at The Roundhouse/London, England

September 3-12, 1968 - West Hampstead Studios/London, England
The "Stonedhenge" LP tracks are recorded.

September 13, 1968 - "Bluesville 68" - Manor House/London, England

September 14, 1968 - Tofts/Folkestone, England

September 15, 1968 - Black Prince Hotel/Bexley, England

September 18, 1968 - Toby Jug/Tolworth, England

September 19, 1968 - Le Metro/Birmingham, England

September 21, 1968 - Alex Discotheque/Salisbury, England

September 22, 1968 - Boat Club/Nottingham, England

Sept 27 & 28, 1968 - Fillmore East/New York City, NY

Sept 30 - October 3 - Steve Paul's Scene Club, New York City

October 4-6, 1968 - Grande Ballroom/Detroit, Michigan
The other acts on the bill are the Rationals and Orange Fuzz.

November 7, 1968 - Freeborn Hall - University of California/Davis, California
Ten Years After opens for Harpers Bizarre.

November 8 & 9, 1968 - The Bank/Torrance, California

November 14-17, 1968 - Fillmore West/San Francisco, California
The other acts on the bill were Country Weather and Sun Ra.

November 22 & 23, 1968 - The Mill/Sacramento, California

November 29 & 30, 1968 - Shrine Auditorium/Los Angeles, California
With Jeff Beck, Moody Blues and Mint Tattoo.

December 12, 1968 - Fillmore East, NYC

December 22, 1968 - Mothers, Erdington/Birmingham, England

December 26, 1968 - Marquee Club/London, England
Ten Years After returns for a "Christmas Party" show at the club where it held a residency in 1967

Fotos da banda:



                            Baixista da Banda

Leo Lyons - http://www.leolyons.org/



Basses on the road

My number one bass is a ‘Leo Lyons Woodstock’ bass built for me by the Bass Centre in London.
It’s a replica of my first 1962 Fender Jazz bass and has all the knocks and dents of the original,
so much so that it’s hard to tell them apart aside from the different headstock. I love playing this bass.
The balance, weight and fingerboard are just like my old 1962 Fender.
I also use a Warmoth ‘Telecaster’ bass, Warmoth ‘P/J’ bass
or a 'Custom Classic’ Jazz style bass built by Tom Lyons.

Amps

I have two main rigs, one in the States and one in Europe. The one you’ll see most in Europe is
a Mark bass F1 amp with two four by ten cabinets. I also use an Avalon U5 DI-preamp.
In the States I use Genz Benz Shuttle 9 amp and two four by ten cabinets.

Effects

I don’t use much in the way of effects but I do have a John East Stomp box, an EBS Unichorus, a Boss equalizer,
an Ashdown Dual compressor and a Korg tuner on my pedal board.

Strings

Elites 45 to 105 gauge. The strings sound great and hold the tone for ages. They’re an English company too.

My equipment list throughout the sixties and seventies with Ten Years After was as follows...

Basses

1962 Fender Jazz bass - It’s become something of a trademark after playing this bass in the
Movie of the Woodstock Festival.
Over the years I’ve owned and sold two other Jazz basses but I’ve kept this one. I traded for it with Ian Hunter
in 1962 in exchange for my 1961 Fender Precision plus a small amount of cash - fifteen pounds to be exact.
Ian has suggested over the years that he gives back the money in exchange for a commission
on the shows I’ve played with that bass!

1955 Fender P Bass - Found for me by Billy Gibbons in a pawnshop in Houston
Acoustic fretless - Unusual prototype made by the Acoustic Amp Company
Rikkenbacker Stereo - I remember playing it on ‘I’d Love To Change The World ‘ and ‘ Working On The Road’
3/4 size Double bass

Amps

Vox AC 30 Super twin I bought this amp in 1967 from an old friend Walt Bonney who was the bass player
with The Fentones. He’d inherited the amp from The Shadows. I’ve had the electronics restored recently and
it still sounds great in the studio. I used this amp on the early TYA records.
Watkins amps supplied by my old friend Charlie Watkins of WEM. Charlie is a great guy and a true music fan who's contributed much to the British music scene particularly with his PA systems. Watkins made good amps
but with TYA’s heavy touring schedule in The States we had to forgo our product loyalty
and change to Marshall amps for their ready availability in the USA
Marshall 100 watt bass amps, two and one for a spare, powering four, 4 by 12 cabs.
My roadies and I spent many hours up at Jim Marshall’s factory in Hitchin trying out
different impedance resistors on the amps input stages to get them “Sounding Just right”
Acoustic Amps I used two of these amps and two dual fifteen cabs for a short time.

Strings

La Bella 760 flat wound. Hard on the fingers but a good on the tone! I used to hit the strings so hard
I’d break them regularly - strings that is. My fingers just blistered and bled. These days I can hear myself
a little better and don’t very often break strings or get blisters.

Other Basses you may have seen me playing include...

Warwick Streamer Stage Two Pro. With EMG active pickups  - Hans P. Wilfer the owner of Warwick turned me
onto these basses when we met at an ‘Out In The Green Festival’ in Germany around twelve years ago.
Wal - I bought this active bass from Pete and Wal at Electric Wood. Some of you may recall me playing it
in the mid-eighties on the TYA Marquee Anniversary video
Lakland four string and five string
Sadowsky five string
Nash Jazz Bass
Fender American Classic Jazz Bass

Discografia:

FROM 1967 TO THE PRESENT DAY
Ten Years After Ten Years After (1967) Bass
Ten Years After Ten Years After [Bonus Tracks] (1967) Bass
Ten Years After Undead (1968) Bass
Ten Years After Ssssh (1969) Bass, co-Producer
Ten Years After Stonedhenge (1969) Bass
Ten Years After Cricklewood Green (1970) Bass, co-Producer
Ten Years After Watt (1970) Bass, co-Producer
Ten Years After Space in Time (1971) Bass, co-Producer
Ten Years After Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972) Bass, co-Producer
Ten Years After Alvin Lee & Company (1972) Bass
Ten Years After Recorded Live (1973) Bass, co-Producer
Mike Vernon Moments of Madness (1973) Bass
Ten Years After Positive Vibrations (1974) Bass
UFO Phenomenon [Japan] (1974) Producer
UFO Phenomenon (1974) Producer
Bridget Saint John Jumble Queen (1974) Producer
Ten Years After Ten Years After/Stonedhenge (1975) Bass
UFO Force It (1975) Producer
UFO Force It [Japan] (1975) Producer
Brian Protheroe, Musical Leave Him To Heaven (1975) Producer
Various Artistes Over The Rainbow (1975) Producer
UFO No Heavy Petting (1976) Producer
UFO No Heavy Petting [Japan] (1976) Producer
Ten Years After Anthology [Chrysalis] (1976) Bass, co-Producer
Ten Years After Classic Performances of Ten Years After (1977) Bass, co-Producer
Magnum Magnum II (1979) Producer
Ten Years After London Collection (1979) Bass
Waysted Waysted (1979) Producer
Magnum Marauder (1980) Producer
Ten Years After Profile (1980) Bass
Ten Years After Hear Me Calling (1981) Bass
Ten Years After Goin' Home (1985) Bass
Alvin Lee Detroit Diesel (1986) Bass
Kick Heartland (1988) Bass, Writer, Producer, Engineer
Chris Farlowe Waiting in the Wings (1988) Bass, Writer, Producer, Engineer
Ten Years After About Time (1989) Bass
Ten Years After Essential (1991) Bass, co-Producer
UFO Essential UFO (1992) Producer
Ten Years After Live (1993) Bass, co-Producer
Michael Schenker Anthology [Conoisseur] (1993) Producer
Michael Schenker Group Anthology (1994) Producer
Alvin Lee & Ten Years After Pure Blues (1995) Bass
UFO Phenomenon/Force It (1995) Producer
Breakers Milan (1995) Bass
Leo Lyons Kick Tough Trip Through Paradise (1996) Bass,Writer, Producer, Engineer
Ten Years After Ssssh/Cricklewood Green (1997) Bass, co-Producer
Michael Schenker Michael Schenker Story Live (1997) Producer
Magnum Spirit: A History (1998) Producer
Leslie West As Phat as It Gets (1999) Bass
Savoy Brown Blues Keep Me Holding On (1999) Bass
Alvin Lee & Ten Years After Solid Rock (2000) Bass
Michael Schenker Into the Arena 1972-1995 (2000) Producer
Ten Years After Live at the Fillmore East 1970 (2001) Bass
Danny Johnson Over Cloud 9 (2001) Bass
Ten Years After Very Best Ten Years After Album Ever (2001) Bass
Ten Years After Anthology 1967-1971 [Hip-O] (2002) Bass
Ten Years After Stonedhenge [Bonus Tracks] (2002) Bass
Ten Years After One Night Jammed (2003) Bass/Mastering
Ten Years After Now (2004) Bass, Producer
Ten Years After Roadworks (2005) Bass, Producer
Ten Years After Evolution (2008) Bass, Producer
Phil Keaggy/Randy Stonehill Mystery Highway (2008) Bass, co-Writer on Dream Speak
Hundred Seventy Split Special Edition (2010) Bass, Producer

PS: Iria, como sempre, colocar alguns vídeos da banda, mas não estou conseguindo acessar o YouTube. Peço a colaboração dos amigos foristas. Obrigado.

O solo de I´m going home no woodstock é memorável.

Isso é história....
Parabéns tarcísio , como sempre , mandou muito bem ...excelente tópico.

Consegui !!!

Vídeos da banda:




Muito interessante este vídeo. Um power trio chamado "Ten Years Later":

caramba, que coincidência, ontem mesmo baixei os albuns do Alvin Lee! muito bom!

Alvin Lee e Ten Years After é obrigatório para todo rockeiro veio.

Maurício_Expressão escreveu:Alvin Lee e Ten Years After é obrigatório para todo rockeiro veio.

Assino em baixo, e endosso.

E o Leo Lyons, também. Já disse aqui, e torno a dizer, gosto muito dele. Em sua praia, conheço poucos que fazem o que ele faz, do jeito que faz. Gosto do timbre, das frases...Nada extraordinário, mas com muita competência, e desde o primeiro álbum; IMHO.

Ahhhhhh!!!! Essa banda é f***!!! Mais uma vez, parabéns grande Tarcísio. Leo Lyons é uma das minhas referências. Acho-o muito bom músico, com um bom gosto impressionante além de uns Walking Bass de cair o queixo. Alvin Lee é um show a parte. Como toca esse cidadão.
Muito bom!!!!

Maurício_Expressão escreveu:Alvin Lee e Ten Years After é obrigatório para todo rockeiro veio.

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Sem contar que Leo Lyons, baixista do Ten Years After, é uma das inspirações de meu ídolo máximo, Geezer Butler.

...."I remember being impressed with the band - so much so that we tried to help them get gigs in London," says Leo Lyons, Ten Years After's bass player. "I don't know how much help we were, but I heard that Geezer Butler mentioned it in a later interview. He was also quoted as saying that he learnt a lot of his bass licks from me. That was kind of him."

Geezer later recalled; "Ten Years After were one of our heroes. Alvin Lee was billed as 'the fastest guitarist in Britian'. One of our big breaks was when we did a gig with him. We supported Ten Years After and they really liked what we were doing. Alvin Lee got us a gig at the Marquee in London. That sort of started the ball rolling for us."

(from Joel McIver's "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath")

Nesse vídeo de um ensaio do Ten Years After dá para notar como a técnica de mão esquerda de Leo influenciou a do Geezer.