Reaction music video of Ten years after performing I'm going home at Woodstock festival in 1969. This will go down as one of the greatest libe shows ever and probably the best of Woodstock. #woodstock #musicreactions #rockreaction
Alvin Lee was a PHENOMENAL guitarist who l think didn't get as much attention as he deserved. I'd put him up there with all the GREATS! Loved him! I was a BIG fan! ♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Alvin Lee stated in an interview that his adrenaline began kicking in when he looked up and realized there was half a million people in the audience in front of him.
I'm 75 yrs old I have never heard another guitarist even come close to this kind of playing....There heart would explode trying to keep up.. Just a phenomenal player Alvin Lee was.
260 beats to the minute they reckon he's playing at ! A master of his craft was Alvin, incredible. I never get tired of watching this Woodstock performance.
The common wisdom about the performances at Woodstock was that Alvin Lee and Ten Years After blew the other great bands off the stage. This performance put them on the rock map.
Alvin Lee was known as the fastest guitarist alive in the late 60s and he doesn't get enough credit for his guitar skills Ten Years After never had any big hits on their albums but live they rocked as you can see here I got to see them live in 73 and they didn't disappoint
Alvin Lee, Peter Green and Rory Gallagher are the 3 most underrated musicians in history. Three souls made of pure blues, who were true to their roots without selling themselves to British fashion. Three exceptional guitarists who are already music legends.
This was the closing song of a two-hour show, if you can believe they still had this much energy. Thanks for playing the whole performance. Too many reaction sites only play the 6-minute clip. I agree that this has got to be one of the top ten all-time great live performances.
I was there in '69. Ten Years After had to come in by car and they came right by our car where we slept each night. Didn't know it was them until a guy in a Corvette stopped in the middle of the road, got out and said Ten Years After had to get through. To be honest we weren't really sure who they were. There were a lot of groups who performed at Woodstock who were relatively unknown before then, Santana being one of them. We had to ask a guy beside us who Santana was. Alvin Lee of TYA is one of my all time favourite guitarists. RIP.
I was a teen in the late 60’s, a lead guitarist in a rock band. I spent many,many hours dissecting Alvin’s solo’s. I was addicted to fast picking and he was the king. Thank you Alvin Lee. Don Bernier
If you want to hear Alvin Lee really turn that guitar loose, give a listen to Help Me from the Live At The Fillmore East album. It's long...Alvin busts out a 9 minute solo. Nine freaking minutes! Also, big props to Leo Lyons, the most entertaining bassist I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them.
Definitely the best single performance at Woodstock. As a side bar Harry, Alvin Lee was a neighbor of George Harrison and George played with Alvin on some of Alvin's solo albums. George played slide.
One of the best performances at Woodstock. Alvin Lee was one of the great guitarist way ahead of his time. He was shredding 20 years before others caught up to him.
At the end of that performance someone rolled a watermelon 🍉 up on stage. Alvin Lee picked it up, put it on his shoulder and walked off stage to enjoy! One of the best bands at Woodstock. Thanks Harri!
This looks like the clip was taken from that actual Woodstock movie with the split screen and all. The other video of Alvin in Woodstock is not like this and is shorter!
12:28 when he drops his hand to solo with the high notes is an amazing transition and display of ear & dexterity, for me. To write that is one thing, but to play it flawlessly live in front of thousands and cameras is another.
Using his right hand almost in a hard rhythm playing style and maintaining accuracy and clarity of the solos (riffs) must have also been some serious muting skills.
Woodstock was performance after performance like this. Do some Richie Havens, or some Santana, or Sly and the Family Stone. There's a reason why it's still remembered.
I always absolutely loved Ten Years After. "I'd Love to Change the World" and "Love Like a Man" great guitar solos and vocals. These guys are phenomenal live and well produced albums. Overshadowed band who didn't get the recognition they should have.
Nothing we can do about the past, but in films like this, his legacy will live live on! My list of favorites is longer than the paper it’s written on, and Alvin Lee appears more than one time!
I saw Ten Years After twice. Once in the early 70's and again in the late 90's. They lost nothing & were still rockin hard. Alvin was one of the best ever.
O.M.G. Every time a video of this performance pops up on RU-vid I have to watch it. I have seen this performance at least 100 times And my reaction is always the same. It is the best live performance that I have ever seen and probably ever will. I saw this band live twice in 1971 and have always considered Alvin Lee to be one of the most talented and dedicated rock/blues guitarists to have ever graced our musical world!
Alvin Lee was an incredible guitarist. He was known as the fastest "gun". He was sooo fast with his notes & they are all in perfect time, loud & clear. Pretty good voice too. His band was real good & could keep up with him which wasn't easy. lol
Out of all the fantastic performances at Woodstock- Ritchie Havens, Joe Cocker, Santana, Sly & the Family Stone, the Who- this was my favorite. Alvin Lee could shred.✌️❤️🎶
Since around '73, I've listened to literally thousands of artists. Ive worked in nightclubs, even dabbled with instruments myself. I've never forgotten those that made an impression. Ten Years After definitely made an impression.
Hi Harri; everyone was so off their head and running hours late, it's a wonder anyone could string a song together! Everyone kept forgetting the password to get backstage so they changed it to "I forget"!! Love peace and flying guitar fingers to you. xx
Live in front of 1 million people. Ten years after was one of the best acts at Woodstock. Harry you should give a reaction to I’D LOVETO CGANGE THE WORLD by these guys simply awesome song
may be the most iconic moment in rock history!!!...alvin lee and ten years after...never got the full credit they deserve...they have a lifetime of fabulous music on records and live!!
Alvin was and still is my favorite guitarist of ALL TIME,and Ten Years After is my favorite Blues-Rock Band of ALL TIME. Saw the Original TYA 6 times and Alvin 4 times without TYA.. The first time I saw TYA was on 04/04/1970. Stone The Crows was the opening act. It was at the Capitol Theater in Portchester NY. Scott Muni the LEGENDARY DJ OF WNEW-FM INTRODUCED THEM. I still remember it like it was yesterday. His last line was. " Here They Are The Group That Tore Up WOODSTOCK TEN YEARS AFTER. WOW. From that night till now Alvin and TYA ARE STILL MY FAVORITES. We had orchestra seats. Only $5.50. Still have most of my concert ticket STUBS. Every time I drive home from Pennsylvania to the Bronx NYC I ALWAYS PLAY THE LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST CD. A GREAT WAY TO DRIVE HOME.
Ten Years After at Woodstock sent me to another place, when I watched Woodstock way back: my favs were of course TYA, & Santana, Janis J, Jimi H, Canned Heat & on and on 😆🎶☮️😻💕 I think I should spend the rest of my evening watching Woodstock. I wish I could have been there, ( but that crowd was so big, claustrophobic!! If I had I would have been in heaven listening to these fantastic musicians & singers 😎 thankfully it was recorded ☮️💗 ** I have to play Goin Home at least once a week, this is the song at Woodstock that I would have died for !!❤️🔥💎🎸🥁🎸🎼
They were all 17 years old when they released their first album in 1967. This song does not exist in a studio recording and is only found in other live recordings (Undead LP 1968 & Recorded Live (2xLP 1973). This performance was never surpassed.
One of my favorite live performance. Alvin Lee was passionate about his art and like guys like Rory Gallagher didnt seek out that commercial success. He left us much too soon.
this is amazing and I've loved it for decades. Aside from the pace and skill the way he weaves about a dozen different songs into there is amazing. The bass player is great too
This is the icing on the cake that was Woodstock. Many friends think that Alvin Lee is the greatest guitar player ever.....I think, maybe not the best, but one of them
2:17 the master's touch is evident in that last note he scratched to make the final riff int he series a little different than the others. The little things he does with sound. I listened to him a lot in the '70s. I read that he took his guitar to school, because he knew that's what he wanted to do in life, but they wouldn't let him after a while; so, he cut off a guitar neck and put it in his book bag and practiced chords without looking under his desk. That's a real love of the instrument. His ear was amazing and he had the finger-dexterity of champion typist.
Harri! Do yourself and us a favor and take a couple of hours out your busy week and watch the documentary "Woodstock". It won multiple awards and will give you the best perspective of these times you'll get anywhere
Glad someone actually appreciates the skill. He's almost hard strumming the riffs, but maintaining accuracy and clarity of the notes. Can I add serious damping to your post.
There were many great one of a kind performances at Woodstock, and this was right up there. I watched the movie as a fan of Hendrix, The Who, CSN&Y, Janis Joplin, but had not seen 10 YA yet. This performance made me a fan. His solos, and hard playing blues style were near the top of concert, the whole band was great to keep up that pace for that long.I watched that movie every night for a week, just to make sure I appreciated it in it's entirety! I wasn't even 16 at the time movie was released. I married my boyfriend....a musician 2 years after Woodstock movie.
Harri, you have to watch the entire Woodstock movie. You will love all of the music and get a better feel for the times. It contains some of the best live music ever recorded.
Great reaction Harri. Alvin wears me out just watching him play this song. TYA was the first band to play after a long rain delay. They hit the stage just before 8:30pm on Sunday night and as you can tell by the crowd reaction, TYA was a huge hit.
I've been blessed in that I got to shake his hand when he performed at a small bar in Berkley, Cali when I lived there in the 80's. He was just as amazing then and had this same guitar.. covered in clear over the peace signs :)
Tried learning to jam with this years ago, took the doctor days to get my fingers untangled, lolllllll 😂🤣 Alvin was a shredder, no doubt! Thanks Harri, good stuff on your channel! Cheers 🥂😁
I was thrilled for you to do Ten Years After. I was lucky enough to see them in concert 3 times & they were always that great❤️ thank you for bringing back such lovely memories for me. My all time favorite band, I cried like a baby when I heard he died!
For my money, the best performance of the entire 69' Woodstock Festival was Alvin Lee and Ten Years After playing I'm Going Home at 100MPH on steroids. This performance busted the whole festival wide open!
Woodstock was the biggest and probably the best outdoor concert that went on for a few days. Alvin Lee and Ten Years After made it even more memorable with, in my opinion, the best performance of all.
I saw the movie Woodstock, around 1972. I'd never heard of Ten Years After, and I thought, " that's kind of a goofy performance. I want to see it again." About six months later I was riding in a car and the driver put an 8 track in his player, and I heard the amazing opening to One of These Days. I knew immediately it was the same band, and I've been a huge fan of Alvin Lee ever since.
The bassist is phenomenal as well... seen few in my ancient life with faster hands. They show more of him in the song "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".
