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Alvin Lee

I always loved Ten Years After. They didn’t always produce the most consistent albums, although many of their albums like


Ten Years After (1967) by Ten Years After

,
A Space In Time (1971) by Ten Years After

,
Watt (1970) by Ten Years After

and


Stonedhenge (1969) by Ten Years After

are well worth checking out, what always made them worth hearing was Alvin’s stellar guitar playing.

He “shot to fame” following his performance at Woodstock and his performance was an essential part of the documentary of the event. He was personified by 'lightning-fast' playing

It was said that “Lee was named "the fastest guitarist in the West" and considered a precursor to shred-style playing that would develop in the 1980s.”

Blues rock was Alvin’s preferred genre of music and he was so well regarded that the likes of George Harrison , Steve Winwood , Ronnie Wood , Mick Fleetwood , Albert Lee , Peter Frampton and Rory Gallagher all contributed to his post TYA solo releases.

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Here's some Alvin Lee for ya


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Miller Anderson

I would suggest that Miller is the very epitome of “not the usual suspects”. He’s a Scottish guitarist and is the very definition of a wandering minstrel, having played with a huge number of artists as well as in his own right.

Starting off working with Ian Hunter in the 1960s. I mention this because Ian refers to Miller on the track All American Alien Boy ("well I remember all the good times me and Miller enjoyed, up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy").

Apart from pursuing his solo career, he was a member of the Keef Hartley Band, which is where I first heard him. I also saw him guesting with the Strawbs at a gig on London many years ago. He was brilliant.

Other groups Anderson has been associated with are
The Spencer Davis Group
Broken Glass
The Dukes
Mountain
Dog Soldier
Savoy Brown
T. Rex
Chicken Shack
Jon Lord Blues Project

As I said, the epitome of a wandering minstrel.

Also check out Hemlock (UK) , an early project of his who were pretty great

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This Miller Anderson performance, both guitar and vocals is outstanding


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