Post by cofi on Aug 13, 2007 19:38:51 GMT
Another great rock band from the good times 60s, (for me anyway)
I used to love seen these playing their high energy rock
Ten Years After,
Ten Years After are an English blues rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
After several years of local success in the Nottingham/Mansfield area as a band known since 1962 as The Jaybirds (its core was formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats), and later as Ivan Jay and the Jaymen, Ten Years After was founded by Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons. Ivan Jay sang lead vocals from late 1960 to 1962 and was joined by Ric Lee in August 1965, replacing original drummer Dave Quickmire, who had joined in 1962. In 1966 The Jaybirds moved to London, where Chick Churchill joined the group. That November the quartet signed a manager, Chris Wright, and decided to change their name to Blues Trip, Blues Yard (under which they played a show at the legendary Marquee Club supporting Bonzo Dog Band), and finally Ten Years After in November 1966. They became the first band of the soon-to-be Chrysalis Agency. They secured a residency at the Marquee, and received an invitation to play at the renowned Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967. That performance led to a contract with Deram, a subsidiary company of Decca — the first band so signed without a hit single. In October, their 1967 self-titled debut album was released.
In 1968, after touring Scandinavia and the United States, Ten Years After released their second album, live Undead, which brought their first classic, "I'm Going Home." This was followed in February 1969 by studio issue, Stonedhenge, a British hit, that included another classic, "Hear Me Calling" (it was released also as a single, covered in 1972 by British glam rock rising stars, Slade). In July 1969 they appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event to which rock bands were invited. In August, the band performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock; their furious-to-slow-to-furious rendition of "I'm Going Home" was featured in both the subsequent film and soundtrack album and catapulted them to star status.
During 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man," their only hit in the UK singles chart. This song was on their sixth album, Cricklewood Green. The name of the album comes from a friend of the group who lived in Cricklewood, London. He grew a sort of plant which was said to have hallucinogenic effects. The band didn't know the name of this plant, so they called their album Cricklewood Green. It was the first record to be issued with a different playing speed on both sides - one a three-minute edit at 45rpm, the other, a nine-minute live version at 33rpm. In August, Ten Years After played the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 to an audience of 600,000.
In 1971, the band released the album A Space in Time which marked a move toward more commercial material. It featured their biggest hit, "I'd Love To Change The World". But a few albums later, the band broke up after the 1974 album "Positive Vibrations".
Ric Lee is currently in a band called The Breakers, along with Ian Ellis
Sadly, Alvin Lee decided to go solo in 1975 and the group disappeared from the scene. However, there has always been a demand for Ten Years After and, over the following twenty-plus years, there were to be three short-lived attempts at reformation and one new studio record, "About Time". Each time, Alvin quit to return to his solo career.
Starting in 2001, to take advantage in the growing interest in legendary bands like Ten Years After, EMI, and Decca Records digitally re-mastered and re-released the whole Ten Years After back catalogue, most with bonus tracks, including a rare "find" that had laid unnoticed --- the 1970 live recording of the band at its peak at the Fillmore East in New York.
Ric and Chick both approached Alvin with a view to touring to support the releases, but Alvin declined. It was a frustrating situation and once again it seemed that fans would be denied hearing the music being played live.
A chance opportunity early in 2002 for the three founder members of Ten Years After --- Leo Lyons (bass), Chick Churchill (keyboards) and Ric Lee (Drums) to work together gave them an insight into the intense, re-awakened interest in the band. It is by public request, that the band is back together.
With the addition of new band member. sensational, twenty-five year old guitarist / vocalist Joe Gooch, instead of Alvin Lee, they are recreating the music, energy and excitement they have been known for over the past four decades.
Ten Years After will play most of their past "hits", but it will not be an oldies band riding around on the cash cow of past successes. It has taken up the reins and is riding into the future. Joe Gooch is fully conversant with all of Ten Years After's previous triumphs, but the fact is he has a distinct personality that breathes new life into the band's performance and helps forge a new direction with this highly respected team of legendary musicians.
The new Ten Years After
Great Band
I used to love seen these playing their high energy rock
Ten Years After,
Ten Years After are an English blues rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
After several years of local success in the Nottingham/Mansfield area as a band known since 1962 as The Jaybirds (its core was formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats), and later as Ivan Jay and the Jaymen, Ten Years After was founded by Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons. Ivan Jay sang lead vocals from late 1960 to 1962 and was joined by Ric Lee in August 1965, replacing original drummer Dave Quickmire, who had joined in 1962. In 1966 The Jaybirds moved to London, where Chick Churchill joined the group. That November the quartet signed a manager, Chris Wright, and decided to change their name to Blues Trip, Blues Yard (under which they played a show at the legendary Marquee Club supporting Bonzo Dog Band), and finally Ten Years After in November 1966. They became the first band of the soon-to-be Chrysalis Agency. They secured a residency at the Marquee, and received an invitation to play at the renowned Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967. That performance led to a contract with Deram, a subsidiary company of Decca — the first band so signed without a hit single. In October, their 1967 self-titled debut album was released.
In 1968, after touring Scandinavia and the United States, Ten Years After released their second album, live Undead, which brought their first classic, "I'm Going Home." This was followed in February 1969 by studio issue, Stonedhenge, a British hit, that included another classic, "Hear Me Calling" (it was released also as a single, covered in 1972 by British glam rock rising stars, Slade). In July 1969 they appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event to which rock bands were invited. In August, the band performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock; their furious-to-slow-to-furious rendition of "I'm Going Home" was featured in both the subsequent film and soundtrack album and catapulted them to star status.
During 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man," their only hit in the UK singles chart. This song was on their sixth album, Cricklewood Green. The name of the album comes from a friend of the group who lived in Cricklewood, London. He grew a sort of plant which was said to have hallucinogenic effects. The band didn't know the name of this plant, so they called their album Cricklewood Green. It was the first record to be issued with a different playing speed on both sides - one a three-minute edit at 45rpm, the other, a nine-minute live version at 33rpm. In August, Ten Years After played the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 to an audience of 600,000.
In 1971, the band released the album A Space in Time which marked a move toward more commercial material. It featured their biggest hit, "I'd Love To Change The World". But a few albums later, the band broke up after the 1974 album "Positive Vibrations".
Ric Lee is currently in a band called The Breakers, along with Ian Ellis
Sadly, Alvin Lee decided to go solo in 1975 and the group disappeared from the scene. However, there has always been a demand for Ten Years After and, over the following twenty-plus years, there were to be three short-lived attempts at reformation and one new studio record, "About Time". Each time, Alvin quit to return to his solo career.
Starting in 2001, to take advantage in the growing interest in legendary bands like Ten Years After, EMI, and Decca Records digitally re-mastered and re-released the whole Ten Years After back catalogue, most with bonus tracks, including a rare "find" that had laid unnoticed --- the 1970 live recording of the band at its peak at the Fillmore East in New York.
Ric and Chick both approached Alvin with a view to touring to support the releases, but Alvin declined. It was a frustrating situation and once again it seemed that fans would be denied hearing the music being played live.
A chance opportunity early in 2002 for the three founder members of Ten Years After --- Leo Lyons (bass), Chick Churchill (keyboards) and Ric Lee (Drums) to work together gave them an insight into the intense, re-awakened interest in the band. It is by public request, that the band is back together.
With the addition of new band member. sensational, twenty-five year old guitarist / vocalist Joe Gooch, instead of Alvin Lee, they are recreating the music, energy and excitement they have been known for over the past four decades.
Ten Years After will play most of their past "hits", but it will not be an oldies band riding around on the cash cow of past successes. It has taken up the reins and is riding into the future. Joe Gooch is fully conversant with all of Ten Years After's previous triumphs, but the fact is he has a distinct personality that breathes new life into the band's performance and helps forge a new direction with this highly respected team of legendary musicians.
The new Ten Years After
Great Band
