Ten Years After

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Ten Years After
Ten Years After at Woodstock
Performed on	Day 3
Started at	8.15 pm, Sunday, 17th
Played for	60 min. (approx.)
Further Information
Official link All Music Guide link Wikipedia link
Festival Day Chronology
Prev. artist	Country Joe & The Fish at 6.30 pm
Next artist	The Band at 10.00 pm

The British Ten Years After hit the stage on Sunday, August 17^th at about 8.15 pm. They were known for heavy Blues Rock and long guitar and drum solos. But what could have been a worldshaking performance failed due technical reasons: The high humidity caused the instruments to go out of tune, the sound recording partially failed and the camera team was just able to film the last song: "I'm Going Home".

Contents 1 Musicians 2 Setlist 3 Details 4 Availability 4.1 Audio 4.2 Video 5 Images 6 Footnotes

[edit] Musicians

• Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
• Leo Lyons - bass
• Chick Churchill - organ
• Ric Lee - drums

[edit] Setlist

1. Spoonful
2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3. Hobbit
4. I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes
5. Help Me
6. I'm Going Home

[edit] Details

Because of the high humidity they had problems with their instruments (especially the guitars) who went quickly out of tune. That lead to some unplanned interrupts of re-tuning^[1].

However, the over 12 minutes encore number "I'm Going Home" demonstrates the power of Ten Years After - and especially the virtuosity of guitarist Alvin Lee. The song is a tribute to 50ies Rock 'n' Roll: It has a very fast and repetive guitar riff in the refrain and is built upon various solos. The middle part (of the Woodstock version) features a short medley of "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", as well as "Boom Boom" from John Lee Hooker.

[edit] Availability

Only one song is available: "I'm Going Home". Ten Years After weren't only plagued by equipment failures, there were also problems with the sound recording. The pick-up of the drums failed so Larry Bunker, a studio per­cussionist, had to overdub them in the studio and sync them to the movie^[2]. Original drummer Ric Lee was not available for the studio recording.

No bootleg sources are known.

[edit] Audio

• 1970: Woodstock I
• 1994: Woodstock - Three Days of Peace and Music
• 1994: Best of Woodstock

[edit] Video

• 1970: Woodstock
• 1994: Woodstock Diaries

[edit] Images

Ten Years After at Woodstock

Alvin Lee	Ten Years After	Ric Lee	Ten Years After
Leo Lyons	Alvin Lee holds a water melon	Alvin Lee off stage	Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee	Ric Lee	Chick Churchill on organ	Leo Lyons
Leo Lyons	Leo Lyons

[edit] Footnotes

1. ↑ German Wikipedia, article Woodstock-Festival
2. ↑ Ten Years After fan website