I had to share this video I found on youtube

This is the Great Alvin Lee, who I think does not get anywhere near the credit  that he should. His sound is as unique as almost anyone (Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King), but he just doesn’t seem to get the recognition that any of the bigger names get.

He is also one heck of an entertainer, I saw him about 5 years ago and couldn’t believe the energy he had for having been around so long. This particular song is a fantastic showcase of some his most classic riffs and soloing. Note the great turnaround at the end of the intro and how he slides the 7th and 9th chords to get such a great tone out of his old Gibson ES-335.

Alvin has a couple of really great single note lines in this too that are Classic Alvin. There’s one at around 4:13 which he slides up and back into a neat pulloff which repeats several times. I’ve tried to get this one down myself but can’t repeat it the way he does. The other line to notice is the great Chuck Berry inspired line at about 4:55; Just great stuff-enjoy!

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