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@premierguitar4 жыл бұрын
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@thomasanderson92024 жыл бұрын
I live in Sweden. Back in 2000 Albert Lee played in my home town. Albert and his band had played in Norway the night before and they were hit by a snowstorm on the way to Sweden. They were 2 hours late for the concert and had been driving for hours. Me and some other people at the concert helped Albert and his band carry all the equipment inside. In no time Albert and his band were ready to play. They must have been really tired after hours on the road in terrible weather. They went up on stage without any soundcheck and played for over 2 hours. AMAZING !! The concert was great and Albert and his band were absolutely amazing. I have the deepest respect for this man. One of the best guitar players in history and a wonderful personality.
@freerkottema4 жыл бұрын
Thomas Anderson he seems such a nice guy and a gentleman
@frankd.5063 жыл бұрын
Cool story.
@John-ob7dh3 ай бұрын
His drummer Tony from 1959 lives in Sweden .He also backed Gene Vincent when he toured in Sweden.
@timallbritton73294 жыл бұрын
I can’t imagine a nicer guy, and wow - what a guitar legend! Sadly under recognized by so many.
@coryjackson31316 ай бұрын
Amen 👍🏻
@CharlySardoGamingАй бұрын
Don't you hate it when they ask "Alvin Lee?". I'm like "No man! Albert!"
@mmates0072 жыл бұрын
Guy is a legend. Vastly, vastly underrated in the pantheon of top 100 Guitarists
@kentbeery46974 жыл бұрын
Saw Albert with Clapton in 1979 !! Totally Amazing
@billmiller20512 жыл бұрын
I saw Clapton on the roger waters tour .
@SimpleManGuitars19732 жыл бұрын
Clapton has always had the spotlight on him but he has always tried to shine the spotlight onto others. Clapton didn't care to share a record with Duane Allman, Albert Lee, Doyle Bramhall, and others. When I saw him last September in Nashville he played great and gave a ton of time to Doyle as well and then for the encore he brought out Marcus King and just stood back and let him wear it out. I love Clapton so much and any guitar Rushmore is incomplete without him.
@Cream19684 ай бұрын
Great insight….❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧
@eightinches60944 жыл бұрын
Albert Lee, probably one of the most unassuming but most respected musicians in a world glamour and divas.
@sambolino444 жыл бұрын
"Well, I guess it was pretty loud, yeah." I just love that man!
@JohnKorvell2 жыл бұрын
Such a soft spoken guy in such a loud, music business. Interesting! He's become one of my favorite music personalities and performers for that reason
@kundziu64 жыл бұрын
79 was the year I went to see Clapton not having much clue about Albert .But when I’ve heard him playing I was floored! Don’t remember him playing LP but definitely remember his Tele . That was the day I fell in love with this guitar and today it is still my #1 guitar. Love Albert Lee . One of a kind! Hi is a legend.
@tasosdiaforetico73774 жыл бұрын
Cool what a gig hope Clapton was cool also
@saltwatergallery20054 жыл бұрын
I always love Clapton’s playing but my favourite bits on the live cut of Cocaine are all Albert’s. Awesome players!
@jbawn4 жыл бұрын
@@saltwatergallery2005 yeah but Claptons playing on Double Trouble was by far the best solo on that recorded concert
@brianwells45072 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw Albert was with the Muddy Waters/Eric Clapton tour in '78. That night in Chicago there were a few guest musicians sitting in through out the night. Willie Dixon and Johnny Winter, but I gotta admit Albert Lee's playing was a total stand out! He didn't overplay anyone he was just that damn good. I never heard of him before that night. If you think about it, Muddy, Eric, Johnny Winter, Bob Margolin, playing in Chicago and Albert Lee was hanging in there! Hell, Clapton was playing slide half the night on Blackie, a rare treat!
@jane3ta4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this interview. I saw Albert Lee with Clapton in 1982. I remember being blown away by how good he was and especially how much of the workload he carried. He played many many of the signature Clapton riffs and parts. It was a guitar genius two-fer that night.
@ewoe214 жыл бұрын
I saw them back around 1980, Duck Dunn was on bass. Great show!
@StevenBucknall3 жыл бұрын
Albert LEE you are amazing, a fantastic person that always nails it.
@dmballard6011 ай бұрын
I saw EC in early 1981during the same time and was just blown away by the opening with "Country Boy", I decided right then at the age of 20 to commit more time to my studies at University.
@MattyK-USA4 жыл бұрын
Man I could just listen to these stories all night long. Two great guys right here - John and Albert. Also, how's about that last story to underscore where tone really comes from? 🖐😉
@kennygardner50414 жыл бұрын
Very nice guy and great player! My band opened for Carlene Carter in the early ‘90’s and Albert signed my Tele after playing it. Said it played as easy as a Les Paul. I setup guitars. It was an honor that he played it and signed it! That and another Tele signed by Brent Mason!
@Matthew_Eitzman4 жыл бұрын
Kenny Gardner, get Tina Turner to carve her autograph into your Tele using a switchblade knife. She did that to Jeff Beck’s Jackson guitar at his request during the Private Dancer sessions. I think Tina lives in Switzerland now.
@doug43604 жыл бұрын
I saw Albert first with EmmyLou Harris in 1975. The outdoor venue had maybe 30 people there. At the end of first set, Albert came out in the audience and I got to speak with him. Just a great player and an even better person.
@joethelionband51694 жыл бұрын
I saw Albert play a few months ago in London. Incredible guitarist, very funny and humble guy with amazing stories!
@glenhill76044 жыл бұрын
I first saw Albert with Eric in 1981, and it's a night I will never forget !! . Have seen him many times since and he always gives a great performance. Next time will be March 4th , and I can't wait. He always has time for his fans at the end of the show and a true legend. I have spoken to him a few times, and he signed my Tele and Music Man . It's astonishing how many true greats he has played with . .
@toonarmy29794 жыл бұрын
@Ulf Knudsen not even close
@toonarmy29794 жыл бұрын
@Ulf Knudsen Clapton smoked him on one night in Japan 79 I was there Albert had a right grin on his face knowing that he was watching greatness
@lorenzo6mm4 жыл бұрын
Albert's rock guitar solo's we're something to hear while Clapton played rhythm guitar. Seeing Ry Cooder up their too, made the three way playing spectacular. The Money & Cigarette's tour. Albert Lee is a melodic shredder. Eric Clapton played all of his solo's opposite Albert a 1,000% better than his other bands. Albert Lee pushed Clapton to play much better lead guitar. I heard his (EC's)long slow blues solo intro to Wonderful Tonight and its was Jeff Beck 'Pork Pie Hat' slow, sweet and melodically beautiful with really amazing bending and vibrato.
@Deliquescentinsight4 жыл бұрын
THE year for the Les Paul Custom: 1958, I need one of these it would match my own vintage, it just seems so right!
@jimfreyler29444 жыл бұрын
Amazing guy. So humble. TBT he can play rings around Clapton and most anyone else too.
@normanacree1635 Жыл бұрын
Some believe that is why Clapton let him go. Got tired of being upstaged. Seems like they got along afterward, though and I haven't seen any videos where he disses on Clapton.
@Cream19684 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@John-ob7dh3 ай бұрын
I have known Albert since he was 16 .He never disses anyone .Just his nature.@@normanacree1635
@ronnienose86084 жыл бұрын
Fantastic musician. I have a rare album called 'Green Bullfrog' with Albert on it, as well as Ritchie Blackmore and Big Jim Sullivan, with Ian Paice on drums. It's since been reissued, great jamming and playing some old tunes.
@maverickminstrel15574 жыл бұрын
Great album you can feel the fun they had recording it!!!
@kevinstanley40162 ай бұрын
What a treasure. Albert is amazing !!!
@cahg38712 жыл бұрын
My dad was a Chet Atkins fan,and with good reason,supremely talented guitarist and musician.But I’ve become a huge Albert Lee fan,with good reason.Just an amazing musician and guitarist.No distortion,just pure country twang.
@alanscott68363 жыл бұрын
Makes you wonder if Eric Clapton could play Country Boy ? The video of Head Hands and Feet playing it is something else.
@paulsimmons57264 жыл бұрын
Blisteringly loud! What a beautiful description, gotta love it!
@freerkottema4 жыл бұрын
Back in the old days (grandpa is telling..) we didn’t have pa and no inear or monitors, so you need to have a big amp to play the whole venue and put your 100 watt Twin on top of two crates of beer so you could hear yourself play on top of the drums (no mics so using the backend of the sticks) and the 200 watt basplayer..😬 in Holland we call it “eardrum shredding loud” You can imaging that after 40 years of rock and roll I m deaf as a doornail... and NOW I got in ears hahaha
@paulsimmons57264 жыл бұрын
@@freerkottema Trust me, I remember those nights of a Marshall 100wt & 4/12 cabs... I also shot guns all the time in competition, so my hearing is toast also. Watching musicians play today, they don't even have to move a wall of 4/12's! Take care.
@greglawrencemusic4 жыл бұрын
What an absolute musical gem.
@susandeason13564 жыл бұрын
I’m a recently come fan of his, I missed a lot!
@ajsmusic25612 жыл бұрын
well......to sum it up, they don't come any better. Remember one night years ago at the "Sand Dollar" in Vegas, as we would trade guitars off for fun, and Albert put an old Les Paul Std w pafs on and it totally changed his personality in a great way. The genius was sounding a bit like Jeff beck! Just an amazing man on and off the stage...
@karlwilson20212 жыл бұрын
Nicest guy in the world being interviewed by the nicest guy in the world
@KianSparkes4 жыл бұрын
Fabulous! Thank you for all these cool insights and interviews! 🤘🕊❤️
@derekstocker66614 жыл бұрын
Very well done video, thanks for this Albert, love to hear the tales of the past from you and now all part of British and US music history, and what a history!
@albertarthurparsnips514110 күн бұрын
I’d dearly love to hear Albert do some recording with Tommy Emmanuel ! An irrepressible guitar blitzkrieg !
@frankiebella78084 жыл бұрын
Theirs no doubt" He's Really Yoda 😳😂👍
@brianbarrett59873 жыл бұрын
great interview
@sumner296 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love players that keep the pedal board to a minimum.
@tomwatson2834 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@jimbanda Жыл бұрын
Al you legend 🎸🙏
@dagvictoras41114 жыл бұрын
Albert keeps spinning his pick between his fingers, he is always ready to play. If you play guitar and use a pick....never leave home without it.
@patrickmccutcheon88603 жыл бұрын
Keep one always in my pocket watch pocket in my jeans.
@AnalogOpher4 жыл бұрын
Here, have a 1958 Les Paul. Yea, just keep it. Got plenty where that came from.
@NeverMind-vx7pl4 жыл бұрын
Clapton always invites Albert Lee because he is fk'ing awesome guitar player. Albert has been consistently great over the years, and can play with, or outplay most guitar players on the planet.
@lorenzo6mm4 жыл бұрын
I'll second that opinion. Albert Lee plays amazing rock solo's. Truly inspirational and melodic and tasty as all get up. I used to see him playing a lot with Steve Morse live and it was insane what those two would get up to.
@BuckeyeBassMaster784 жыл бұрын
"This is a awesome story 2 guitar greats killer content"
@paulmckeown88404 жыл бұрын
The king of the Tele
@c5back94 жыл бұрын
James Burton
@curbmassa4 жыл бұрын
@@c5back9 Danny Gatton.
@freecitizen27604 жыл бұрын
curbmassa : Yes, and Roy Buchanan, and Ted Greene (for Jazz), and Brad Paisley, and ...
@curbmassa4 жыл бұрын
@@freecitizen2760 Steve Vai-"If there ever was a 'best', Danny came closest".
@NeverMind-vx7pl4 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@JohnKorvell2 жыл бұрын
Albert is a classic!!
@gilschuster53713 жыл бұрын
The best “vip” in the world
@johnwilliamson51914 жыл бұрын
never heard of this guy until last week.
@joe225894 жыл бұрын
Better late than never. A guitarist's guitarist!
@John-ob7dh3 ай бұрын
He started playing around 1958. Soon picked up Cliff Gallup,solos ,scotty Moore ,James Burton. In a time of no U Tube and only Bert Weedons book ,play in a day .
@pabloperez40634 жыл бұрын
It IS great to hear that in those years, between Eric And Albert ThE number of pedals was... Z E R O ! (apart from whawah
@cacornett582 жыл бұрын
I love ALbert Lee's solo on Cocaine off the Just one Night album. Much different than Claptons
@Matthew_Eitzman4 жыл бұрын
His acoustic guitar solo on “Pretty Girl” from Eric Clapton’s 1983 album Money and Cigarettes was the first time I ever heard Albert. No one cares about what I have to say.
@Deliquescentinsight4 жыл бұрын
Well spotted, talent shines through bullshit.
@mrblueroadsunderground60554 жыл бұрын
wow, gave yo a 58 les paul custom, what a guy.
@GregCombs1004 жыл бұрын
Geez he got old, makes me feel old
@CharlySardoGamingАй бұрын
Anyone know the name of the club in Calabasas? I am thinking of an old little place there. It's the first time I played with Albert although it was many years later. Mid 90's I guess. I have the pic :)
@CharlySardoGamingАй бұрын
Agoura Valley Inn. That's the name of the place I am guessing.
@majorrgeek4 жыл бұрын
it's truly amazing Al remembers anything after all the drugs he's taken
@bishlap4 жыл бұрын
Albert is the only man in history to never have combed his hair.
@pabloperez40633 жыл бұрын
Me neither!!
@cahg38712 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ-Keith Richards and combs don’t go together.
@bishlap2 жыл бұрын
@@cahg3871 Keef owned a comb in 1965!!
@demsbstupid7534 жыл бұрын
When and where did this interview happen
@spinyabastardspin34794 жыл бұрын
Is that Mr. Burns with a wig?
@jupitorious79253 жыл бұрын
The big names in guitar show business are literally minuscule to Alberts talent... The Chas and Dave show, Eric might as well have been making the tea and coffee backstage ...
@timgelder42634 жыл бұрын
Come on man, just cut it off
@JackTheSkunk4 жыл бұрын
I have really enjoyed Albert's playing since his days with Hot Band. Always a tasty player who compliments the song perfectly. Albert seems like a genuinely nice guy....completely unaffected by his fame. I have to be honest....his signature guitar is ugly (sorry Albert) and I do wish he would vary his tone.....always the same....never changes. Too bad he didn't stick to a Tele. Probably could have had his signature model Fender but I know he likes the folks at Music Man.
@levondarratt7872 жыл бұрын
" I guess it was pretty loud".... there goes the saying that loud will damage your hearing..Albert Lee hearing every note at 80 years old - hold on forget I said that, that is not good medical advice!