: The final album for the Deram label, concluding with a live cover of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" from the Isle of Wight Festival.
The debut is a raw, almost academic blues lesson. Covers of Sonny Boy Williamson (“Bye Bye Bird”) and Willie Dixon (“Spoonful”) sit beside Lee’s originals, which already showcase his turbocharged attack. But it’s the live Undead —recorded at London’s Klooks Kleek—that matters. Side two’s “I’m Going Home” (pre-Woodstock) is a blueprint: stop-start dynamics, harmonica squeals, and drum breaks from Ric Lee (no relation) that anticipate power-trio aggression. ten years after official discography 19672017 free
Spanning from their 1967 debut album to the 2017 compilation celebrating half a century, Ten Years After’s official releases tell the story of blues-rock’s evolution. With Alvin Lee’s rapid-fire guitar work, Leo Lyons’ thunderous bass, Chick Churchill’s soulful organ, and Ric Lee’s driving drums, the band created a sound that was both technically dazzling and deeply rooted in Chicago blues. : The final album for the Deram label,