Tag Archives: Ten Years After

News: TEN YEARS AFTER – 50th Anniversary Box Set in November 2017

Posted on September 7, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Chrysalis Records release a 50th Anniversary box set in November to coincide with the release of Ten Year’s After’s debut album in 1967. For the first time including albums from both the Deram and Chrysalis eras, between 1967 and 1974, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE BROOKFIELD – Brookfield

Posted on August 24, 2017 by petefeenstra

Golden Rule [Release date 22.09.17] Mike Brookfield is back. For those in the know it’s a welcome return to the recording scene by the Irish based Liverpool blues/rocker who cut the impressive ‘Love Breaks The Fall’ album last year. Newbies … Continue reading →

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Album review: KRISSY MATTHEWS – Live At Freak Valley

Posted on March 1, 2017 by petefeenstra

Proper [Release date 14.04.17] Krissy Mathews lives or dies by the first take and his road tested band do him proud on an album full of tight interplay, scorching solos, raw aggression and a magnificent unexpected finish. He makes up … Continue reading →

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Album review: DOUG ABRAHAM – Better Late Than…

Posted on June 1, 2016 by petefeenstra

BBM [Release date 27.10.15] Doug Abraham is a fine Liverpudlian singer-songwriter and confident guitarist who has a solid background in instrumental music and funk rock, though this album goes well beyond those genres. The title of the album ‘Better Late … Continue reading →

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Album review: SIMO – Let Love Show The Way

Posted on February 11, 2016 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 26.01.16] Sometimes a new band needs a relevant context to make a splash. Happily for Simo, they seems to be in the right place at the right time to explode on to the contemporary blues-rock scene with … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SIMO – St.Moritz Club, London, 23 November 2015

Posted on November 24, 2015 by petefeenstra

Sometimes you just have to dip into the past to make sense of the present and such is the case with alt. Nahville’s psychedelic tinged improvisational jam trio Simo. Their intense improvisational spirit draws from a wide variety of classic … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEN YEARS AFTER, THE BLUE AEROPLANES (Access All Areas)

Posted on July 27, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Edsel [Release date 29.06.15] CD/DVD Right up until his untimely passing in March 2013, Alvin Lee always bemoaned that he’d been typecast after Woodstock. And this 1990 TV concert demonstrates that he still carried the albatross of ‘Good Morning Little … Continue reading →

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Album review: KRIS POHLMANN – Taylor Road

Posted on March 4, 2015 by petefeenstra

CD Baby [Released 16.01.15] Kris Pohlmann is an English guitarist who has established himself in Germany and Holland. He’s made his name with over ten years of roadwork and a couple of albums, which culminated in a spectacular year in … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEN YEARS AFTER – The Friday Rock Show Sessions Live At Reading 1983

Posted on July 28, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Talking Elephant [Release date 21.07.14] 6 March 2013 was a sad day for British rock, when it was announced that Alvin Lee had died suddenly. He was 68 but had seemed to be invincible. However, with Ten Years After and … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALVIN LEE & TEN YEARS LATER – Live At Rockpalast

Posted on August 30, 2013 by petefeenstra

Repertoire [Release date 10.06.13] Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later actually came 5 years after the dissolution of Ten Years After. It was essentially a virtuoso power trio who relentlessly toured The US and Europe and on this live DVD … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALVIN LEE – The Best Of

Posted on March 13, 2013 by petefeenstra

Repertoire Records (2012) This album has been brought into sharp focus by the sad loss of Alvin Lee. The Woodstock guitar hero seemed to be more affected than most by the prevailing sweep of punk and new … Continue reading →