Alvin Lee - Ten Years After Gigs 1988 - 1991

Alvin Lee starts 1988 with Alvin Lee Band but a series of summer festivals with Ten Years After leads to an extensive reuinion with the band that continues until 1991. Alvin also joins the Night of the Guitars tour in November 1988.

Ten Years After 1989


Alvin Lee Band

April 4, 1988 - "3rd Blues Festival" Biskuithalle/Bonn, Germany
With The Pretty Things and Dr. John.


May 1988 - Leverkusener Jazz Festival/Leverkusen, Germany


June 9, 1988 - Palais de Sports/Clermont-Ferrand, France
One Of These Days, Detroit Diesel, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Rock & Roll Guitar Picker, She's So Cute, Love Like A Man, Scat Thing, Hey Joe, Slow Down, Help Me, Johnny B. Goode, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Rip It Up.


Ten Years After
In the summer of 1988, Ten Years After agree to play several festivals in Germany and Austria.


July 8, 1988 - Graz, Austria
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Hey Joe, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Love Like A Man, Hobbit, I Woke Up This Morning, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Slow Down, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama.


July 9-17, 1988 'Out in the Green' tour with Foreigner, Starship, Jethro Tull, T'pau, IQ, The Gunslingers (featuring Bo Diddley and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones), The Jim Satten Band and Ten Years After

July 9, 1988 - Volkspark Dutzendteich/Nürnberg, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hear Me Calling, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Johnny B. Goode, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama.


July 10, 1988 - Pferderennbahn/Frauenfeld, SWI


July 16, 1988 - VfB Waldstadion/Giessen, Germany


July 17, 1988 - Weser-Ems Freigelände/Oldenburg, GER


August 13, 1988 - 'Danmarks Smukkeste Festival'/Skanderborg, Denmark


August 27, 1988 - Molson Park Blues Festival/Barrie, Ontario
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Love Like A Man, Hobbit, Johnny B. Goode, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Slow Down, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


September 3, 1988 - Bluesrock Festival/Tegelen, Holland
The concert is broadcast on radio: Good Morning Little School Girl, I Woke Up This Morning (traditional Muddy Waters version), Love Like A Man, I Woke Up This Morning (the Sssh LP Version !), Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Help Me, I'm Going Home.
With Dr. Feelgood.


Alvin Lee - Night of the Guitars Tour
Alvin Lee participates in a "Guitar Slingers" tour of England with: Randy California (Spirit), Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band), Steve Howe (Yes), Steve Hunter (Lou Reed/Alice Cooper), Robbie Krieger (The Doors), Andy Powell & Steve Turner (Wishbone Ash) and Leslie West (Mountain).


November 20, 1988 - Colston Hall, Bristol


November 21, 1988 - St. Georges Hall/Bradford, England


November 22, 1988 - City Hall/Newcastle, UK


November 23, 1988 - Edinburgh Playhouse/Edinburgh, Scotland


November 24, 1988 - Royal Court Theatre/Liverpool, England


November 25, 1988 - Apollo/Manchester, UK


November 26, 1988 - Hammersmith Odeon/London, UK


Ten Years After

December 1, 1988 - Kurhalle Oberlaa/Vienna, Austria
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Love Like A Man, Hobbit, I Woke Up This Morning, Victim Of Circumstance, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Johnny B. Goode, Slow Down, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You, Moving Too Fast, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


December 2, 1988 - Olympiahalle/Innsbruck, Austria


December 7, 1988 - Idraetshal/Odense, Denmark


December 13, 1988 - Stadthalle Köln-Mülheim/Köln, Germany


December 14, 1988 - Rosengarten Musensaal/Mannheim, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Victim Of Circumstance, Hobbit, I Woke Up This Morning, Love Like A Man, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Blue Suede Shoes, Slow Down, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


December 15, 1988 - Deutsches Museum/München, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Victim Of Circumstance, Hobbit, I Woke Up This Morning, Scat Thing, Moving Too Fast, Slow Down, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.
Leslie West opens (with a REALLY loud set)


December 16, 1988 - Volkshaus/Zürich, Switzerland


December 18, 1988 - Neumarkt, Germany


June 17, 1989 - Open Air Festival/Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Holland


June 18, 1989 - t'Noorderligt/Tilburg, Holland
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, "That Will Be The Day" Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Victim Of Circumstance (Alvin says,"we just recently recorded this number, it's available at your local pawn shops"), Hobbit, I Woke Up This Morning, Love Like A Man, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Let's Shake It Up, Slow Down, Help Me.


July 18, 1989 - Radrennbahn Weissensee/East Berlin, GER
"6. Berliner Rocksommer" Festival, with Ten Years After, Golden Earring and Uriah Heep.
Ten Years After perform to a huge outdoor crowd. Part of their performance ("I'm Going Home") is broadcast on TV.


August 2-19: Australian dates for The Rock and Roll tour, featuring Johnny Diesel & the Injectors (with guest artist, Alvin Lee) and warm-up band, The Georgia Satellites.

August 2 & 3, 1989 - Thebarton Theatre/Adelaide, AUS


August 5, 1989 - Perth Entertainment Centre/Perth, AUS


August 8 & 9, 1989 - Melbourne Festival Hall/Melbourne, AUS


August 11, 1989 - Bruce Stadium/Canberra, AUS


August 12, 1989 - Brisbane Festival Hall/Brisbane, AUS


August 13, 1989 - Seagulls Club/Tweed Heads, AUS


August 14, 1989 - Newcastle Workers Club/Newcastle, AUS


August 15 & 16, 1989 - Hordern Pavilion/Sydney, Australia


August 18, 1989 - Launceston Silverdome/Launceston, AUS


August 19, 1989 - Derwent Entertainment Centre/Hobart, AUS



Ten Years After's last studio album 'About Time' is released August 22, 1989


September 9, 1989 - Freilichtbühne Northeim/Northeim, GER
Open-air-Rockfestival, with Roger Chapman, Ten Years After, Midnight Flash, and The Short Biscuits.


November 3, 1989 - Showcase Special Events Center/San Antonio, Texas
support: Flies on Fire


November 5, 1989 - Arcadia Theatre/Dallas, Texas
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Let's Shake It Up, Hobbit, Bad Blood, Saturday Night, Love Like A Man, Johnny B. Goode, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


November 6, 1989 - Fitzgerald's/Houston, TX
support: Flies on Fire


November 8, 1989 - Center Stage/Atanta, GA


November 10, 1989 - The Boat House/Norfolk, VA


November 11, 1989 - Hammerjack's/Baltimore, Maryland


November 12, 1989 - Theater Of The Living Arts/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Let's Shake It Up, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Saturday Night, Bad Blood, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance, I'm Going Home
support: Flies on Fire


November 13, 1989 - Pearl Street Nightclub/Northampton, MA
support: Flies on Fire


November 14, 1989 - Paradise Rock Club/Boston, Massachusetts
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Let's Shake It Up, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Saturday Night, Bad Blood, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance, Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Rip It Up.


November 16, 1989 - The Ritz/New York City, New York
support: Flies on Fire


November 17, 1989 - Penny Arcade/Rochester, New York
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Let's Shake It Up, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Saturday Night, Bad Blood, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


November 18, 1989 - U.N. Hunger Benefit Concert - United Nations Plaza/New York, NY
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Victim Of Circumstance, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama.
The performance is broadcast live on KROC-FM New York.


November 20, 1989 - Diamond Club/Toronto, Canada
support: Flies on Fire


November 21, 1989 - Park West/Chicago, Illinois
support: Flies on Fire


November 22, 1989 - The Mirage/Minneapolis, MN


November 25, 1989 - The Palace/Auburn Hills, Michigan
support: Flies on Fire


December 1, 1989 - Paradiso/Amsterdam, Holland
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Let's Shake It Up, Hobbit, Going To Chicago, Love Like A Man, Saturday Night, Bad Blood, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama.


December 3, 1989 - Vooruit/Gent, Belgium


December 4, 1989 - Elysee-Montmartre/Paris, France


December 5, 1989 - Bern, Switzerland
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Let's Shake It Up, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hear Me Calling, Hobbit, Going To Chicago, Love Like A Man, Saturday Night, Bad Blood, Johnny B. Goode, Classical Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance , I'm Going Home.


December 6, 1989 - Volkshaus/Zurich, Switzerland


December 7, 1989 - Messe - Kongresszentrum/Stuttgart, Germany



December 8, 1989 - Rosengarten - Musensaal/Mannheim, Germany


December 9, 1989 - Garage/Saarbrücken, Germany


December 10, 1989 - Jurahalle/Neumarkt, Germany


December 11, 1989 - Deutsches Museum/Munich, Germany


December 13, 1989 - Metropol/Berlin, Germany


December 14, 1989 - Grugahalle/Essen, Germany


December 15, 1989 - Congress Centrum Hamburg Saal 3/Hamburg, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Going To Chicago, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hear Me Calling, Hobbit, Let's Shake It Up, Love Like A Man, Bad Blood, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance, I'm Going Home.


December 16, 1989 - Rheingoldhalle/Mainz, Germany


January 27, 1990 - Hammersmith Odeon/London, England


February 27, 1990 - Fastnachtfestival/Mainz, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Going To Chicago, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, Let's Shake It Up, Love Like A Man, Bad Blood, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Victim Of Circumstance, I'm Going Home.
There are technical problems with the stage monitors during the first four numbers and Alvin is not very pleased. Alvin says, "you may be able to hear us, but we can't - aren't we lucky". As a result, more instrumentals fills are played and Alvin does a fierce solo during "Slow Blues In C".


March 3, 1990 - Switzerland


March 10, 1990 - Paradiso/Amsterdam, Holland


March 20, 1990 - Posthof/Linz, Austria
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Going To Chicago, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hear Me Calling, Hobbit, Victim Of Circumstance, Outside My Window, Love Like A Man, Bad Blood, Let's Shake It Up, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


March 21, 1990 - Volkshaus/Braunau, Austria


March 25, 1990 - Bierhübeli/Bern, Switzerland


May 6, 1990 - Biskuithalle/Bonn, Germany
Fourth Blues Festival with Ten Years After, Mick Taylor, Livin' Blues, Les Dudek, Kevin Brown, and O.K. Corral


May 17, 1990 - Studio 8/Nottingham, England
The concert is recorded and subsequently released on home video. The songs as they appear on the video are: Let's Shake It Up, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Johnny B. Goode, Bad Blood, Victim Of Circumstance, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen.


Start of the "Road Warriors Tour" with Nazareth and Blackfoot.


June 26, 1990 - Merriweather Post Pavilion/Columbia, MD


June 27, 1990 - Pulsations/Glenn Mills, Pennsylvania


June 28, 1990 - Club Casino/Hampton Beach, New Hampshire


June 29, 1990 - Waterloo Village/Stanhope, New Jersey


June 30, 1990 - Gratz, Pennsylvania


July 1, 1990 - Windjammer/Misquamicut, Rhode Island


July 3, 1990 - Westbury Music Fair/Westbury, New York


July 4, 1990 - Great Woods/Mansfield, MA


July 5, 1990 - Le Ronde/Montreal, Canada


July 6, 1990 - Lake Compounce/Bristol, Connecticut


July 7, 1990 - Seashore Performing Arts Center/Portland, Maine


July 8, 1990 - Darien Lake Theme Park/Darien, New York


July 12, 1990 - Columbus, Ohio


July 13, 1990 - Starwood Amphitheatre/Nashville, Tennessee


July 14, 1990 - Lakewood Amphitheatre/Atlanta, Georgia


July 15, 1990 - Mud Island Amphitheatre/Memphis, Tennessee


July 17, 1990 - The Vogue/Indianapolis, Indiana


July 18, 1990 - Star Lake Amphitheater/Burgettstown, Pennsylvania


The concerts scheduled for July 11, 19-22, 1990 were cancelled.


August 11, 1990 - Bospop Festival/Weert, NETH
also on the bill: Claw Boys Claw, Elysion, Zinatra


August 14, 1990 - Marktrock Festival/Leuven, BEL
also on the bill: Nils Lofgren, Kinks, Dan Reed Network


August 17, 1990 - Freilichtbühne/Dresden, GER


August 18 (morning), 1990 - Dillingen Open Air/Dillingen, GER


August 18 (evening), 1990 - Stadthalle/Hanover, GER


August 19, 1990 - Theater-Fabrik/Hamburg, GER


August 24, 1990 - Trochtelfinger Festival/Trochtelfingen, GER


August 25, 1990 - Festival Wiershop/Geesthacht, GER


August 26, 1990 - Serenadenhof Nürnberg/Nuremberg, GER


September 3, 1990 - Miltenberger Rock Festival/Miltenberg, Germany


September 8, 1990 - Albatos/Peuerbach, Austria


September 9, 1990 - Roxy/Ulm, Germany


September 10, 1990 - Theaterfabrik/Munich, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Let's Shake It Up, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, I Woke Up This Morning, Hear Me Calling/On The Road Again, Love Like A Man, Victim Of Circumstance, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


November 2, 1990 - Budapest Sportcsarnok/Budapest, HUNG


November 3, 1990 - CA-Zelt/Vienna, Austria
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Let's Shake It Up, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, Hear Me Calling/On The Road Again, I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always, Love Like A Man, Bad Blood, Victim Of Circumstance, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama.


November 26, 1990 - Music Hall/Hannover, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Let's Shake It Up, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, Hear Me Calling/On The Road Again, I Woke Up This Morning, Love Like A Man, Victim Of Circumstance, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing (includes extended guitar riffing with Smoke On The Water, etc.), I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.


November 27, 1990 - Aladin Music Hall/Bremen, Germany


November 30, 1990 - Volkshaus/Zurich, Switzerland


December 3, 1990 - Metropol Nollendorf Platz/Berlin, Germany


December 5, 1990 - Stadthalle Heidelberg/Heidelberg, GER


December 6, 1990 - Music Hall/Frankfurt, Germany


December 7, 1990 - Stadthalle Kehl/Kehl, Germany


December 9, 1990 - LKA Longhorn/Stuttgart, GER


December 10, 1990 - Outpost/Göttingen, GER


April 13, 1991 - Volkshaus/Zurich, Switzerland


April 20, 1991 - Fichtelgebirgshalle/Wunsiedel, GER


April 26, 1991 - Anti-Atomic Energy Festival/Bratislava, Czechoslovakia


May 3, 1991 - Vienna, Austria


May 5, 1991 - Timelkam, Austria


June 1, 1991 - Open Flair Festival/Eschwege, GER


June 7, 1991 - Serenadenhof Nürnberg/Nuremberg, GER


June 8, 1991 - Burgwaldhof/Kempen, GER


June 14, 1991 - Lorsh, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Let's Shake It Up, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Hear Me Calling, Victim Of Circumstance, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing,I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama. The concert is broadcast on radio.


June 29, 1991 - Bolsward, Holland


August 9, 1991 - Open Air Festival/Nunningen, Switzerland
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Let's Shake It Up, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Hear Me Calling, "Waltz" (Alvin and the band briefly imitate a German marching song), Victim Of Circumstance, I Woke Up This Morning, Johnny B. Goode, brief instrumental shuffle by Alvin, Scat Thing (with an extended "Sunshine Of Your Love" segment), I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen


August 14, 1991 - Limburg Festival/Roggel, Netherlands


August 17, 1991 - Nidau Castle - Castle Open Air Festival/Nidau, SWI


The November and December 1991 tour features Wishbone Ash and Man

November 15, 1991 - Rockhaus/Vienna, Austria


November 18, 1991 - LKA Longhorn/Stuttgart, Germany


November 19, 1991 - Josefhaus/Weiden, Germany


November 20, 1991 - Discothek RESI Nürnberg/Nuremberg, GER


November 21, 1991 - Elzer Hof/Mainz, Germany


November 22, 1991 - Augsburg, Germany


November 25, 1991 - Metropol Nollendorf Platz/Berlin, Germany


November 27, 1991 - Rock Heaven/Herford, Germany


November 28, 1991 - Stadthalle Köln-Mülheim/Cologne, GER


November 29, 1991 - Elysee Montmartre/Paris, France


December 1991 - Augsburg, Germany


December 3, 1991 - Paradiso/Amsterdam, Holland


December 5, 1991 - Town & Country Club/London, England


December 6, 1991 - Elysee Montmartre/Paris, France