Alvin Lee - Ten Years After Gigs 1988 - 1991Alvin 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. 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 |
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