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Ten Years After - Choo Choo Mama (Original Post) Martin Eden 11 hrs ago OP
I think Alvin Lee's blistering speed kept him from being appreciated the way he might have been. BobTheSubgenius 2 hrs ago #1
Convention Prevention, from the same album Martin Eden 1 hr ago #2

BobTheSubgenius

(12,221 posts)
1. I think Alvin Lee's blistering speed kept him from being appreciated the way he might have been.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:21 PM
2 hrs ago

It was kind of a novelty to see someone play 40 notes to the measure, like on Goinn' Home on the Woodstock soundtrack, but it soon came to be a "one trick pony" style. He was better than that.

Martin Eden

(15,650 posts)
2. Convention Prevention, from the same album
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:37 PM
1 hr ago

This is one of my favorites, which has largely gone unnoticed. Not hyper at all, yet his guitar still shines.
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