Overview

Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred to within the music industry as the ""guitar player's guitar player,"" renowned for his work across several genres of music and for the respect that he has garnered from other industry giants. This comprehensive biography tells the entire story of Lee's long career and personal experiences, beginning with his upbringing in south London and his early experimentations with skiffle music (the British equivalent of American rockabilly). It covers Lee's career in Chris Farlowe's Thunderbirds and the British rock and country group Heads, Hands, and Feet, his move to the United States in the 1970s and his subsequent work with Eric Clapton, the Crickets, Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band, the Everly Brothers, and, more recently, with Bill Wyman and with Hogan's Heroes. Lee's career is set against the background of changes in popular music and shows how he, as a British artist with nomadic Romany roots, has influenced traditionally ""American"" musical genres. The work includes 66 photographs, many from Lee's personal collection, two appendices, and an extensive bibliography.

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Author:   Derek Watts
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781476679037

ISBN 10:   1476679037
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   19 February 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Eric Clapton      Introduction      Prologue: A Stopping Place      1. The Blackheath Years      2. The Times They Are A-Changin’      3. Parnes, Shillings and Pence      4. Learning the Game      5. Thunderbirds Are Go!      6. A Country Boy at Heart      7. Heads, Hands and Feet      8. California Dreaming      9. From a Deeper Well      10. Further on Up the Road      11. Walk Right Back      12. “A Band of Heroes”      13. All Kings Is Mostly Rapscallions      Epilogue: A Stopping Place      Appendix A: Albert Lee’s Family History      Appendix B: Press Release from Ernie Ball Music Man, August 17, 1993      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

If all music books were as good as this, the world would be a better-informed place - Record Collector Anyone interested in the story of Albert Lee...will not be disappointed by this fine volume. - Maverick.

“if all music books were as good as this, the world would be a better-informed place”—Record Collector; “anyone interested in the story of Albert Lee...will not be disappointed by this fine volume.”—Maverick.

"If all music books were as good as this, the world would be a better-informed place"" - Record Collector ""Anyone interested in the story of Albert Lee...will not be disappointed by this fine volume."" - Maverick."

if all music books were as good as this, the world would be a better-informed place --Record Collector; anyone interested in the story of Albert Lee...will not be disappointed by this fine volume. --Maverick.

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The late Derek Watts lived in Lewes, East Sussex, England.

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