![]() singles chart and got a ton of FM radio airtime. Track 8, Me and My Baby showcases their jazz/swing chops to surprising delight, with Lyons ‘ walking’ bassline, some delicious tickling of the ivories by Churchill, and Lee’s signature guitar work to round off the number. This is a tidy little ditty much admired in the American south for its twang and giddyup! ![]() Things turn towards honky tonk-like country in Year 3000 Blues, where the band shows off their abundant talents with Leo Lyons on bass, and Chic Churchill on keyboards. I want to see you I want to free you, I want to be you, inside of me” a trippy song ,definitive of the day. “ I want to know you, I want to show you, I want to grow you, inside of me. Track three 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain is classic psychedelica that floats on the TYA jam approach, which is intensely moody. Working on the Road is a chugging bluesy rock number that features not only brilliant work by the lead guitar and organ, but Ric Lee’ s drum work propels the song to climactic heights. Cricklewood Green is a tasty collection of driving rock pieces starting off with two gems, Sugar on the Road, which sounds spacey at first then faraway drums emerge up close with Lee’s mercurial riffs and a bass groove that soar. The record is perhaps their best studio recording worked over by sound engineer Andy Johns with effects and tricks that were new for the time, and keep this record clean and somewhat crisp from top to bottom.įounded in 1966, this band of Englishmen named the group in honour of Elvis Presley, Lee’s idol, 10 years after his most successful year in 1956. Cricklewood Green was the 4th studio album by English blues rockers Ten Years After, (TYA) released in 1970, it is a record typical of the druggy, trippy sounds of the day, with rousing guitar work by lead guitarist Alvin Lee on his semi-hollow body Gibson ES-335 ‘Big Red’ or his Heritage H-535.
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