Guitarist Albert Lee will be performing alongside Eric Clapton at this year’s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago. He will also be performing right here in Cleveland at The Winchester Music Hall with the band Hogan’s Heroes on Thursday, June 24th, 2010. Admission is $20.00. Showtime is 9:00 pm. Visit The Winchester’s website at www.thewinchester.net for more information and directions.
Albert Lee
From Albert Lee’s Bio on CMT.com (http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/lee_albert/bio.jhtml):
“British by birth and upbringing, he (Albert Lee) spent the mid-’60s as a top R&B guitarist, but in the 1970s became one of the top rockabilly guitarists in the world, and no slouch in country music either. In England he’s a been household name, and in Nashville and Los Angeles he’s been one of the most in-demand session guitarists there is. Albert is…likely to be found playing in the background, behind the Everly Brothers, or alongside Eric Clapton.”
“Lee became a member of Joe Cocker’s band, which, in turn, led to the offer of a contract in 1975 to do a solo album with A&M Records, which was Cocker’s label at the time. A gig playing (and recording) with Emmylou Harris delayed the completion of his own record for a couple of years…”
“He was signed to Polydor as a solo artist, but by that time the session work and offers were coming in fast and furious, and Lee was seemingly everywhere, playing with everyone from Jackson Browne to Bo Diddley to Herbie Mann. His most visible gig, however, was playing with Eric Clapton, first on Just One Night and then on the tour that followed. And when the Everly Brothers reunited for a concert, a live album, and a concert video, Lee was there in the band.”
A video of Albert Lee performing with Emmylou Harris:
“Albert is a great, great player…fluid, lyrical and free.” - Eric Clapton.
“The world’s greatest guitarist.” - Ronnie Wood.
“When this band lays it down, it stays down.” - Musician Magazine.
See you at the show…
