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Dank an Roland Nilles / KULTOPOLIS
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28
February 2008
Ric Lee,
Chick Churchill and Joe Gooch at "ROCK OF AGES"
in Reading, UK
Ric Lee, Joe
Gooch, Mark Pullen and Chick Churchill
From Lionel
Webb:
Brigitte,Dave
Hi......... Trust you are both well, I went to the
Rock of Ages gig last Thursday, a concert held to
help fund Music for All, a charity to
encourage people to participate in music. The
venue, a sports hall in Reading, was pretty
much full with a mixed of ages from children to
the over 60'S I will send on a programe listing
the musicians performing as I know this is of
interest. I plus son Duncan were there to hear Ric,
Chic & Joe. They kicked off with King of the
Blues, after an on stage interview with Ric, the
event was sponsored by a drum company, in which he
talked about Woodstock, playing on the same bill,
and meeting Buddy Rich as well as what was
happening now.the second piece was The Hobbit, I
have of course been fortunate to hear this several
times but I would say this was the best yet, well
there was an audience of drummers and would be
drummers, the guys together with standin bassist
Mark Pullen,finished with Goin Home of course,the
seated crowd loved it and I would say they made a
good few new fans on the night.
I managed to have a few words with the guys
afterwards, Ric of course wanted to know how it
sounded, I said great but I just know he could
have told me of loads of things that weren't as he
would like, he's such a perfectionist. I managed
to get a couple of photo's, which I attach (fingers
crossed), let me know if they dont appear.
Love and peace to you both.....Lionel
Many thanks to Lionel Webb for the photos and report
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The line-up at the Rock
of Ages Charity will be Chick Churchill on
keyboards, Joe Gooch on guitar & vocals
and Ric Lee on drums (of course) of Ten Years
After and a friend of the band, Mark Pullen on
Bass. Unfortunately, due a prior engagement
Leo Lyons, original bass player of Ten Years After will
not be able to perform at the event.
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PRESS
RELEASE 28TH JANUARY 2008
TOP
DRUMMERS FOR CHARITY GIG
On
28th February Reading’s Rivermead
Centre will rock to the beat of some of the UKs
greatest drummers, all of whom have given their
services absolutely free for charity.
The
event is called ‘Rock of Ages’ and has been
organised by DrumWright Managing Director Chris
Wright, who is one of the driving forces behind
the new charity Music For All. Chris explains:
‘Music
For All` is a charity which has the simple
aim of getting more people –from every age group
– to play music.
Rock of Ages aims to bring together some of
the most successful drummers in the UK for a
one-off fund raising event to raise funds to help
today’s aspiring musicians to take up an
instrument.”
The
careers of some of these drummers span more than
six decades.
They include:
BRIAN
BENNETT –
legendary drummer with The Shadows for nearly 50
years – and one of Britain’s top conductors,
arrangers and composers, playing with fellow
Shadow Mark Griffith (bass).
CLEM
CATTINI –
drummer with ‘Johnny Kidd and the Pirates’ and
‘The Tornados’, the first British band to top
the charts in the UK and USA simultaneously in
1962. He was the drummer on no less than 47
chart topping singles (including Love Affair’s
‘Everlasting Love’, Tom Jones ‘The Green
Green Grass Of Home’, Jeff Becks
‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’ and many of the
Kinks hits).
He is widely regarded as one of Britain’s
finest session drummers.
He will be accompanied by ‘The Rock
Masters’, featuring
one-time member of ‘The Springfields’ Mike
Hurst, who went on to play in ‘The Methods’
with Jimmy Paige, Albert Lee and Tony Ashton
before becoming one of the UK’s top record
producers (over 50 chart singles and 25 Platinum
albums, including Manfred Mann, Cat Stevens, PP
Arnold, The Move and Showaddywaddy); Colin Farley
(bass), best known as a member of Cutting Crew and
co-writer of their 70’s hit ‘I Died In Your
Arms Tonight’; and one of Britain’s top
guitarists, Ray Fenwick (Spencer Davis, Ian Gillan).
BOB
HENRIT – One
of the UK’s most respected rock drummers (Adam
Faith & The Roulettes, Argent, The Kinks)
–and – he will be bringing ex- Argent
guitarist John Verity and ex-Matthew Southern
Comfort and Shadows bass player Mark Griffith with
him.
Their performance will include Argent’s classic
70’s hit ‘Hold Your Head Up’.
RIC
LEE
– drummer with Woodstock veterans Ten
Years After - will be appearing at the
concert.
The line-up at the
Rock of Ages Charity will be Chick Churchill on
keyboards, Joe Gooch on guitar & vocals and
Ric Lee on drums (of course) of Ten Years After
and a friend of the band, Mark Pullen on
Bass. Unfortunately, due a prior engagement
Leo Lyons, original bass player of Ten Years
After will not be able to perform at the
event.
BOBBY
ORR – In his
80th year, Bobby’s playing credits include
Shirley Bassey, Pat Boone, Bing Crosby, Sammy
Davis, Billy Eckstein, Benny Goodman, Ted heath
& Tommy Steele. One of the finest jazz
and session drummers the UK has ever produced, and
Bobby will be performing with a big band of 15 –
19 year olds from the Berkshire Maestros.
NIGEL
SHIPWAY – one of
the UK’s top percussion players – a man with a
CV that reads like a Who’s Who of the UK music
scene.
Back
Row: (left to right) Ian Wright (son of Chris
Wright and Operations Manager at DrumWright)’
Nigel Shipway, Ian Paice, Ric Lee, Chris Wright.
Front row: Bobby Orr, Clem Cattini, Brian
Bennett, Bob Henrit
at the MIA’s annual awards ceremony at
The Savoy in October, at which Chris Wright made a
presentation to Brian Bennett in recognition of
his outstanding services to music over fifty years.
(Photo Credit to OK Magazine).
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R.I.P. HERB STAEHR
A good friend, devoted fan and biggest
supporter of the band "Alvin Lee and Ten Years
After".
Please
sign the guestbook at "The Boston Globe"
Magazine
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Rhett Staehr |
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58, longtime resident of Hingham, passed away on
January 12, 2008.
Herb was an avid mountain climber,
traveler, teacher, music collector, caregiver, author,
and friend. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Herb was
the son of Liselotte and the late Otto Staehr. He is
survived by his loving sister and best friend,
Claudia, and his close and adoring brother Tom. Herb
graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and
traveled the high seas for three years before
beginning his career with Factory Mutual Insurance
Company (FM Global) where he traveled extensively in
the United States, South America and Europe in his
capacity as Instructor and Chief Inspector. Herb had a
passion for climbing and hiking in the Swiss Alps,
which he did extensively with his family and others
who could keep up with him. Herb was a devoted friend
and follower of the band Ten Years After and often
traveled with them in the United States and Europe. He
authored a book chronicling the bands long career. His
circle of friends sharing his musical interests and
collections is worldwide. He was an avid fan of the
Red Sox and the Patriots, and a compassionate, warm
and wonderful friend to all who knew him. Funeral
arrangements by George H. Downing & Son, HINGHAM,
MA. Services are private. If desired, donations may be
made in Herb's memory to the Dana Farber Cancer
Research Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor,
Brookline, MA 02445-7226.
Published in the
Boston Globe on 1/20/2008.
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We are in shock to have lost our good friend
so suddenly.
We will miss you forever Herb and always love you,
Dave and Brigitte
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A special
contribution from our friend Axel:
On
Tour with
the band AMERICA and "Meet and Greet" legendary GEORGE MARTIN
at
"Hammersmith Apollo",
London - 13 March 2007
Dewey
Bunnell - George Martin - Gerry Beckley
Axel,
George Martin, AMERICA and fan
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ROCKTIMES
MAGAZINE - Concert Review and Photos
Sold
Out ! TEN
YEARS AFTER at Quasimodo, Berlin
22 February 2007
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TEN
YEARS AFTER and long-time fan Axel
A
special surprise from Axel can be found at: Leo's
Section
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TEN
YEARS AFTER im "Backstage", München, 14.01.2007 Fotos
und Bericht von Eva Vielen
Dank
an Eva - und an Thomas
Henzler für den Link!
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Recordings
back by popular demand:LEO
LYONS' KICK
Leo
Lyons
and Tony Crooks began a
songwriting partnership back in 1987 which led to the
formation of the band KICK.
The band’s first gig was a festival in Hamburg,
playing in front of 12,000 people: following this, they
continued to tour extensively for several years
throughout the mid 90s, during which time they released
two CDs – Heartland and Tough
Trip Through Paradise.
KICK
are not currently touring but Tony and Leo continue to
work together on different projects, building up a large
catalogue of songs, many of which have been recorded by
other artistes. The reformation of Ten
Years After in 2002 generated a new interest in KICK
and requests to re-release Heartland,
together with previously unreleased live material, are
currently underway, whilst Tough
Trip Through Paradise is available from the SHOP
page right now!
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Tough
Trip Through Paradise
was released in 1994.
The line-up that year included:
Leo Lyons - bass
Tony Crooks
- guitar/vocals
Steve Rodford
- drums (now with the Zombies)
Mark Price
- drums
Don Airey
- keyboards (now with Deep Purple)
Jon
Willoughby - guitar/backing vocals
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Heartland
was first released in Japan in 1992.
The line-up
was:
Tony Crooks - guitar/vocals
Leo Lyons
- bass
Andy Nye
- keyboards/backing vocals (formerly in Michael
Schenker group)
Kex Gorin -
drums (formerly in Magnum).
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Please
also check out the Leo Lyons
page at MySpace
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Many
thanks to JACKY MOUTAILLIER (French Photographer)
for the following pictures
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