![]() ![]() Add to his own address-book those of his ‘backing band’, Hogans Heroes, and you’re going to need a bigger chip in your smart-phone. It’s probably easier to list who he hasn’t worked with and tonight his set name-checked most of the folks he has collaborated with – and that kept this Ironworks audience in Inverness on their collective toes from first to last.Īnd that’s just Albert. For some time now he has been the go to guy for those finger-picking licks and smooth breaks that feature heavily at the core of the best of this particular country rock oriented catalogue. Sorted by > Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other Song Lyricist Composer Date 1 A Better Place (Provided) 2014 2 Back in the U.S.A.A review of Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes at Ironworks,Inverness on Saturday the 27th of April, 2013.Īlbert Lee is by common consent one of the world’s finest guitar-players and needs no introduction to country music and rock fans. In association with Ernie Ball productsĪlbert Lee – Black Claw/Country Fever (1991)Īlbert Lee – That's All Right Mama (2005)Īlbert Lee – In Between The Cracks (2007) Lee also plays his signature Music Man (the guitar shown in the photographs) and a 1950s Telecaster (and has versions of both with custom B-Benders), a 1958 Stratocaster and a Martin 000-28 acoustic.īiffbaby's All Stars, featuring: Albert Lee, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Morse and Steve Lukather. ![]() Don Everly presented it to Lee, along with his Gibson Everly Brothers model.Įric Clapton gave Lee the Gibson Les Paul Custom that he played while with Delaney and Bonnie. The Everly Brothers' manager Wesley Rose had wanted the guitar to be presented to the Country Music Hall of Fame, but Everly informed him that guitars like that should be played, not kept sitting in a glass case. The guitars have an all black, high gloss lacquered finish and are equipped with twin Everly Brothers white pickguards. The Gibson Guitar Corporation made one for Don Everly and the other for Phil. ![]() In 2017, Lee was honoured with the Trailblazer Lifetime Achievement Award at the UK Americana Awards.Īlbert Lee owns around 40 guitars, including Don Everly's Gibson J-200. When Saint Peter asks me to chronicle my time down here on earth, I'll be able to say (with pride if that's allowed) that for a while I played rhythm guitar in a band with Albert Lee.' His sound is unmistakable-often emulated, never equaled. Harris said of him that Lee is 'a brilliant guitar player. When Burton left to return to Elvis Presley, Lee was his replacement. Harris did just that, enlisting guitarist James Burton and pianist Glen Hardin, both of whom had played with Elvis Presley and Parsons she named the band 'The Hot Band'. Lee has been described by his peers, who include Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore, as a complete gentleman who does not know the meaning of the word ego.Īfter Gram Parsons's death, Emmylou Harris was told that she could only gain the backing of a major record label if she could assemble a really 'Hot Band'. Lee's song 'Country Boy' helped to redefine country guitar for a whole generation of players, and was later to become a hit for multi-instrumentalist Ricky Skaggs.ĭespite positive press from Melody Maker and New Musical Express, Lee has never achieved any great commercial success in terms of record sales during his career, but more as a live performer, session player and sideman, perhaps due to his self-effacing stage presence. Duchossoir's book detailing the history of the instrument. A long-time Telecaster player, Lee wrote a foreword to A.R. He is known as 'the guitar player's guitar player'. Lee is known within the music industry for his speed of playing and his technical virtuosity and yet by the same token, one of the most melodic, playing slower passages approximating the sound of the pedal steel guitar with his Music Man and Telecaster guitars which are equipped with B-Benders. Lee has received many awards as a guitarist, winning five consecutive times Guitar Player magazine's 'Best Country Guitarist'. He has also maintained a solo career and is a noted composer and musical director. Lee has worked, both in the studio and on tour, with many famous musicians from a wide range of genres. Albert Lee( Albert William Lee )【 41 songs in total 】 Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. ![]()
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