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Alvin Lee (guitarist, Ten Years After) : It was the time of the blues. John Mayall was beginning to get noticed as a blues player and brought the music to a lot of people's attention.
So many bands were into blues, but there were not that many blues venues around. And John Mayall kind of started that off. I went to see John Mayall at The Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.
We did an audition for The Marquee, and we happened to know that the manager, John Gee, was a bit of a jazz fan. So we performed an old Woody Herman number called Woodchopper's Ball, which had him come dashing out the office and got us a residency.
The crowd reaction when we were up there playing was great. I loved those days. It was blues but it was also underground, and I really like that kind of atmosphere. It was very arty!
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So many bands were into blues, but there were not that many blues venues around. And John Mayall kind of started that off. I went to see John Mayall at The Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.
We did an audition for The Marquee, and we happened to know that the manager, John Gee, was a bit of a jazz fan. So we performed an old Woody Herman number called Woodchopper's Ball, which had him come dashing out the office and got us a residency.
The crowd reaction when we were up there playing was great. I loved those days. It was blues but it was also underground, and I really like that kind of atmosphere. It was very arty!
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