Steve Lukather & Albert Lee, 2 gigs within 4 days, PICS

[banjoplayer]

Hey there,

had the pleasure to see 2 of EBMM´s signature artists within 4 days:

23/03/2009: Steve Lukather in Augsburg

Unfortunately my pics are not very good, the one from vienna here on the forum are much better.
One mystery is left: When leaving the stage, Luke seems to be very fit. Half an hour later, when he came signing, he seemed to be damaged. That was very funny and he was that cool!

26/03/2009: Albert Lee and Hogan´s Heroes in Munich

The gig was in a really small venue, the „Rattlesnake Saloon“, which was great as I had a seat directly in front of the stage and 2m away from Mr. Lee and in front of his amp

They played about 2,5 hrs, incl. a break. To see Albert Lee live is even better than seeing him on DVD or youtube… I never heard someone play a clean guitar that accurate (maybe except Steve Morse ).

After the show they signed everything including my Albert Lee EBMM. The whole band seems to be very easy. Elio Pace, the keyboarder was very interested in my guitar and wanted to know how much and where I bought it ... I told Albert Lee that we all read his posts lately here and that some guys from this forum are guilty for making me wanting the AL-guitar… When I did it back in the case Elio and Albert Lee talked again about my guitar and pointed on it… „eh a hardtail…without tremolo… more sustain…“

Long story short: Here are some pics (also follow the links above for more). I´ll post some videoclips from Albert Lee later on.

STEVE LUKATHER

ALBERT LEE

 

[Dizzy]

Great Pics - Thanks !

 

[lenny]

friggin awesome!!!! thanx for the pics!!! nice shots of his amp settings!!!

 

[fogman]

nice nice nice

 

[leftyguitarblue]

wow, great shots of both of them. Were you on stage with Albert Lee? talk about a close up. awesome.

 

[lenny]

I need to go to Europe it seems....wow i would never have guessed that guys of Albert and Lukes stature would be playing these tiny little venues ...wow that bar that Alberts at looks like the ceiling is gonna cave in ....

 

[banjoplayer]

Were you on stage with Albert Lee? talk about a close up. awesome.

That stage was freaking small. It was 2m from Albert, 2,5m from his amp and 0,5 m from his stage piano

Luke played here: http://www.spectrum-club.de/
Albert played here: http://www.rattlesnake-saloon.com/

 

[Big Poppa]

Guys cannot get arrested in America...it is horrible for artists.

 

[catdaddy]

You know you're in the South of Germany when there's a Rebel flag on the wall.

 

[lenny]

Guys cannot get arrested in America...it is horrible for artists.

I agree ...is that why all the bands go to europe?...it seems that they are still very interested in LIVE music over there.......i know even in Nova Scotia the LIVE music scene is GONE!!!.....its a tough row to hoe for sure ...but i still play every thursday night with our Jam band at a club and we get paid beer...for me that means i get 10 bucks for 3 hours hahaha i only have a couple or i cant play ..im not much of a drinker ...my buds say im a lightweights lightweight hahaha

 

[kbaim]

Great shots!
Always a terrific evening listening to these guys live. Some of the notes luke squeezes out when he's in slow building whammy bar to ripping mode are just unbelievable.

And nobody plays clean runs better than al. I absolutely love his hybrid style picking.

 

[banjoplayer]

Guys cannot get arrested in America...it is horrible for artists.

I agree ...is that why all the bands go to europe?...it seems that they are still very interested in LIVE music over there.......i know even in Nova Scotia the LIVE music scene is GONE!!!.....its a tough row to hoe for sure ...but i still play every thursday night with our Jam band at a club and we get paid beer...for me that means i get 10 bucks for 3 hours hahaha i only have a couple or i cant play ..im not much of a drinker ...my buds say im a lightweights lightweight hahaha

well I think it´s relatively safe for club owners to book acts like Luke or Albert in small venues - sold out... but it´s also very hard these days for newcomers to get good gigs. My impression is, that successful acts play a lot. Seems like they really earn their money with gigs these days.

You know you're in the South of Germany when there's a Rebel flag on the wall.

ok some short clips like said before (will have another one but not uploaded yet (Counrty Boy):
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-2zrEkzBM&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Albert Lee - 26.03.2009 - Munich 1[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqF9ex-erCU&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Albert Lee - 26.03.2009 - Munich 2[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZvMeocbB0&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Albert Lee - 26.03.2009 - Munich 3[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3II3b1ta1DM&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Albert Lee - 26.03.2009 - Munich 4[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihkk0ee2ACE&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Albert Lee - 26.03.2009 - Munich 6[/ame]

 

[Purple ASS]

I love Alberts' new set since Elio Pace joined the band

 

[RocketRalf]

Both accompanying bassists had MM basses too! The AL videos are quite nice. One of the many great things of hearing such world class acts like Mr. Lee (I experienced it with Santana) is that everyone on the backing band is just as good!

 

[travs]

super fun! that is a great week.

 

[banjoplayer]

The last one (long ) clip from "Country Boy"
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uznLPYW4Gmg]YouTube - Albert Lee - 26.03.2009 - Munich 5[/ame]

 

[RobW]

Hey there,

had the pleasure to see 2 of EBMM´s signature artists within 4 days:


ALBERT LEE

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great pics!

there's ridiculous mojo there