1969 Woodstock & More

Alvin Lee – Ten Years After Gigs 1969

TYA begin the year with their first appearance at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London in what will be a year of resounding successes. They’re among the first rock bands ever invited to play the Newport Jazz Festival and they ‘re the first band to take the stage at the Woodstock Music & Arts Festival after the rain storm ended – just one of the festivals played that summer.

January 2, 1969 – Alex’s Disco/Salisbury, England

January 3, 1969 – Van Dike Club/Plymouth, England

January 4, 1969 – Town Hall/Glastonbury, England

January 12, 1969 – Country Club Haverstock Hill/London, England

January 17, 1969 – Royal Albert Hall/London, England

January 21, 1969 – BBC Studios 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1/London, England TYA recorded “Hear Me Calling”, “Woodchoppers Ball”, “I’m Going Home” & “Speed Kills” for Symonds on Sundays for broadcast January 26, 1969.

January 22, 1969 – BBC Studios Maida Vale #4/London, England TYA recorded “Crossroads”, “Spider In My Web” & “Losin’ The Dogs” for the World Service R&B show broadcast on February 17, 1969.

January 23, 1969 – Bulls Head/Birmingham, England

January 24, 1969 – Marquee Club/London, England Ten Years After are supported by Woody Kearn.

January 31, 1969 – Grona/Lund, Sweden

February 1, 1969 – unknown venue/Stockholm, Sweden

February 2 ,1969 – Circus Theater/Gothenburg, Sweden
February 4, 1969 – Falkoner Theater/Copenhagen, Denmark February 8, 1969 – Pop Club/Brondby, Denmark

February 8, 1969 – Egegaard School Teen Club/Gladsaxe, Denmark

February 9, 1969 – unknown venue/Uppsala, Sweden

February 15, 1969 – Student Union/Bradford, England Toad & Cat are support

February 16, 1969 – Golden Torch/Tunstall, England

February 18, 1969 – Students Union/Manchester, England February 19, 1969 – Toby Jug/Tolworth, England
February 20, 1969 – Swindon Locarno/London, England February 22, 1969 – Starlight Room/Boston, England with Village

February 22, 1969 – Starlight Room/Boston, England

February 24, 1969 – City Hall/Newcastle, Englandwith Champion Jack DuPree, Keef Hartley, John Lee Hooker, Groundhogs


February 25, 1969 – Marquee Club/London, England with The Spirit of John Morgan


February 28 & March 1, 1969 – Fillmore East/New York City, NY with John Mayall & Slim Harpo

March 1, 1969“Colour Me Pop” BBC 2 TV Studios/London, England Broadcast of “Colour Me Pop” on BBC 2-TV. Songs performed included “A Sad Song”, “No Title” & “I’m Going Home”.

March 6-9, 1969 – Fillmore West/San Francisco, California


March 7th set list: “Since My Baby Walked Out On Me” (traditional blues), Adventures Of A Young Organ (jam), No Title, Good Morning Little School Girl, (the song has not yet evolved into the familiar arrangement with the classic Lee/Lyons guitar and bass interplay), Spoonful, Hobbit, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, Help Me , I’m Going Home. The other acts supporting Ten Years After were Spirit and Country Weather.

March 14 – 16, 1969 – Sound Factory/Sacramento, California with Muddy Waters & Mint Tattoo and John Fahey 16/3 only.

March 16, 1969 – Sound Factory/Sacramento, California March 21, 1969 – The Gardens/Vancouver, British Columbia

March 21, 1969 – The Garden Auditorium/Vancouver, British Columbia with Popcorn & Papa Bear’s Medicine Show

March 22, 1969 – Eagles Auditorium/Seattle, Washington
Set List: Spoonful, I’m Going Up High Spider In My Web, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, Help Me, I’m Going Home. with Don Ellis Orchestra

March 28 & 29, 1969 – Rose Palace/Pasadena, California
Dance concert with Ten Years After, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Cold Blood and Aum.

March 30, 1969 – Labor Temple/S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota

April 3, 1969 – Westchester County Center/White Plains, New York with Blood, Sweat & Tears and Rhinoceros

April 4, 5 & 6, 1969 – Electric Factory/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with The Gun (4/4 & 5/4 only) & Sweetwater

April 9 & 10, 1969 – Fillmore East/New York City, NY with The Nice & Family
The TYA set from the late show on April 9 included “Spoonful”, “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”, “I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes” & “Help Me”.

Jimi Hendrix comes to watch the April 10th show. The other acts on the bill were The Nice and Family.

April 11 & 12, 1969 – Kinetic Playground/Chicago, Illinois April 15, 16 & 17 – The Tea Party/Boston, Massachusetts with Buddy Guy & Junior Wells

April 15, 16 & 17 – The Tea Party/Boston, Massachusetts with Big Mama Thornton

April 18, 1969 – Hunter College Auditorium/New York City, New York with Rhinoceros. Although scheduled, Canned Heat was a no show stuck in Washington, D.C.

April 19, 1969SUNY Stony Brook Pritchard Gym/Stony Brook, New York (2 shows) with Taj Mahal

April 20, 1969 – The Rock Pile/Toronto, Ontariowith Howlin’ Wolf

April 22, 1969 – Commodore Ballroom/Lowell, Massachusettswith the Spectras

April 25 & 26, 1969 – The Image/Miami, Florida

April 27, 1969 -Civic Arena/Baltimore, Maryland with Mothers of Invention, Country Joe & The Fish and Buddy Miles

May 2, 1969 – Crozier-Williams Student Center Connecticut College for Women/New London, CT with Tim Hardin

May 3, 1969 – Atwood Hall – Clark University/Worcester, Massachusetts With James Taylor.

May 6, 1969 – Free Trade Hall/Manchester, England with Jethro Tull & Clouds

May 8, 1969 – Royal Albert Hall/London, England with Jethro Tull & Clouds

May 9, 1969 – Colston Hall/Bristol, England with Jethro Tull & Clouds

May 12, 1969 – Kings Hall/Romford, England

May 13, 1969 – Guildhall/Portsmouth, England with Jethro Tull & Clouds

May 14, 1969 – City Hall/Newcastle, England with Jethro Tull & Clouds

May 15, 1969 – Town Hall/Birmingham, England with Jethro Tull & Clouds

June 9, 1969 – BBC Studios Playhouse Theatre/London, England TYA recorded “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”, “Woke Up This Morning”, “I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes” & “Crossroads” for Top Gear broadcast on June 15, 1969, except “Crossroads” which was broadcast during the rebroadcast on July 27, 1969.

June 19, 1969 – Albisrieder Haus/Zurich, Switzerland

June 20, 1969 – Casino/Montreux, Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival TYA set list included “Summertime” & “I’m Going Home”

June 21, 1969 – Starlight Room/Boston, England

June 24, 1969 – Front Quad Main Marquee Queens College/Oxford, England Commemoration Ball with Pink Floyd

June 28, 1969 – Festival of Blues Recreation Grounds/Bath, England
John Peel MC with Just Before Dawn, Deep Blues Band, Colosseum, Roy Harper, Keef Hartley, Edgar Broughton, Liverpool Scene, Champion Jack Dupree, Chicken Shack, Blodwyn Pig, The Nice, Led Zeppelin, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Taste, John Mayall & Fleetwood  Mac.

July 4, 1969 – Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island
Ten Years After perform “I May Be Wrong But I Won’t Be Wrong Always”, “Good Morning Little School Girl” and “Help Me”.

July 5, 1969 – Action House/Island Park, NY with Dr. John

July 7 – 9, 1969 – Revolution Club/Monticello, New York with Raven

July 11, 1969 – Spectrum Summer Music Festival/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Jeff Beck Group, Sly & The Family Stone & Mothers of Invention. Savoy Brown was scheduled but apparently did not appear.

July 12, 1969 – Laurel Race Course/Laurel, Maryland
with Jeff Beck Group, Sly & The Family Stone, Mothers of Invention & The Guess Who. Savoy Brown was scheduled but apparently did not appear The TYA set included I May Be Wrong But I Won’t Be Wrong Always, Hobbit, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Help Me and I’m Going Home.

July 13, 1969 – Singer Bowl/New York City, NY with Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck Group & The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Ten Years After’s set includes Spoonful, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Help Me and I’m Going Home. Also appearing were the Edwin Hawkins Singers, the Jeff Beck Group and Vanilla Fudge. The show ends with Jeff Beck, Glenn Cornick from Jethro Tull, Ric Lee, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, and Rod Stewart in a jam session performing “Jailhouse Rock”.

July 16, 1969 – Wollman Skating Rink Central Park Schaefer Music Festival/New York City, New Yorkwith Spencer Davis Group. Fleetwood Mac was scheduled but did not appear.

July 18 & 19, 1969 – Grande Ballroom/Detroit, Michigan with Spooky Tooth, Chip Stevens Blues Band (18/7) & Sand (19/7)

Schaefer Music Festival Wollman Skating Rink/Central Park, NYC
Their set includes: I May Be Wrong But I Won’t Be Wrong Always, Hobbit, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Help Me and I’m Going Home.

July 22-24, 1969 – Fillmore West/San Francisco, California With the Ike & Tina Turner Review and The Flock.

July 25, 1969 – First Seattle Pop Festival – Gold Creek Park/Woodinville, Washington
Ten Years After performs on the 26th. Other acts that performed during this three day festival included: Chuck Berry, Tim Buckley, The Byrds, Chicago Transit Authority, Albert Collins, Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley, The Doors, The Flock, Flying Burrito Brothers, Guess Who, It’s A Beautiful Day, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Spirit, Ike & Tina Turner Review, Vanilla Fudge and The Youngbloods.

July 26, 1969 – Gold Creek Park Seattle Pop Festival/Woodinville, Washington
with Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Alice Cooper, Flying Burrito Brothers, Bo Diddley, Guess Who, Chicago Transit Authority, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, and Ike & Tina Turner Review

July 27, 1969 – Balboa Stadium/San Diego, California
Also performing were: Jefferson Airplane, Sons Of Champlin and Congress Of Wonders.

July 31 – August 2, 1969 – Tea Party/Boston, Massachsetts TYA set list included Spoonful, Good Morning Little School Girl, I’m Going Home

August 1, 1969 : Release of the fourth TYA album “Ssssh” (Deram DES 18029).

August 6, 1969 – Freeport Stadium/Freeport, New York with Canned Heat, Cat Mother & The All-Night Newsboys, Orpheus, Back River Circus

August 8, 1969 – Carousel Theater/Framingham, Massachusetts TYA in support of Mothers of Invention

August 9, 1969 – Pavilion at Flushing Meadows Park/Flushing Meadows, New York with Buddy Miles, Pacific, Gas & Electric and Santana

August 16, 1969 – Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Jazz Festival/St. Louis, Missouri with Miles Davis, Herbie Mann, Nina Simone, Mongo Santamaria & Newport Allstars

August 17, 1969 Max Yasgur’s Farm Woodstock Music & Arts Festival/Bethel, New York with Joe Cocker & The Grease Band, Country Joe & The Fish, The Band, Johnny Winter, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na and Jimi Hendrix
TYA set list was “Spoonful”, “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” (1st attempt), “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” (2nd attempt), “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” (3rd attempt), “Hobbit”, “I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes”, “Help Me” & “I’m Going Home”. TYA suffered from tuning issues during “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” due to the high humidity conditions.

August 19, 1969 – Commodore Ballroom/Lowell, Massachusetts with Spice

August 22, 1969 – Swing Auditorium/San Bernardino, California

August 23, 1969 – Rose Palace/Pasadena, California with John Mayall & Spencer Davis Group

August 24, 1969 – Roller City Central/Denver, Colorado with Joe Cocker & Apple West

August 26, 27 & 28, 1969 – Fillmore West/San Francisco, California The other acts on the bill are Terry Reid and the Barkays.

August 29, 1969 – Civic Center Music Hall/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

August 30, 1969 – The Catacombs/Houston, Texas

September 1, 1969 – Dallas International Motor Speedway Texas International Pop Festival/Lewisville, Texas
TYA set list included “Spoonful”, “Good Morning Little School Girl”, “Hobbit”, “I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes”, “Help Me” & “I’m Going Home”.

September 12-13, 1969 – Fillmore East/New York City, NY
The other acts on the bill were The Flock, Mother Earth .

October 10, 1969 – University of Birmingham/Birmingham, England

October 11, 1969 – Polytechnic Large Hall – Little Titchfield Street/London, England

October 18, 1969 – Main Debating Hall Manchester University/Manchester, England with Blind Eye

October 20 – 22, 1969 – WDR-TV Studios/Bremen, Germany TYA film & record “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” for the WDR-TV Beat Club TV show. It is aired on October 25, 1969 in Beat Club episode #48.

October 23, 1969 – Theatre 140/Brussels, Belgium with Here and Now

October 24, 1969 – The First Actuel Paris Music Festival/Amougies, Belgium with Colosseum, Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation, Alan Jack Civilization, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sunny Murray, Burton Greene, 360 Degree Music Experience & Free Music Group TYA set list includes “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”, “Hobbit”, “I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes”, “Help Me” & “Spoonful”

October 25, 1969 – Circus Theatre/Scheveningen, Netherlands with Chicken Shack & The Village TYA perform in an 8:00 pm show

October 25, 1969 – De Dolen/Rotterdam, Netheralands with Chicken Shack & The Village TYA perform in a 12-midnight show.

October 26, 1969 – Concertgebouw/Amsterdam, Netherlands with Chicken Shack & The Village


October 27, 1969 – Ten Years After play “Bad Scene” on the US TV show “Music Scene”. November 1969 – Que Club/Gothenburg, Sweden

November 6 – 9, 1969 – Jazz Festival/West Berlin, TYA performed at one of the days during the Berlin Jazz Festival

November 10, 1969 – Circus Krone/Munich, Germanywith Chicken Shack

November 14, 1969 – Messe-und Kongresshalle 8/Cologne, Germanywith Chicken Shack

November 15, 1969 – Ernst-Merck-Halle/Hamburg, Germanywith Chicken Shack

November 17, 1969 – Jahrhunderthalle/Frankfurt, Germany with Chicken Shack
“I May Be Wrong, But I Won’t Be Wrong Always”, , Good Morning Little School Girl, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home.

November 21, 1969 – Konzerthaus Great Hall/Vienna, Austria with Chicken Shack

November 21, 1969 – Stadthalle/Vienna, Austria

November 30, 1969 – Cue Club/Gothenburg, Sweden

December 1, 1969 – Chat Noir/Oslo, Norway

December 2, 1969 – Konserthuset/Stockholm, Sweden

December 3, 1969 – Kulttuuritalo/Helsinki, Finland
Spoonful, I May Be Wrong, Hobbit, School Girl, No Title, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying

December 6, 1969 – K. B. Hallen/Copenhagen, DenmarkA portion of this show was broadcast on Danish DR-TV on Toppop Beat ’69 in two parts on December 13, 1969, and May 16, 1970.
The songs included in the TV broadcasts were: I May Be Wrong But I Won’t Be Wrong Always, Good Morning Little School Girl, Scat Thing and I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes.

December 9, 1969 – City Hall/Newcastle, England
with Bloodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes.

December 10, 1969 – Town Hall/Birmingham, England
with Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes

December 11, 1969 – Guildhall/Southampton, England with Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes

December 12, 1969 – Albert Hall/Nottingham, England with Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes

December 13, 1969 – Colston Hall/Bristol, England with Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes

December 15, 1969 – Royal Albert Hall/London, England with Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes

December 17, 1969 – Usher Hall/Edinburgh, Scotland with Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes

December 19, 1969 – Free Trade Hall/Manchester, England with Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crowes

Rehearsals Film (Frankfurt, Germany 1969)
This 16mm color film by Wim Wenders was recently broadcast on German TV. It is about 46 minutes long and is a single camera front view of TYA performing I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes (in which Alvin breaks a string) and two versions of I Woke Up This Morning (different lyrics and arrangement than what was later to appear on the Sssh LP).

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