1974 Alvin Lee & Co Play 1st Gigs

Alvin Lee – Ten Years After Gigs 1974

On a dare, Alvin Lee assembles a band and plays a gig that is recorded and released as “In Flight”; he continues with Ten Years After but takes the new band ‘Alvin Lee & Company’ on tour at the end of the year.

Alvin Lee & Company

March 22, 1974 – Rainbow Theater/London, England
Alvin Lee performs with Mel Collins (Sax & Flute), Ian Wallace (Drums), Tim Hinkley (Keyboards), Alan Spenner (Bass), Neil Hubbard (Guitar) and Dyan Birch, Frank Collins & Paddie McHugh (Backing Vocals).

The concert is recorded and will later be released as the Alvin Lee & Company “In Flight” double LP.

Two songs from this concert “Money Honey” and “Don’t Be Cruel” were broadcast on the U.K. TV show “Old Grey Whistle Test” a few weeks later, but none of the footage has since been released.

Ten Years After

April 18, 1974 – City Hall/Sheffield, England

April 19, 1974 – Town Hall/Birmingham, England

April 20, 1974 – Rainbow/London, England

April 21, 1974 – City Hall/Newcastle, England

April 22, 1974 – Free Trade Hall/Manchester,England Ten Years After perform their final U.K.concert.

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April 28, 1974 – Holstebrohallen/Holstebro,Denmark

Alvin Lee – Ten Years After Gigs 1974

May 1, 1974 – Musikhalle Hamburg/Hamburg, GER May 1, 1974 – Jahrhunderthalle/Frankfurt, GER

May 3, 1974 – Eberthalle/Ludwigshafen, Germany
Rock & Roll Music To The World, Nowhere To Run, Good Morning Little School Girl, It’s Getting Harder, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Slow Blues In C, Look Me Straight Into The Eyes, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama With: PFM

May 4, 1974 – Circus Krone/Munich, Germany With: PFM

May 5, 1974 – Messehalle Sindelfingen/Sindelfingen, Germany May 7, 1974 – Palais des Sports/Paris, France
May 10, 1974 – Germany

May 13, 1974 – Madison Square Garden/New York City, New York Start of the U.S.A. “Positive Vibrations” Tour.
ZZ Top opens for Ten Years After.

May 15, 1974 – Music Hall/Boston, Massachusetts
Set List: Rock & Roll Music To The World, Nowhere To Run, Good Morning Little School Girl, It’s Getting Harder, Hobbit, Love Like A Man, Slow Blues In C, Look Me Straight Into The Eyes, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home. Encores: Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama, Roll Over Beethoven.

May 16, 1974 – Music Hall/Boston, Massachusetts With: Black Sheep

May 17, 1974 – The Spectrum/Philadelphia,Pennsylvania Also on the bill: BTO, Climax Blues Band

May 18, 1974 – Broome County Veterans Arena/Binghamton, NY

May 19, 1974 – Civic Center/Baltimore, Maryland With: ZZ Top

May 21, 1974 – Charleston Civic Center/Charleston, WV With: Brownsville Station

May 22, 1974 – The Omni/Atlanta, Georgia
May 23, 1974 – Bayfront Arena/St. Petersburg, Florida

May 24, 1974 – Miami Jai Alai Fronton/Miami, Florida With: Black Sheep

May 25, 1974 – Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum/Jacksonville, Florida May 26, 1974 – Municipal Auditorium/Birmingham, Alabama

May 28, 1974 – Cobo Hall/Detroit, Michigan Also on the bill: 10cc

May 29, 1974 – Ohio State Fairgrounds Coliseum/Columbus, Ohio

May 30, 1974 – International Ampitheater/Chicago, Illinois With: Black Sheep

May 31, 1974 – Met Center/Bloomington, Minnesota Opening act: Dave Mason

June 1, 1974 – Memorial Hall/Kansas City, KS With: Morningstar

Alvin Lee – Ten Years After Gigs 1974

June 4, 1974 – Municipal Auditorium/San Antonio, Texas With: King Crimson

June 5, 1974 – Hofheinz Pavillion/Houston TX With King Crimson and Robin Trower

June 6, 1974 – Tarrant County Convention Center/Ft. Worth, Texas With King Crimson and Robin Trower

June 7, 1974 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma With King Crimson and Robin Trower

June 8, 1974 – Civic Center/El Paso, Texas With King Crimson

June 9, 1974 – Tempe Stadium/Tempe, Arizona With King Crimson and Robin Trower

June 11, 1974 – Bakersfield Civic Auditorium/Bakersfield, California With The Strawbs

June 13, 1974 – Cow Palace/San Francisco,California With King Crimson and The Strawbs

June 14 & 15, 1974 – Shrine Auditorium/Los Angeles, California With 10cc

June 16, 1974 – Selland Arena/Fresno, California With: Blue Oyster Cult, The Strawbs

Alvin Lee & Company

November 17, 1974
The Olympia, Paris France

November 21, 1974 – Tivoli Koncertsal/Copenhagen, Denmark
Got To Keep Moving, Let’s Get Back, Running Round, Freedom For The Stallion, Somebody’s Calling Me, All Life’s Trials, Time And Space, How Does It Feel, There’s A Feeling, Let The Sea Burn Down, Every Blues You’ve Ever Heard, Percy’s Blues ), Money Honey, Going Through The Door, I’m Writing You A Letter, Ride My Train

November 25, 1974 – Gothenburg Concert Hall/Gothenburg, Sweden December 7, 1974 – Stadthalle Heidelberg/Heidelberg, Germany December 14, 1974 – Kilburn Gaumont State/London, England

Dezember 1 . 1974 Alvin Lee & Co. – Montreux – Maison de Congrès 

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