great
Thanks to AMAZON for there fantastic selection!!!. I never thought i would be able to find this great music.
A great forgotten rock album
I didn't think I would ever find it on CD, but here it is! It's rather expensive, but worth the money as you will not find this in record stores. I have loved this album for years, my father has it. This album has lots of famous rockers playing with the two lead guys - George Harrison, Ron Wood, Mick Fleetwood, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and others. If you are a fan of classic rock, particularly "deep album rock" - songs that were not top 40, this is a must have item!
It's interesting because the songs reflect what was going on in 1973, but they could have been written today.
"We're makin' a smokin' album up the road..."
In the midst of it was a charming story he told, that goes like this. Back in the mid-1980's, an interview appeared on NPR with Mylon LeFevre, (hough the interviewer was apparently from a Contemporary Christian Music media), where Mylon outlined some of his history in rock and gospel. "Alvin (Lee) and I were working on this record, 'On the Road to Freedom', and took a break, and made our way to pub nearby. We weren't there long, when, of all things, in walks George Harrison. I told Alvin to introduce me, and he says, 'No - he's me neighbor and all, and I'll meet him someday, but. . ' 'Course, you know how the English are, all formal and all-that, so I just hopped up off my barstool, leaving Alvin behind, walked over, stuck out my hand, and said to George, 'Hi, I'm Mylon LeFevre, and I'm here with Alvin Lee, and we're makin' a smokin' album up the road; you wanna come by, hang out, play some, and do some blow. . . ?' George grinned at me and said, 'Yeah, sure; great, man! No one ever asks me to play, 'cause of the Beatle thing. . ' So, he came over, and it was around the time he was writing stuff for Dark Horse, and I just loved his song 'So Sad', so we recorded it on '. . . Freedom'. "
I did my best after that to scour used record stores for a copy of the album, all to no avail. Finally got a hold of a copy some 5 years later, and found it to be as extrordinary as everyone had been saying all these years.
Tasty, tasty, tasty. . . . and as representative of the same devil-may-care attitude that brought Mylon off his barstool to greet George Harrison. What a great record!.
Fallen Angel, can you hear me?
This when I was in my rip-off the rip-off phase. I got this album in late 72, when a friend of mine, who worked for
Columbia Records in New Jersey stole a couple of copies, and gave me
one. Since then
I've bought both the cassette, and the CD. Not to appease the Karma Gods,
but because this CD is that good, from the deceptively simple first prime
cut, "On the Road to Freedom", through the suffle boogie of "The world is
Changing", and the slide guitair slide of "So Sad", to the opening
dominant chord opening of "Fallen Angel", and the folksey "Funny", and
then going into Mylon LeFevere gospel roots of "We Will Shine", and
"Carry My Load", then the Alvin Lee rockers of "Let them Say What they
will", "I can't take it", and "Riffin", and the just pure guitair
forte of "Rockin till the sun goes down", the combination of Alvin Lee
and his fabulous talent, and that unmistakable voice of Mylon LeFevre
combined to make one album for the ages, I would strongly suggest that
you find a copy of this album, tape, or CD and listen to it, if not
outright purchase it. .
100 years after
Mylon has always been one of my faves as well. Better than any 10 Years After CD. The quality of this CD was much better than my album. .
You can see a complete list of all Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre discography, or go back to the Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre tabs
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