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Alvin Lee

"I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig."

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"I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig."

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"Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock."

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"I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it."

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Donna Grant

"Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public."

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"Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately."

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Donna Grant

"We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar."

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"I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it."

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"When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting."

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Donna Grant

"I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing."

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Donna Grant

"James Brown is the reason I play guitar."

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"I still play the guitar and piano, but hardly ever in public."

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"I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records."
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"The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird."
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"So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now."
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"It wasn't until the movie came out that it all changed for us. Some people say it was the start of Ten Years After, but in another way, it was the beginning of the end."
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"I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill."
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"They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work."
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"It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up."
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"George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy."
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