Leo Lyons

Fake Trees · #1 09-20-2003, 10:44 PM

I am getting really into the band Ten Years After. Their bassist, Leo Lyons, was pretty good. Does anybody else here like them? what are are your favorite songs?

JimK · #2 09-22-2003, 09:59 AM

You need to see Lyons play on either the Isle Of Wight DVD or Woodstock DVD...

His tone, is a little...I dunno-
Harsh?

**JayAmel** · #3 09-28-2003, 02:50 PM

I liked TYA very much when I was younger. Sounded pretty good. Much energy.

Leo Lyons is a rock'n'roll bassist like thousands others. Does his job pretty well, but nothing outstanding, IMHO.

jerry · #4 09-30-2003, 07:19 PM

When I was a kid, I thought Ten Years After was the sh&t!!![I'm old

] I learned some of my first "walking" style basslines from Woodchoppers Ball off the Undead album.

Bass V · #5 09-02-2009, 01:08 PM

Geezer Butler always gives Leo credit for much inspiration towards his fingering style and many of his licks. It can be easily seen why in this TYA studio rehearsal footage from the late 60s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKpnS...featur=related
Don't think I've ever seen anyone give a basic blues such effort!
Plus seeing Alvin on his Strat is another rarity.

Hamrhed · #6 09-02-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bass V

Geezer Butler always gives Leo credit for much inspiration towards his fingering style and many of his licks

Thats exactly who I thought of (Geezer) when I think of Leo- the way he digs in and plays up toward the neck

Bass V · #7 09-02-2009, 02:44 PM

Well, part of why Geezer plays high is, as he say's, because he didn't know you could take off the cover plate from his P bass!

phat5 · #8 09-02-2009, 06:27 PM

Check out Leo's playing on TYA's recorded live album. Slow blues in C, got me hooked.

Kink Rimson · #9 09-03-2009, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JayAmel

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Leo Lyons is a rock'n'roll bassist like thousands others. Does his job pretty well, but nothing outstanding, IMHO.

I think he's a bit more than that, particularly on the earlier jazz/blues inspired albums like Stonedhenge.

And he's one of the most fantastically amusing players to watch live.

loendmaestro · #10 09-03-2009, 11:09 AM

Leo also produced all of the classic (good) UFO records...

KPAX · #11 09-04-2009, 12:31 PM

Anyone who played bass thru Marshall is ok in my book!

Here's a bit of trivia:
At Woodstock, a young, skinny long haired kid named Norm Coleman stood behind Leo's Marshall cabs, holding them from vibrating off each other. Norm Coleman is the former Senator (and St. Paul Mayor) from Minnesota.

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Originally Posted by Fake Trees

I am getting really into the band Ten Years After. Their bassist, Leo Lyons, was pretty good. Does anybody else here like them? what are are your favorite songs?

bluesblaster · #12 09-04-2009, 10:32 PM

your right, I forgot about that.