Friday, September 13, 2013

Albert Lee: Tearing It Up [Blu-ray]



A must-have for any guitar fan
Stunning audio quality with several available tracks. Albert and band are smoking hot. If you like rockabilly and country guitar, you'll want this disc.

Don't miss the hour or so of bonus content where Albert talks about his amazing career, his guitars and how he learned to play. Also includes several sets of stereo audio files you can copy off the disc, MP3 and high-res FLAC of every tune.

Amazing! A private concert at home...
I experienced a preview of this Blu-ray disc at a recent audiophile show and all I can say is wow! Albert sings and plays his favorite country tunes including his signature tunes "Country Boy" and "Luxury Liner" with a great backup band. The whole thing is presented in HD...including the two 5.1 surround music mixes. In a good home theater this is as close to having a private concert as it gets. Highly recommended.

Great guitar work and vocals from Lee meet HD sound and video on this rockin' and rollin' DVD
About 10 years ago I reviewed a DVD from Producer Mark Waldrep's AIX record label, featuring string-wizard John McEuen. It featured HD sound and HD video, as well as a feature that let you choose the camera angle. (All this was before the advent of Bluray.)

This new BD from AIX - though a 2012 release - was recorded in 2006 at the Colburn School for Performing Arts in Los Angeles (Lee lives in Malibu when not on the road).

Lee is what I call the Zelig of the Americana music world. Though born and raised in the UK (he's a contemporary of Beatles, Stones, Yardbirds (he replaced Jimmy Page in a band when Page joined the Yardbirds), his heart was always in skiffle music in the UK and Country in the US. He came to the US as part of the band Head Hands and Feet who had a top US hit with "Country Boy" and 1971 and decided to stay. From there he began playing guitar and touring with Eric Clapton (5 years) and the Everly Brothers (20 years). He was also part of Emmy...

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