Ten Years After – I`m going home
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013), born in Nottingham.
The original shredder. Fastest Guitarist in the West (at the time).
I always remember a John Belushi quote with music like Ten Years After: “If it’s too loud, your too old.”
Just saw Carlos Santana at the brand new Thunder Valley Venue. Yes, the name of the facility is The Venue. Incredible sound system, and it is so well designed, there is probably not a bad seat in the house. While we we on the highest balcony, being in the center provided amazing sights, and almost perfect sound. Three very large screens provided closeness, and you could just look at the stage for the whole picture. Before the band began, they were showing all kinds of videos with music instruments and styles, players from around the world. Slowly but surely, the scenes morphed into a small slice of video from Woodstock, and Santana began Soul Sacrifice live, which he played at Woodstock. They didn’t stop between songs, going from one to another. After 5-8 songs, without stopping, they finally all stopped playing for a minute or two. The tickets were expensive, but we didn’t care. I saw Santana at Winterland in the 70’s. He just might be better today.
This brings back memories of visiting my sister in Paris in 1970. She took me to a party somewhere and I was out on a balcony looking at the city as this song was blasting on the stereo inside, and I distinctly remember one of my sister’s friends wailing on his air guitar and saying “Alvin Lee maannn.” It was a good time, and I was young!