| June 2007
- Newsletter
Hi
everyone.
This year
is Ten Years After’s 40th anniversary! It’s hard
to believe, and very exciting to be touring again. We’re
on the road more or less constantly this year in both Europe
and the States.
Many US and
Canadian fans ask why we don’t play more shows there.
It’s a slow process but we are adding more dates Stateside.
Keep an eye on the Ten Years After Tourdates
page and spread the word!
Looking at
our date sheet we’ll be bouncing backwards and forwards
between countries and I hope we’ll be playing somewhere
near you. Please stop by after the show and say Hello.
The
most asked question is “Where’s the DVD?”
It will be finished and ready for an end of year release. A
new studio CD is also planned for release at the beginning of
2008. I know many people want it now but we have to fit studio
time in around our touring commitments!
On
a personal note, during my long career I’ve collected
some very some desirable basses but it never occurred to me
to have a bass built to my own specification until my son Tom,
who’s also TYA’s guitar tech, suggested it. Tom’s
already built two guitars for Joe and a bass for me but to celebrate
our forty-year run I’ve commissioned him to build two
special basses.
The
first one ready is a 1954 P Bass style swamp ash body with a
quilted maple top dyed red. The neck is a Tele bass style with
a rosewood fingerboard. Warmoth supplied neck and body parts.
The pickups are Nordstrand and the active eq is by East UK.
The
bass looks great and plays like a dream. It’s a cross
between my first Fender 1960 P bass and my 1962 Jazz bass. Three
things are different. The finish quality is vastly superior,
the fingerboard is faster and with the pickups and EQ it’s
much more versatile in tonal range. Thanks to all involved for
making it possible.
Thanks
also to all of you for giving us your support.
Kind
regards, Leo Lyons
www.myspace.com/leolyons
and www.myspace.com/leolyonskick
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