Living guitar legend, Albert Lee is ready to fulfil his fans' wishes and make a stop in Italy too! The date is for Friday 20 October at the Toscanini Theatre in Chiari (BS); tickets will be available on the official circuit Ticketone from 11 a.m. on Friday 28 April. Be wary of unofficial sales channels.
Known for his particular mixed plectrum and right hand finger technique, called chicken picking, and for his virtuosity, Albert Lee He occupies a special niche in music: British by birth, he spent the mid-1960s as an R&B guitarist, before becoming one of the best rockabilly and country guitarists in the 1970s. In England he is a true icon, but also in Nashville and Los Angeles he was immediately counted among the most sought-after guitarists.
Albert Lee has collaborated with the greatest artists of all time, including Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Cocker, Ian Paice, Eric Clapton, Emmylou Harris, and Tommy Emmanuel. His career is studded with great successes, both with the major collaborations he has taken part in and solo. Along the way, he has won 2 Grammys and received 3 additional nominations. With a fifty-year career behind him, Lee is now part of that ever more limited circle of virtuosos: acclaimed on 3 continents and esteemed by all his colleagues, Albert Lee is now the legend he dreamed of being when he first took his first steps in music.
ALBERT LEE
ALIVE AND WELL IN EUROPE '17
Friday 20 October 2017
Chiari (BS), Toscanini Theatre
Tickets: € 30 + prev
Tickets available at Ticketone (website and points of sale) from Friday 28 April. Be wary of unofficial sales channels!
