On the Road to Freedom
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On the Road to Freedom is the 1973 album by Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...

 and Mylon LeFevre
Mylon LeFevre
Mylon LeFevre is an American Christian music singer, who was the leader of the Grammy Award-winning band Mylon and Broken Heart. He is a member of the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. He currently travels around the United States, ministering, teaching and singing...

. Guest musicians include George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

, Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...

, Jim Capaldi
Jim Capaldi
Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...

, Mick Fleetwood
Mick Fleetwood
Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood is a British musician and actor best known for his role as the drummer and namesake of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of John McVie, was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac...

, and Ron Wood
Ron Wood
Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and current member of The Rolling Stones. He also plays lap and pedal steel guitar....

. It was recorded at George Harrison's studio . The standout tracks are "On the Road to Freedom", "Funny", "Carry My Load", and "Rockin' 'Til the Sun Goes Down".

Track listing

  1. "On the Road to Freedom" (Alvin Lee) - 4:13
  2. "The World is Changing (I Got a Woman Back in Georgia)" (Alvin Lee/Mylon LeFevre) - 2:45
  3. "So Sad (No Love of His Own)" (George Harrison
    George Harrison
    George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

    ) - 4:34
  4. "Fallen Angel" (Alvin Lee) - 3:20
  5. "Funny" (Alvin Lee) - 2:48
  6. "We Will Shine" (Mylon LeFevre) - 2:37
  7. "Carry My Load" (Alvin Lee) - 2:58
  8. "Lay Me Back" (Mylon LeFevre) - 2:53
  9. "Let 'Em Say What They Will" (Ron Wood
    Ron Wood
    Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and current member of The Rolling Stones. He also plays lap and pedal steel guitar....

    ) - 2:52
  10. "I Can't Take It" (Mylon LeFevre) - 2:51
  11. "Riffin'" (Alvin Lee/Mylon LeFevre) - 3:31
  12. "Rockin' 'Til the Sun Goes Down" (Alvin Lee/Mylon LeFevre) - 3:08

Personnel

  • Alvin Lee
    Alvin Lee
    Alvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...

     - guitar, bass, sitar, lead vocals
  • Mylon LeFevre
    Mylon LeFevre
    Mylon LeFevre is an American Christian music singer, who was the leader of the Grammy Award-winning band Mylon and Broken Heart. He is a member of the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. He currently travels around the United States, ministering, teaching and singing...

     - 12-string guitar, bass, percussion, lead vocals, background vocals
  • George Harrison
    George Harrison
    George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

     - guitar, slide guitar, bass, background vocals (credited on the album as Hari Georgeson)
  • Ron Wood
    Ron Wood
    Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and current member of The Rolling Stones. He also plays lap and pedal steel guitar....

     - 12-string guitar, bass, drums
  • Steve Winwood
    Steve Winwood
    Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...

     - piano
  • Tim Hinkley
    Tim Hinkley
    Tim Hinkley is an English singer-songwriter, keyboardist and record producer. Hinkley started playing in youth club bands in the early 1960s, including The Copains, Boys, Freeman Five. During this time he turned down an offer to join The Konrads which featured Davy Jones, who later changed his...

     - piano, organ, background vocals
  • Boz Burrell
    Boz Burrell
    Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...

     - bass, background vocals
  • Bob Black - steel guitar
  • Andy Stein
    Andy Stein
    Andy Stein is a saxophone and violin player in the United States best known for his appearances with the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He is also known for the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" and the movie. He has played on a...

     - fiddle
  • Jim Capaldi
    Jim Capaldi
    Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...

     - drums
  • Reebop Kwaku Baah - congas
  • Mick Fleetwood
    Mick Fleetwood
    Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood is a British musician and actor best known for his role as the drummer and namesake of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of John McVie, was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac...

     - drums
  • Ian Wallace
    Ian Wallace (drummer)
    Ian Russell Wallace was a rock and jazz drummer, most visible as a member of progressive rock band, King Crimson from 1971 to 1972; but known best in the musical community with his contributions as a session musician on his drum kit.-Early years:Wallace formed his first band, The Jaguars, at...

     - drums
  • Mike Patto
    Mike Patto
    Mike Patto , is primarily notable as lead singer for Spooky Tooth and Boxer.-History:...

    - percussion, background vocals

Production

  • Producer: Alvin Lee
  • Recording Engineer: Harold Burgon/Andy Jaworski
  • Mixing: Alvin Lee
  • Photography: Andy Jaworski/Roger Lowe
  • Liner Notes: Chris Welch
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