RIP Alvin Lee
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Topic: RIP Alvin Lee
Posted By: snobb
Subject: RIP Alvin Lee
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2013 at 3:51am
Alvin Lee, rock guitarist in the band Ten Years After, dies at 68 Lee became acclaimed for his
guitar solos at Woodstock in 1969 British rock guitarist Alvin Lee, a member of the band Ten Years After, has died aged 68. His family announced on his official http://www.alvinlee.com/" rel="nofollow -
Lee worked with The Beatles' George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Ronnie Wood and
Mick Fleetwood on his first solo album, On the Road to Freedom, in 1973. He released his 14th record, Still on the Road to Freedom, in August last
year. He was due to play a concert at Olympia Hall in Paris on 7 April with blues
guitarist Johnny Winter. In an interview with http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-gear-talk-former-ten-years-after-guitarist-alvin-lee-whos-still-road-freedom" rel="nofollow -
The Woodstock Festival, held outside New York in August 1969, featured
legendary performances from Jimi Hendrix and The Who. Lee's 11-minute rendition of, I'm Going Home, was immortalised in the 1970
documentary of the event. "I've still got the original Woodstock 335, but sadly I don't use it these
days as it has become too valuable," he said in 2012. Lee began playing guitar at 13 and formed the core of the band Ten Years
After by 15. The band won their first recording contract in 1967 and travelled to America
a year later following success on underground radio stations. Ten Years After toured the US 28 times over a seven-year period. |
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2013 at 5:34pm
 Whaaaaaattt???.... Bbbbb.... bbbbbut, I wanted to see him another ten times (seen him about that many times) before I left the building... RIP, Alvin... Your band was my mascot band for years (those in Toronto seeing pinball top scores credited to TYA... it was me...) RIP..... and thanks for all those marvellous moments in my teenhood fondling my tennis racket's strings and handle to the sound of your Gibson E355 ------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones.... 
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Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2013 at 6:55pm
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RIP ------------- Hit it on Five. Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg Stab them in the ears. |