R.I.P. Alvin Lee of Ten Years After
Legendary guitar player Alvin Lee died at age 68. Alvin was part of the band Ten Years After best known for their hit “I’d Love To Change the World“. In 1969 they played Woodstock after Country Joe and the Fish and before The Band.
A less well known song called “I’m Going Home” started a new generation of guitar players:
“For a full-on blues-rocking experience, there’s no beating Ten Years After’s adrenaline-fueled reading of ‘I’m Going Home.’ The performance, an intense nod to vintage blues and ’50s rock and roll, featured the lightning-fast fretwork of Ten Years After frontman Alvin Lee. ‘The solo on the movie sounds pretty rough to me these days,’ Lee told Guitar Aficionado. ‘But it had the energy, and that was what Ten Years After were all about at the time.’ ”
From the official Alvin Lee website:
MARCH 6, 2013
WITH GREAT SADNESS WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALVIN UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER UNFORSEEN COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING A ROUTINE SURGICAL PROCEDURE.
WE HAVE LOST A WONDERFUL MUCH LOVED FATHER AND COMPANION, THE WORLD HAS LOST A TRULY GREAT AND GIFTED MUSICIAN.
JASMIN, EVI AND SUZANNE
Alvin Lee of Ten Years After