Alvin Lee Dead: Ten Years After Guitarist Dies At Age 68
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Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
All of the classic musicians are getting at that age. Pretty son the only one left will be Kieth Richards, because apparently, heroin IS a great preservative!
R.I.P. Alvin, whether you know it or not, you did change the world.
R.I.P. Alvin, whether you know it or not, you did change the world.
SabrinaDeep
Official Checked Star Member
R.I.P
His guitar solo is a Woodstock classic
His guitar solo is a Woodstock classic
While his phrasings may not have been the most musical in the world, he had an engaging, if somewhat overwhelming at times, style. Great stage presence, and seemed to be quite charismatic. R.I.P. :hatsoff:
Sam Fisher
Banned
In honor of Alvin Lee
LONDON (AP) — British rock guitarist Alvin Lee, founder of the band Ten Years After, who burst to stardom with a memorable Woodstock performance, has died. He was 68.
A statement posted on Lee's official website said he died Wednesday unexpectedly from complications following a routine surgical procedure. Lee's manager, Ron Rainey, said the guitarist died in Spain.
"We have lost a wonderful, much loved father and companion," said the statement signed by his daughter Jasmin, wife Evi and former companion Suzanne. "The world has lost a truly great and gifted musician."
The Nottingham, England-born Lee founded the band Ten Years After in 1967. The group first toured the U.S. in 1967, but its popularity exploded following Lee's rousing performance of the song "I'm Going Home" at Woodstock in 1969. Lee's epic and electrifying solos on his Gibson guitar for the 11-minute performance were immortalized in the documentary film about the legendary festival.
Ten Years After released ten albums together featuring the group's mix of blues, swing jazz and rock and toured the U.S. 28 times in seven years.
Lee left the band in 1975 to embark on a successful solo career that saw him recording with the likes of George Harrison, Steve Winwood and Mick Fleetwood and experimenting with different styles of country rock, rhythm and blues.
In total, Lee released more than 20 albums over a 45-year career. His most recent, "Still On the Road to Freedom," was released in August 2012 and incorporated a range of styles from rock to blues to jazz to funk.
Rainey said he had developed a great friendship over the past 25 years with his client, who he recalled would "always end our conversations and his emails with 'Keep Rockin' Ron.'
"He was a great musician, writer, producer, performer, and a gentleman, truly one of a kind," Rainey said in an email.
Former Ten Years After bandmate Leo Lyons called Lee "the closet thing" he had to a brother, recalling "so many great experiences" shared together.
"He was an inspiration for a generation of guitar players," Lyons said in an email expressing shock and sadness over Lee's death.
LONDON (AP) — British rock guitarist Alvin Lee, founder of the band Ten Years After, who burst to stardom with a memorable Woodstock performance, has died. He was 68.
A statement posted on Lee's official website said he died Wednesday unexpectedly from complications following a routine surgical procedure. Lee's manager, Ron Rainey, said the guitarist died in Spain.
"We have lost a wonderful, much loved father and companion," said the statement signed by his daughter Jasmin, wife Evi and former companion Suzanne. "The world has lost a truly great and gifted musician."
The Nottingham, England-born Lee founded the band Ten Years After in 1967. The group first toured the U.S. in 1967, but its popularity exploded following Lee's rousing performance of the song "I'm Going Home" at Woodstock in 1969. Lee's epic and electrifying solos on his Gibson guitar for the 11-minute performance were immortalized in the documentary film about the legendary festival.
Ten Years After released ten albums together featuring the group's mix of blues, swing jazz and rock and toured the U.S. 28 times in seven years.
Lee left the band in 1975 to embark on a successful solo career that saw him recording with the likes of George Harrison, Steve Winwood and Mick Fleetwood and experimenting with different styles of country rock, rhythm and blues.
In total, Lee released more than 20 albums over a 45-year career. His most recent, "Still On the Road to Freedom," was released in August 2012 and incorporated a range of styles from rock to blues to jazz to funk.
Rainey said he had developed a great friendship over the past 25 years with his client, who he recalled would "always end our conversations and his emails with 'Keep Rockin' Ron.'
"He was a great musician, writer, producer, performer, and a gentleman, truly one of a kind," Rainey said in an email.
Former Ten Years After bandmate Leo Lyons called Lee "the closet thing" he had to a brother, recalling "so many great experiences" shared together.
"He was an inspiration for a generation of guitar players," Lyons said in an email expressing shock and sadness over Lee's death.
Elwood70
Torn & Frayed.
If that were true; a shit-ton of musicians and actors and who knows who else would still be alive......
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
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Elwood70
Torn & Frayed.
It only works if the joke is good.
Mayhem
Banned
Speaking of bad jokes, anyone notice that Sampon the Assmule decided to express his grief by posting the same thing I did and youtubing one of the same songs? The dipshit can't even post to a memorial thread without turning it into a fiasco.
:laugh:
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Said the guy with the "clever location", to go with the avatar, of the very person we're talking about.
I love the smell of forum bullshit in the morning.
