http://www.alvinlee.com/

He went home by helicopter . . .

RIP Alvin

Oh no. That sucks. He was still playing pretty regularly I think. That really bums me out. Love Alvin and TYA. Rip Mr Lee.

Woody is also in his album "On the Road to Freedom" not just playing but is the author of the song "Let'em say what they will"

He was one of the greats!
RIP Alvin.

wow i'm crushed. just was listening to the live at the fillmore east set last night. amazing guitarist. on the road to freedom one of my all time favorite lps. thank you mr lee for all the great music.

Very sad news indeed.
RIP Alvin Lee


I only had pleasure of seeing him play live one time, but it was
from right on the stage in Jersey City, NJ, in August of 1975.

I did not get meet him or the band, but I did get to meet
and have some heinys with the Lynyrd Skynyrd band.

Also I got invited to join a party by the lead singer of another band on this day,
who was there to watch some other guitarist play.

TomL wrote on Mar 6^th, 2013 at 12:57pm:


Yes! I do remember sending that one

Can't believe it, in '69 I was playing SH-H-H_h album over & over when it came out, truly a loss of a great guitarist.
http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2013/03/06/alvin-lee-rock-guitarist-for-ten-years-aft...

Im very shocked and saddened by this news. Alvin was a great guitarist, and TYA a great band. 
I too wore out his 69 album SH-H-H_h.

Alvin Lee of Ten Years After Dead at 68
Guitarist and singer had complications from surgery
     
Alvin Lee of Ten Years After.
Simon Ritter/Redferns
March 6, 2013 2:05 PM ET

Alvin Lee of Ten Years After died today from complications after from a recent surgery. He was 68. "With great sadness we have to announced that Alvin unexpectedly passed away early this morning after unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure," reads a message on his website.

Lee was born in Nottingham, England and played with the Jaybirds in the early Sixties. He helped form a new band in the mid-Sixties, and in 1966, the group took on the Ten Years After moniker. The band played the Newport Jazz Festival in 1969, which was the first time the event had featured rock artists. They played the inaugural Woodstock festival that year, and left a lasting impression as Lee led the band in "I'm Going Home."

From the Archives: Alvin Lee's Long Road to Freedom

Woodstock brought the band to a wider audience, spurring hits such as 1970's "Love Like a Man" and 1971's "I'd Love to Change the World," but it also set in motion the group's eventual unraveling.

"We'd play the old Fillmore and be able to just play," Lee told Rolling Stone in February 1975. "We had respectful audiences then who would appreciate a jam or a swing. But after Woodstock, the audience got very noisy and only wanted to hear things like 'I'm Going Home.' I've always been much more of a guitar picker but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome of a rock & roll guitarist. Originally TYA wanted to make it without having to compromise to pop. It worked for a while but after five or six years the fun went out of it for me, a lot of the music went out of it."

Lee left the band in 1973 to focus on his solo career. That year, he and Mylon Le Fevre released On the Road to Freedom, which featured collaborations with the Beatles' George Harrison, Steve Winwood, the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood and Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood.

Lee continued to release albums throughout his life. His latest, Still on the Road to Freedom, came out last year. No funeral plans have been announced.

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RIP Alvin Lee.  I will have to check out his music.

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Mar 6^th, 2013 at 1:33pm:


Yep Voo, these are among my all time fav albums too.
And yes, what the late great George Harrison said: "Alvin plays Chuck Berry guitar better than Chuck does."

RIP Alvin.

  RIP Alvin....