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Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.
In 2003, the other band members replaced Alvin Lee with Joe Gooch, and recorded the album Now. [8] Material from the subsequent tour was used for the 2005 double album Roadworks. [8] Alvin Lee mostly played and recorded under his own name following his split from the band. He died from complications during a routine medical procedure on 6 March ...
Albert Lee owns a black 1958 Les Paul Custom given to him by Eric Clapton, a black 1958 J-200 given to him by Don Everly and an Everly Brothers model. Lee played the J-200 during the Concert For George. The guitars are usually kept under lock and key. Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) used a customized ES-335 nicknamed "Big Red". The Gibson Custom ...
Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals; Steve Gould - bass [3] Alan Young - drums [4] Steve Grant - keyboards [5] Special Guests. George Harrison - slide guitar on "The Bluest Blues" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Joe Brown - vocals and plectrum banjo on "I Hear You Knockin'" and "Boogie All Day" Sam Brown and Deena Payne - vocals on "Long Legs" and ...
Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked, both in the studio and on tour, with many famous musicians from a wide range of genres.
Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic highlighted Lee's guitar work as the "most expressive—and most tasteful—electric guitar performance of his career", and added "if there is a single song that can describe the overall vibe of the counterculture in 1969/1970, this may very well be it. The band and Lee never quite matched the song's supple power ...
In late 1972, Alvin Lee decided to undertake a solo project as a departure from the routine of touring and recording with his band Ten Years After. [2] [3] He later attributed his motivation to boredom with his role as a heavy rock guitar virtuoso [4] and a belief that financial rewards had become the only factor in the band's continued existence. [5]
He particularly praised Alvin Lee's guitar work. However, he complained that a number of the tracks suffered from "lack of strength or projection of Alvin's voice" and concluded "Ten Years After are a far better live band than their albums suggest; they get over much more of their charisma and excitement that has a job surfacing on their ...