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. Lee was born in Nottingham and attended the Margaret Glen-Bott School in Wollaton. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. In 1960, Lee, along with bassist Leo Lyons, formed the core of the band Ten Years After. He was influenced by his parents’ collection of jazz and blues records, but it was the advent of rock and roll that sparked his interest. Lee’s performance at the Woodstock Festival was captured on film in the documentary of the event, and his ‘lightning-fast’ playing helped catapult him to stardom. The film brought Lee’s music to a worldwide audience, although he later lamented that he missed the lost freedom and spiritual dedication of earlier audiences. Lee was named “the fastest guitarist in the West” and considered a precursor to shred-style playing that would develop in the 1980s.
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I`m going home
Lost In Love
I Want You(She’s So Heavy)
I’m Going Home – Woodstock
Lost In Love
Time And Space
Real Life Blues
The Bluest Blues (vocal George Harrison)
Outside My Window
Slow Blues In C
I Don’t Give A Damn
SSSH Ten Years After 1969 Full Album
A Space In Time 1971 Full Album
Live At The Filmore East 1974 Full Album
Pump iron 1975 Full Album
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