Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee, whose real name is Graham Anthony Barnes, ( born December 19, 1944 in Nottingham, † March 6, 2013 in Marbella ( Spain) ) was a British blues-rock guitarist and singer.
- 2.1 Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
- Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre 2.2
- 2.3 Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later
- 2.4 The Alvin Lee band
- 2.5 Solo albums
- 2.6 DVD
Career
Early years
Lee came from a musical family. His parents and his sister were playing country music and were observed occasionally as a guitar trio. At the age of twelve he learned the clarinet, a year later, he switched to guitar.
At age 13, he joined the fan club of Elvis Presley, to get to photos of the band guitarist Scotty Moore, with whom he was to occur later together. Lee played in various bands such as The Atomics, Jaymen, Jaybirds, as well as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats from which later the band Ten Years After emerged. His guitar style was influenced in particular by elements from jazz. The early 1960s, Lee took over also the vocals. At that time he had already completed a longer engagement in Hamburg's Star Club, shortly after the Beatles had occurred there.
Ten Years After
Alvin Lee became famous with Ten Years After, which set the tone with her energetic blues-rock sound in the former rock scene. Become legendary is her performance at the Woodstock Festival. The concert film shows the rapidly played guitar runs in the ten-minute piece I'm Going Home, as well as the provided with peace sign bright red Gibson ES -335, which became Lee's trademark. In professional circles, he was considered the fastest guitarist in the world. The late 1960s, Lee met several times with Jimi Hendrix together, the particular Lee's solo liked the song I Can not Keep from Crying and even envisioned something similar. Ten Years After initially existed until 1974; after several stages of sporadic cooperation founded three original bandmates Lee in 2003 with the young guitarist Joe Gooch a reissue of the group, which is still (2013 ) active.
Alvin Lee with various bands
After his separation from Ten Years After Lee played under various band names like Alvin Lee & Company or Ten Years Later. In addition, he also played with Mick Taylor and George Harrison, who can also be heard on most of his solo albums. George Harrison was also involved, as Lee in 1973, before the dissolution of his band Ten Years After, with the US- American gospel singer Mylon LeFevre album On the Road to Freedom recorded. Also involved in the shooting were Steve Winwood, Tim Hinkley, Ian Wallace, Ron Wood and Mick Fleetwood.
Later years
Recently Lee lived in southern Spain. In 2012 he released the album Still on the road to freedom, whose title refers to the album 1973 On the road to freedom, his first solo album after Ten Years After.
Lee died on March 6, 2013, the consequences of a routine surgical procedure.
Discography
Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
- Ten Years After (1967 )
- Undead (1968 )
- Stonedhenge (1968 )
- Ssssh (1969 )
- Cricklewood Green ( 1970)
- Watt ( 1970)
- A Space in Time (1971 )
- Rock & Roll Music To The World (1972 )
- Alvin Lee and Company (1972)
- Recorded Live (1973 )
- Positive Vibrations ( 1974)
- Goin 'Home (1975 )
- The Classic Performances (Sampler ) ( 1976)
- About Time (1989 )
- Essential ( Sampler ) ( 1991)
- Live in Nottingham 1990 (1992)
- Premium Gold Collection (Sampler ) ( 1998)
- The Best Of Ten Years After (Sampler ) (2000 )
- Solid Rock (Sampler ) (2000 )
Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre
- On the Road to Freedom (1973 )
Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later
- Rocket Fuel (1978 )
- Ride On (1979 )
The Alvin Lee band
- Free Fall (1980 )
Solo albums
- In Flight -LIVE (1974 )
- Pump Iron! (1975)
- Let It Rock (1978 )
- RX5 (1981)
- Detroit Diesel ( 1986)
- Zoom ( 1994)
- Nineteen Ninety Four ( U.S. Title: I Hear You Rockin ') ( 1994)
- Pure Blues ( 1995)
- Live in Vienna (1996 )
- Alvin Lee in Tennessee ( 2004)
- The Anthology (2004)
- Saguitar (2007)
- The Anthology Vol.2 (2008)
- Alvin Lee The Best Of (2012 )
- Still on the Road to Freedom (2012 )
- The Last Show ( 2013)