Alvin Lee, RIP
I got into jazz in the summer of 1970, when I was 17 years old, and I was stuck alone in the house with my father’s records. I have told this story before, quite elegantly I may add, and it can be seen here if you are interested: Song For My Father. Prior to that, like most kids my age, I was into rock and my favorite musician was Alvin Lee, the great guitar player from Ten Years After. If you listen to the album “Undead” you will hear a guitarist who was heavily influenced by jazz and was playing some great jazz-infused, soulful, bluesy and always swinging music in a rock and roll band. Sorry to say, Alvin Lee passed away yesterday. If you’re not familiar with his playing, check this out: 01 I May Be Wrong, But I Won’t Be Wrong Always.m4a 2.
Read a quote years ago.
“Jazz players are some of the best blues players.”
TYA was a terrific band….
Oh man. Sad news. Yes …. a good live version of GOIN’ HOME always makes me say YEAH! I still love I’LD LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD. RIP – Go rest high on that mountain Alvin.
Another example of a antastic British musician embracing and complimenting the great American Art forms of modern music…be it Blues, R&B or Jazz.
Alvin RIP, Nottingham, UK’s greatest export!
Fantastic not ‘antastic’.. grrr
His rendition of “Goin’ Home” at Woodstock was the rocking-est thing I ever heard.
Yeah,Goin’ Home. I remember that being a constant on WNEW around ’70,’71. Scott Muni,Fornatel,Allison Steele. A great piece for ‘air guitar’ when you’re 16 or so.”Cricklewood Green”,indeed.