https://jazzcollector.com For those who love jazz Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:43:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 175772384 https://jazzcollector.com/news/alvin-lee-rip/ https://jazzcollector.com/news/alvin-lee-rip/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:43:51 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4805 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 [...]

The post Alvin Lee, RIP first appeared on jazzcollector.com.]]> 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.

 

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