Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee
Alvin Leewas an English singer and guitarist, best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth19 December 1944
school years way
Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.
world changing-the-world knows
I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do
sister age supportive
There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life.
double-bass firsts double-standard
It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.
journey thinking names
They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.
guitar boring chords
I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.
christian guitar play
It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.
thinking artist solo
I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.
years very-happy ten
So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.
area bigger build definitely developing fan following good impression people push schedule south trying
Yeah, we're definitely developing a following. I mean, we had such an impression on the people here, they wanted us back again. And actually, in South Florida, we do have a good fan base. It's just that because of how our schedule is, we don't go back to the area a lot. That's what we're trying to push now -- we want to build a bigger following in Florida.
crying few huge paid saw similar song
He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and Jimi loved it. He paid me a huge compliment when he told me that he was thinking of doing something similar himself!
adopt attitudes freedom music musical
That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.
berry chuck country listened playing roll
My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis.
freedom means
It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.