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
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.
arenas baseball enjoy good hockey ice playing stadiums
We started playing ice hockey arenas and baseball stadiums which was not as good as the underground circuit. I didn't enjoy it as much.
beauty grabbed reached recorded red rock written
That's the beauty of creativity. It comes from the ether. I like to think, sometimes, it's like I haven't written it, it's more like I just reached up and grabbed it from somewhere. That song, 'Song of the Red Rock Mountain,' is one of them. I recorded it and thought, 'Where did that come from?'
conceived solos time
My solos are more tastefully conceived now. But I still get going in places. It's just that I build up to it now. I don't race off on a solo. I take my time.
bill blues both brought ethnic father heart home living parents playing room sitting stuff time
My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father brought home Big Bill Broonzy, and there he was sitting in our living room playing, and blues was in my heart from the time I was 12 years old.
arenas far good playing satisfying seconds sound
It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible, especially in hockey arenas - the sound would go on for 30 seconds after we quit playing.
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.