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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Philly Q on March 06, 2013, 06:34:19 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21688814 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21688814)
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Started getting text messages tonight telling me this. Sad news.
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I heard about this earlier, sad news indeed. Another one gone
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Sad. First gig I went to was Alvin Lee and Ten Years Later, a three-piece outfit he had at the time, "10 years after Ten Years After".
Also saw the original Ten Years After a couple of years later at a Reading Festival (I think it was X years anniversary of The Marquee that year).
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Sad news - as Blue said another one gone.
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He did a lot of great stuff and always came across as a really nice bloke in interviews. I saw him a few years back topping the bill over Edgar Winter and Tony McPhee. The night ended with Edgar jamming on sax with Alvin's band. Pure magic.
But - his place in rock history is defined by the Woodstock performance of Goin' Home. I can't imagine what it must have felt like to be there. The ENERGY was just unbelievable. Listened to it yesterday and it never gets old.
' Look out babe I'm comin' to get ya, one more time - I'M GOIN' HOME '.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI)
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Reminds me I must get round to watching the Woodstock Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray at some point!
I never saw him live or heard very much of his music, to be honest, but in my formative years I remember an album called RX5 (with a guitar-playing robot on the cover!) which made an impression on me.
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i wasn't really aware of his work until he sadly passed away. i've been listening to some bits since then and he was a really hot player! definite similarities with johnny winter, who i suppose Alvin would have influenced. i like that he modded his gibson ES with a fender single coil.
Rest In Peace
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I doubt Johnny Winter would have actually been influenced by Alvin Lee, but they were certainly contemporaries.
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Sad.. It was my first time out from military high school and we went to see Woodstock at a theater in 1971 and they play "I am going home"...That was a powerful thing on a 13 year mind ...Still has that effect.. Great guy..
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RIP