Don335 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 The great guitarist Alvin Lee has passed. RIP Alvin Lee Don335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark2 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Very sad. He was one of my favorite guitarists. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO'C Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Sad News. He was the master of the 335 and one of my favorites. I'll never forget the first time I saw the Woodstock movie. Ten Years After came on the screen and played "I'm goin' home" and I was completely blown away. I wished the song would never end. I think I was about 15 at the time and it was one of the defining moments that wanted to make me a better guitar player. It also showed me that fast, wailing leads could be done with a semi-hollow and started my love for ES guitars. Alvin was a lot more than just fast. He could also be very melodic. Here's a cut that fits well today and is a fiiting tribute to a great musical life. It's from Alvin Lee & Company "In Flight" a live album from 1975, called "Freedom for the Stallion". It's an instrumental and Alvin does a great interlude with the wonderful sax player, Mel Collins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV5kt2cUbJw Rest in peace Alvin. The world of music is a better place becuase you were in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitball Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The world of music is a better place becuase you were in it. And, therefore, the world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluezguy Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The great guitarist Alvin Lee has passed. RIP Alvin Lee Don335 When 'Going Home' came out .. the Woodstock version .. I embarked on trying to learn it because all the guys in the band wanted to play it. I failed . The guy was too f'n fast and this 17 year old couldn't do it. Alvin Lee humbled me to pieces. Now, at 60, I can play and sing it quite well on my 335 but the old bastards in the band (my age) can't! I only wish it was the same guys back from '69 so I could rub it in their faces . RIP Mr. LEE and, Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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