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Topic: RIP Alvin Lee |
Larry Miller
From:
Dothan AL,USA
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 10:14 am |
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Sad to hear this, something went awry after a "routine" surgical procedure.
He was a fine player, but I've always thought it was kind of a shame that he's known by most people for the solo on "I'm Goin' Home" at Woodstock. That one never did a thing for me.
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“The solo on the movie sounds pretty rough to me these days,” Lee told Guitar World last summer. “But it had the energy, and that was what Ten Years After were all about at the time.”
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James Quackenbush
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Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 10:27 am
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| How many times I would catch him back in the day at the Philmore East in NYC !!.....Ahhhhh, the good ole days !!.....RIP Alvin .....Wake em up up there !!.....Jim |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 10:27 am
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| How many times I would catch him back in the day at the Philmore East in NYC !!.....Ahhhhh, the good ole days !!.....RIP Alvin .....Wake em up up there !!.....Jim |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 10:41 am
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"Routine surgery" is generally a medical procedure that happens to someone else. When it's you getting cut open, it's anything but "routine."
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 11:03 am
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He was one of my guitar heroes. RIP Mr. Lee.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 11:39 am
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Sad news indeed. 68 is much too young to go. I wonder what thr routine surgery was.  |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Rick Stratton
From:
Tujunga, California, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 5:52 pm
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At Woodstock, he announced "This one's called- I'm Going Home", and then as kind of an aside he said "by helicopter".
I have a friend, who after seeing this performance, decided he wanted to hear "the original version" and proceeded to scour all the local record shops looking for a band called "Helicopter"!
Of course, what he meant was he was going to play the song and then get the hell out of there- by helicopter!
Great player and very sad day.
My old band used to play "Me and my Baby" and I tried hard to capture his "Jazzy / Bluesy" feel.
Hope he had a good life. At least he didn't OD in his 20's..... |
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Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 6 Mar 2013 7:09 pm
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| Bummer indeed. Always really liked the "Undead" live album recorded in a small club in London 1968. Great jazz/blues sound.Saw them once. |
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Steve Atwood
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2013 6:30 pm
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He was the Michael Jordan of guitarists, IMO - the fastest, trickiest, and had the most moves. The greatest rock and roll song ever - Choo Choo Mama, best rock and roll album - Detroit Diesel. Great songwriter and creator of unique sounds like Spider in My Web, Standing at the Station. There was something pure and natural about his playing - smooth like Benny Goodman, going from one great riff to the next seamlessly. Wasn't afraid to make statements and write about strong emotions - Real Life Blues, The Bluest Blues:
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 7 Mar 2013 8:12 pm
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| I forgot what a great player he was. |
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Zachary Walters
From:
Maryland
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Posted 8 Mar 2013 7:31 am
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In the mid 90s I was a teenager cutting my teeth on videos and CDs of 60s rock. The Blockbuster nearby had the Woodstock movie and I pretty much kept it. If ever there was a memory seared into my brain, it was Ten Years After's "I'm Going Home." It was the blues, it was rock n roll, it was shredding, it was immolation by guitar-solo. Yea eventually I learned about the greats before and after Alvin Lee, but his performance was singular and defining.
Much respect for the life and legacy of Alvin Lee.
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Fred Glave
From:
McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2013 10:09 am
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The only show I saw was the 10 years After fairwell tour stop in Chicago. "I'd like to change the World". I haven't heard his music in almost 40 years but I still have his guitar licks running around in my head from time to time.
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 12 Mar 2013 1:28 pm
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For 43 years he was going home.....and now he's Gone Home.....
RIP Alvin Lee....... |
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William Fraser
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2013 5:30 am Help Me
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I think the 1st time I saw Alvin , they opened for Country Joe & the Fish , the Raw emotion on Help Me , & Spoonfull sent me home with my head reeling , he was more than Fast , just not marketed properly , so if you were at Woodstock what was the dominant guitar brand & model , & how many Strats did you see  Sir William the Mostly elegant
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