Alvin Lee, Ten Years After Guitarist, Dead At 68

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  • @geraldking4080
    @geraldking4080 5 років тому +17

    Clapton gets the recognition for being the guitar great of the era. I vote for Alvin.

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 5 років тому +14

    Most under-rated GOAT. R.I.P. Alvin.

  • @gollum3232
    @gollum3232 10 років тому +53

    This hurt my heart. Alvin Lee was one of the guitar greats of all time, and my personal favorite.

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  10 років тому +2

      thank you for sharing your thoughts here.

    • @randyallen8440
      @randyallen8440 4 роки тому +2

      I hear you man we're all going to miss Alvin Lee but we still have his music, sweet says tin Man

    • @lars277
      @lars277 2 роки тому +1

      I hear you. Me too. I am a huge Alvin Lee TYA fan. I saw then in concert in 1971.

  • @JohnnyPissoff235
    @JohnnyPissoff235 3 роки тому +4

    I saw Alvin in big arenas and small clubs always great always a great show . I also met him a few times briefly, always a gentleman! GOAT for me!

  • @troyalcorn1184
    @troyalcorn1184 3 роки тому +7

    fast can sound like a machine but a machine doesn't have a heart or a soul.
    Alvin had a respect for nature and how sounds happen in the world and he learned his own intake and how it related to him.
    I respect and appreciate his love of communicating music.
    It was more than only music.
    RIP to Alvin Lee.

  • @greggskeen6674
    @greggskeen6674 2 роки тому +4

    One of the first true rockers in my life.............RIP ALVIN.😒

  • @marcross4202
    @marcross4202 4 роки тому +3

    saw him twice in Rome in 1972 and 1973. those moments will live with me forever great time

  • @thewoodys_surf_instrumental
    @thewoodys_surf_instrumental 7 років тому +9

    His incredible feel of swing in his guitar style really set him apart from most blues guitar players ... I think of him every time I see a red 335 .

  • @daisywrabbit
    @daisywrabbit 4 місяці тому +1

    rest in peace, Alvin Lee
    ⚡️❤️🎸
    a guitar hero for all time
    ✌️😊

  • @sunking2001
    @sunking2001 7 років тому +10

    TYA's career took off "big time" from Woodstock. I've seen TYA 3 times and Ten Years Later one time. Alvin Lee and Johnny Winter...Blues and Rock & Roll. They are legends.

  • @williedaniels3882
    @williedaniels3882 7 років тому +7

    I also saw Alvin Lee in the early 1970's in Minneapolis! He is one of the greatest pickers for sure!

    • @randyallen8440
      @randyallen8440 4 роки тому +1

      It's too bad I miss that concert I've been to a lot of them says tin man

  • @metalone2055
    @metalone2055 4 роки тому +3

    My All Time Favorite!! The Woodstock performance was I'm going home not I'm coming home glad to see you corrected that. TYA did do a tune , I'm coming on.

  • @gregfloh7732
    @gregfloh7732 9 років тому +11

    Alvin Lee you die much to young. Thank you for all the songs. I saw you in 1971.

  • @electriceyeslide5959
    @electriceyeslide5959 5 років тому +14

    I agree with everything except the part where you say "he's been eclipsed by the radical players of today". I don't know of anyone as fast today and I don't count speed metal since most of its a bunch of simple riffs played fast. Alvin is one of the greatest guitarists to ever do it.

    • @growingupwithfloyd2184
      @growingupwithfloyd2184 5 років тому +1

      @electric eye slide;...Your 💯%🔊CORRECT..!! Keeping it Real Always..!!
      Take Care and Be Well.🇬🇧🇺🇸🎼🌏✌

    • @javiermendoza2942
      @javiermendoza2942 2 роки тому +2

      I agree. Alvin hasn't been eclipsed by anybody. Back in High School in Pasadena there was a skinny kid named Edward Van Halen. He did this thing where he would just shake his hand back and forth and go from there. Guess where he learned it? This is not bullshit on line. We were there. Even before high school when Frank was on the base. He weren't too bad either. That was before Mark Stone.

    • @electriceyeslide5959
      @electriceyeslide5959 2 роки тому +1

      @@javiermendoza2942
      Yeah don’t doubt it

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  4 місяці тому

      Allan Holdsworth and John McLaughlin

    • @electriceyeslide5959
      @electriceyeslide5959 4 місяці тому +1

      @@bnfoxSorry, not in Alvin’s league mate

  • @odelldaniel7868
    @odelldaniel7868 2 роки тому +4

    I recently discovered Alvin Lee....personally I feel like he is the best guitarist to come out of the 60's' he was using techniques 10 to 15 years ahead of the rest. Townsend, Clapton, Paige, were a couple steps behind Alvin,

  • @rodentcafeteria
    @rodentcafeteria 7 років тому +3

    Alvin Lee was shredding long before anyone called it shredding. Remember seeing Ten Years After at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit.

  • @puppycat65481
    @puppycat65481 11 років тому +5

    thank you very much for this. I'm sure Alvin would appreciate.
    Yes he was a great performer and guitar player who will surely be missed.
    He was a big part of my younger years.

  • @outthere9370
    @outthere9370 Рік тому +2

    We have lost a brother! So sad! 😢

  • @kme321
    @kme321 5 років тому +2

    Very sad, he was one of the many rockstars who died young. It stinks to have a remarkable talent leave this world so soon

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому +2

    glad you approve of my tribute.I too remember him well as part of a youth immerses in great music.

  • @stephengaydos4346
    @stephengaydos4346 7 років тому +3

    saw Alvin and the boys 3 times @ the Fillmore East and once in Phoenix Az. TYA, one of my favorite bands.

  • @bruceb6529
    @bruceb6529 7 років тому +5

    Great tribute!! Thanx much, Alvin and TYA deserve it. My very first rock concert, Los Angeles. Forum, .. maybe '71 ? Openers were Yes, and Faces TYA topped the bill..and get this...great seats..$5.50!!!! My gal loved it! Went on to see them Every time they played L. A.

  • @mtzlypk
    @mtzlypk 11 років тому +4

    loved ten years after,,drove to st. louis to see them in battle of guitar players,,ted nugent was there also,,,sadly sold out couldnt get in the checkerdome... i really felt bad about this one ,,one of my guitar heroes..

  • @ragnarkristoffersen
    @ragnarkristoffersen 6 років тому +5

    I really miss Alvin Lee.

  • @joeparker282
    @joeparker282 2 роки тому +2

    A real rocker, guitar master

  • @billlong6240
    @billlong6240 11 років тому +3

    Only got to see TYA once. About 74 or75 what a great show1

  • @stevemann3080
    @stevemann3080 3 роки тому +1

    Just watched a few videos of Alvin & The Boys. Now I've got the BLOOOZE R.I.P 🎸🙏

  • @andyvlasis1601
    @andyvlasis1601 7 років тому +6

    One of the best Gutirust Alvin Lee RIP . great banf

  • @Braglemaster123
    @Braglemaster123 11 років тому +3

    Alvin Lee , one of the greats :-(

  • @ronniebrown2517
    @ronniebrown2517 7 років тому +3

    i saw them in san fran in 1971....seriously tripping with a powerful pair of binoculars........watched his face very up close through the glasses.....totally awesome....but what is weird, i think they were on the bill with van morrison and it's a beautiful day..... whatever....i could not find my van.....after much searching remembered we had walked to the show....miss those journeys

    • @stevemann3080
      @stevemann3080 3 роки тому +1

      LOL .. I have many similar stories.
      KEEP ROCKIN' BRO 🎸🤘

  • @stes3061
    @stes3061 6 років тому +4

    Loved alvin lee

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому +2

    I only saw them once, too....1973 "RocknRoll Music To The World" LP - still my favorite LP by them.

  • @AlizeeDefan
    @AlizeeDefan 11 років тому +9

    sorry-- no one every surpassed his speed, especially today's crap rock acts

    • @randyallen8440
      @randyallen8440 4 роки тому +3

      Absolutely 100% correct on Alvin Lee he was one of a kind, ahead of his time, who wrote his own music, in his own style with awesome lyrics, all the time, Alvin Lee may he rest in peace in heaven, says tin man, God bless all of you good night.

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому +2

    indeed.I guess we are at the point we will be losing many like him...

  • @truthserum9456
    @truthserum9456 Рік тому +2

    No rocker I miss more

  • @adeliakimsey4434
    @adeliakimsey4434 10 років тому +9

    Awww what a loss! Just saw this news obviously - I just pray he knew the Lord like his musical partner Mylon Lefevre. Hope I see you in Heaven bro!

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  10 років тому +1

      I remember Mylon, too! Thanks for stopping by.

    • @randyallen8440
      @randyallen8440 4 роки тому +1

      You got that right man that'd be awesome wouldn't it to meet up with the rock stars up in heaven man wow

  • @archlutesmith
    @archlutesmith 6 років тому +9

    Routine surgery. I think I"ll pass on that one. Too many people go in for routine surgery,and end up in the morgue.

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  6 років тому

      how my grandfather did, too

    • @bolivianbillionaire1349
      @bolivianbillionaire1349 5 років тому +2

      @@bnfox both my parents too......fucken 'surgeons' make so many fuck ups .. absolute scam...think they're above the law.....looks like they are, always getting away with murder. .. overpaid scum in white coats.....RIP Alvin, fantastic player.....

    • @growingupwithfloyd2184
      @growingupwithfloyd2184 5 років тому +2

      @archlutesmith....I couldn't agree with you more. That entire; passed away from a "ROUTINE SURGERY" Is PURE
      RUBBISH.!!! THIS IS THE SPANK..! THOSE EVIL..."WANKERS"..!! NOT ONCE ... IS IT MENTIONED. What type of "ROUTINE SURGERY" WAS BEING PERFORMED" ON ONE OF THE WORLDS "GREATEST BAND FRONT MAN".?
      MOST OF ALL, "ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST GUITARIST AND PERFORMERS"
      Bloody Snipping and Carving "WANKERS"!!
      Peace to all my Sister's and Brothers from the HEART..!!
      Take Care and Be Well.🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🎼🌏✌

    • @growingupwithfloyd2184
      @growingupwithfloyd2184 5 років тому +1

      @@bnfox Sorry for your loss my friend. However, "HIS SPIRIT".. Is always with you..
      Take Care and Be Well..🇬🇧🇺🇸🎼🌏✌

    • @randyallen8440
      @randyallen8440 4 роки тому +2

      That's a shame it really is it's just too damn bad I didn't know that, man we're all going to miss Alvin Lee, God bless says tin man,

  • @roberthoule9693
    @roberthoule9693 5 років тому

    and a top notch, world class song writer as well...

  • @streamtree3383
    @streamtree3383 8 років тому +2

    oh bad news but thanks convention prevention will always be a fave of mine

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому +2

    I did notice that - a nice video, friend.

  • @Pepco54
    @Pepco54 11 років тому +6

    You're right. The best performance a Woodstock was Hendrix, The Who, Santana, Sly putting on great shows as well. However Alvin Lee and Yen Years After played the second best show there. his speed, singing, and timing were incredible!
    Alvin Lee was one of the best!

  • @beverlymcintyre7479
    @beverlymcintyre7479 7 років тому +3

    Dam all my blues heroes are dieing this year Gregg Allman now Alvain Lee what will we do when all are older blues player are gone . This new shit it aut musie it makes me mad that they want to call it musie well it ant get rell with yourself. I will miss you to Alvin Lee . Now you play for All the Angles. Hay Angles Alvin Lee on his way to play for you all. YOUR numb 1 fan. R E P MY BLUES BROTHER.

  • @4390100
    @4390100 11 років тому +3

    You must be an old Fart like me Brian, not listened to Alvin Lee since my early 20's. Do not know if they still sell it, but Ten Years After "The Anthology" has about all of their most famous songs on it. However, their Vinyl is best.

  • @juventinoromero1483
    @juventinoromero1483 11 років тому +3

    Me acuerdo la primera vez que lo vi: fue en Guadalupe nl,colonia azteca,estaba viendo la tele cuando en el canal 12 de Monterrey era como en el 81 o 82 que estaban pasando una pelicula de musica era la de Woodstock y que de repente se empieza a escuchar un rockin-blues bien Perron y no sabia Quien era,hasta que un amigo me presto el disco y despues compre el video y en 1996 vi a Alvin en Austin tx en vivio.que descanse en Paz.

  • @themanfromutopia1
    @themanfromutopia1 9 років тому +6

    I met Alvin twice and he was a lovely warm and funny guy, I shared a laugh with him both times. Now we carry the baton of TYA's music...pass it on.

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  9 років тому +1

      themanfromutopia1 most excellent - thanks for sharing.

    • @JohnnyPissoff235
      @JohnnyPissoff235 3 роки тому +1

      Same for me!

  • @ferreday1
    @ferreday1 8 років тому +11

    I would like to know who eclipses Alvin lee today?answer no one.

    • @feethurt69
      @feethurt69 6 років тому +1

      i was wondering the same thing. i can think of no one who could keep up. kinda of a shitty thing to say, IMO.

    • @guitarsrcool4922
      @guitarsrcool4922 5 років тому +1

      Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page

    • @electriceyeslide5959
      @electriceyeslide5959 5 років тому

      @@guitarsrcool4922 NOPE. What's ridiculous about your list is that none of the guitar players on your list would agree with you including Page!!! FOOL.

    • @guitarsrcool4922
      @guitarsrcool4922 5 років тому +2

      @@electriceyeslide5959 And how the hell do you know what they would say. I suppose you talk to them every day. Lol. How presumptuous of you.

    • @electriceyeslide5959
      @electriceyeslide5959 5 років тому

      Guitars rcool
      No idiot, I’ve heard them speak of Lee before and all those guys knew how good he was.
      Twat.

  • @billlong6240
    @billlong6240 11 років тому +4

    amen

  • @Pepco54
    @Pepco54 11 років тому +2

    I did do a demo on his style and said nice things about him. Sorry

  • @kevinantonovich9409
    @kevinantonovich9409 6 років тому +1

    My god; I am so out of touch; I did not realize he had died; shame on me

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому +1

    LOLOLOLOL...you got me! Funny thing is I was planning to play at the end and then just spaced it out......

  • @Riker-ER
    @Riker-ER 5 років тому +3

    Cricklewood Green: masterpiece. Much better than his Woodstock jam.

    • @guitarsrcool4922
      @guitarsrcool4922 5 років тому

      Wasn't it called crickel wood creek?

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  4 місяці тому

      no

    • @daisywrabbit
      @daisywrabbit 4 місяці тому +1

      Cricklewood Green named after the green herbs they grew. there’s a photo of the “herbs” on the cover.

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому +2

    most excellent sir - that is more like it! Sadly, we will be losing many such masters in the upcoming years.

    • @stevemann3080
      @stevemann3080 3 роки тому

      U R Correct Mate.
      We just lost Mr Van Halen. R.I.P to all past 🎸 L.E.G.E.N.D.S 🙏

  • @drfiberglass
    @drfiberglass 9 років тому +3

    I saw them in 1970 in Queens, NY while tripping on acid. What a great concert...

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  9 років тому +3

      +T H - I've done the same with different bands - wild times.

    • @andicar177
      @andicar177 8 років тому +3

      +T H I really envy you because I could not have the opportunity to watch the great Alvin.

    • @drfiberglass
      @drfiberglass 8 років тому +2

      Well thank yo CA, It was by luck we got in for free.. Right place at right time. It was just sun down when they came on stage and played for a couple hours… Very cool time...

  • @robmontier639
    @robmontier639 7 років тому +2

    0'39"...GOIN' home! Doh!

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  7 років тому

      already been corrected 5000 times....good weed

    • @growingupwithfloyd2184
      @growingupwithfloyd2184 5 років тому

      @@bnfox The Docket is now complete. You may leave the bench now and release the Jury.
      Now go practice your Baritone Saxophone playing my friend.
      Take Care and Be Well.🇬🇧🇺🇸🎼🌏✌

  • @GCAT-zv9in
    @GCAT-zv9in 9 років тому +4

    Nice tribute.

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  9 років тому

      +GCAT 1.618 - thanks

    • @GCAT-zv9in
      @GCAT-zv9in 9 років тому +1

      A. Useful .Idiot Since I know you are still around...I was a friend of Arthur Lee (LOVE).Have you ever done a mini bio on him? I can tell you that he was ahead of his time,not just in music, but highly developed soul.He was wearing fringe,boots,headbands,etc.,when his friend Jimmy Hendrix was wearing a button down shirt traveling with Little Richard.(Trivial I know)I only met him at the beginning of this millennium, and he was eager to put his past behind him. But once in a while he would try to work out the things that had knocked him off course and he would talk about his life. I think it would be a worth while topic. LMK if U do any post about him.LOVE and LIGHT brother!

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  9 років тому

      +GCAT 1.618 - that's pretty cool....yeah, Arthur Lee and Love were definitely up there with all the greats.Was blown away by the finally released "Black Beauty" album a year or so ago...one of his finest achievements.

    • @GCAT-zv9in
      @GCAT-zv9in 9 років тому +1

      A. Useful .Idiot He would have LOVED being appreciated!I
      If you are into a new old one,go check out Link Wray covering Dylans Its All Over Now Baby Blue. I love Rumble, but somehow never heard this until today.Link blows it up and wow..the drummer...

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  9 років тому

      +GCAT 1.618 - Wray continued to be relevant, many don't know.

  • @factorylad5071
    @factorylad5071 2 роки тому +1

    I'd Love To Change The World
    Alvin did not like very much and I agree it was nothing like as good as Love Like a Man bur he considered it too poppy.
    The more way out songs are
    Religion TYA
    Untitled TYA
    and he kept on popping up in the strangest of places,
    Jerry Lee Lewis Sessiins 1980
    FWM original nucleus 2008
    I found this out when I was looking for his cause of death , never found it though , botched surgery I guess . RIP good man.

  • @markravitz1684
    @markravitz1684 4 роки тому +2

    He had heart problems.....that was the reason for surgery

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому

    true

  • @mastermooky
    @mastermooky 11 років тому +2

    woodstock

  • @avail1.
    @avail1. 7 років тому +3

    ALVIN IS NAPPING UNTIL HE WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF OUR LORD. AN HE SHALL AWAKE; COMING FORTH TO A BETTER DAY. NO MORE HATE, NO MORE LIES, NO MORE DISEASE, NO MORE DEATH. SOME OF THE THINGS HE SANG ABOUT FOR YEARS. CHRIST DIED FOR EVERYONE; EVEN GUITAR PLAYERS. 2 COR.5:15/DANIEL 12:2

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому

    sorry - must have been high

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому +1

    already pointed out a dozen times...but thanks.Not much else to say, hunh?

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому

    Not so bad having slip ups pointed out - as long as people come by to say something in appreciation of Alvin Lee...(and you didn't)

  • @91Musicboy
    @91Musicboy 11 років тому

    Play something with that instrument, lol!

  • @redwater4778
    @redwater4778 7 років тому +2

    Routine surgery doesn't sound so routine anymore . Same with Bill Paxton

  • @frontcentermusician
    @frontcentermusician 5 років тому

    I could have read this on my own.....

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому

    as it turns out, if you look at my channel page and featured youtube channels, one is a channel called The Chubby Channel.Go there and you can hear me sing, write, and play guitar!

  • @omarjensen8520
    @omarjensen8520 8 років тому

    I'm coming home by Ten Years Smarter?

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  8 років тому

      +Omar Jensen - pointed out about a billion times already... (;

  • @williamoates9887
    @williamoates9887 Рік тому

    'Going Home' ........ Knob !!!!

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  Рік тому

      only like the 3000th time someone has pointed that out...knob

  • @Pepco54
    @Pepco54 11 років тому

    I'm going home

  • @jeffdoyle4703
    @jeffdoyle4703 3 роки тому

    It's I'm GOING Home.

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  4 місяці тому

      10, 000 people already pointed that out, duh

  • @skullduggery3377
    @skullduggery3377 11 років тому

    it's, ah-ite...but remember: only users lose drugs.

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому

    LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! Him and everyone else in line!

  • @jennycooper5364
    @jennycooper5364 7 років тому

    golng home lm coming on is another tya song but he did correct himself

  • @peterjohnson617
    @peterjohnson617 6 років тому

    That "I`m going Home" not coming home

    • @bnfox
      @bnfox  6 років тому

      the 100th person to mention it....clearly because it's the most important thing in the video

  • @Pepco54
    @Pepco54 11 років тому

    Ok sorry did not know that you knew.

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому

    (:

  • @bnfox
    @bnfox  11 років тому

    as it turns out, if you look at my channel page and featured youtube channels, one is a channel called The Chubby Channel.Go there and you can hear me sing, write, and play guitar!