MARCH 6, 2013
WITH GREAT SADNESS WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THAT
ALVIN UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS MORNING
AFTER UNFORSEEN COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING A ROUTINE SURGICAL PROCEDURE.
WE HAVE LOST A WONDERFUL MUCH LOVED FATHER AND COMPANION,
THE WORLD HAS LOST A TRULY GREAT AND GIFTED MUSICIAN.
JASMIN, EVI AND SUZANNE
Alvin Lee, chitarist legendar englez, avea 68 de ani. A format Ten Years After si a trait gloria alaturi de ei (Leo Lyons -- bass, Ric Lee - tobe, Chick Churchill -- organist) din plin in momentul Woodstock. In 1973 Lee a parasit TYA, pentru o cariera solo. A scos peste 20 de albume, a cintat cu multi grei (George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Ronnie Wood, Mick Fleetwood, Bo Diddley, Peter Frampton, Rory Gallagher, John Mayall -alaturi de Mick Taylor). Ultimul sau disc, Still on the Road to Freedom, a aparut in septembrie 2012.
cum 20 de ani, exact unde locuiesc acum, ascultam in gasca Ten Years After in concert, pe banda de magnetofon a fostului proprietar, professore, in perioda Sorboniadei. Si ne-am inaebunit cind l-am vazut la Mamaia Blues in august 1993, atunci cind a venit si Jack Bruce, si Larry Coryell. Un hipiot a pus un pepene in fata scenei, in remember Woodstock, dar Lee l-a dat la o parte cu piciorul. N-am aflat de ce. Cele doua concerte Ten Years After din Bucuresti (2010, 2011), nu au nici o legatura cu el, trupa a continuat fara Lee, chiar si 30 years after.
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Am aflat via Radu.
Necrolog din Billboard aici
I'm Going Home- Live de la Woodstock, pe 17 august 1969. 11 minute imortalizate in filmul lui Michael Wadleigh.
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