Alvin Lee
Musician
1944-12-19 – 2013-03-06
Alvin Lee was an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of Ten Years After. He was a major figure in British blues rock and remained active as a recording and touring musician for decades.
Books by Alvin Lee
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The Strategy of Global Branding and Brand Equity
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Marvel Adventures Super Heroes
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Rural sociology
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Quotes by Alvin Lee
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I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.
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My solos are more tastefully conceived now. But I still get going in places. It's just that I build up to it now. I don't race off on a solo. I take my time.
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It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.
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I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.
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Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the Marquee Club in London and was very impressed. He was the only guitarist I've ever seen to turn the volume control on his guitar down during a solo.
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Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.
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My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise, I listened to Django, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery.
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