My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father brought home Big Bill Broonzy, and there he was sitting in our living room playing, and blues was in my heart from the time I was 12 years old. Alvin Lee bigbillblue share on social
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books. Alvin Lee bookmakeread Change image and share on social
So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now. Alvin Lee anymorehappyten Change image and share on social
I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill. Alvin Lee blurcrowddisappear share on social
We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the way it was organised. Alvin Lee callfestivalgig Change image and share on social
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. Alvin Lee bandbeginbig Change image and share on social
There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life. Alvin Lee agebiggap Change image and share on social
I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig. Alvin Lee giggoodgreen Change image and share on social
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. Alvin Lee botherdecidemusician Change image and share on social
That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music. Alvin Lee adoptattitudeblue Change image and share on social
