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
They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work. Alvin Lee cooldecidehonest Change image and share on social
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
I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome of a rock & roll guitarist. Originally, TYA wanted to make it without having to compromise to pop. It worked for a while, but after five or six years, the fun went out of it for me; a lot of the music went out of it. Alvin Lee begincompromiseepitome 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
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