Damn. An original badass of rock guitar.
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ten-years-afters-alvin-lee-dies-571954
Bummer, sometime in the late 70's I saw Alvin Lee with Bo Diddley & Clapton. I think it was the Slowhand tour. Twas a great night except for the security guard searching me and pocketing my weed on the way in. For Clapton's encore all three took the stage. I can't remember what they played. RIP Alvin Lee.
He's finally gone home.
Saw him live with TYA in 1990.
RIP
Wow. Sorry to hear this.
"unforseen complications following a routine surgical procedure." Sounds like doctor or hospital error to me. Happens way too often.
Just this morning I heard a story about hospitals needing better procedures to combat new antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Whoever got the idea that putting bunches of sick people together in one building would be a good thing?
Quote from: Dave W on March 06, 2013, 12:09:35 PM
Whoever got the idea that putting bunches of sick people together in one building would be a good thing?
Public schools?
No Such thing as minor surgery. R.I.P. Alvin.
Very Sad :sad:. My harp player and I were just listening to some of his stuff on the BB King station the other day and it sparked a long chat about him and what a great player he was. R.I.P.
Rick
Wow... another legend gone to the great gig in the sky... how sad...
RIP, Mr Lee...
I got to see him once in Kansas City in the early 80's. I remember the totally rippin' blues tunes!
i saw tya in 1973. good show. r.i.p. i wonder what the 'routine' surgery was. :sad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ5qFu9I4sw
just had to post this.
Quote from: nofi on March 07, 2013, 08:31:41 AM
i saw tya in 1973. good show. r.i.p. i wonder what the 'routine' surgery was. :sad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ5qFu9I4sw
just had to post this.
That clip illustrates one thing that amazed me about the movie Woodstock. The way they separated their shots into multiple screens and moved the frames around was far more creative than anything I had seen up to that time. It still stands out to me as one of the most creative uses of multiple screens and editing that I have ever seen.
The high point of the Woodstock movie for me was the interview with the guy vacuuming out the public toilets.
Title track of an LP of his (and Mylon Le Fevre) I used to play a lot...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4YMmSvDz9w
Quote from: Pilgrim on March 07, 2013, 09:44:39 AM
That clip illustrates one thing that amazed me about the movie Woodstock. The way they separated their shots into multiple screens and moved the frames around was far more creative than anything I had seen up to that time. It still stands out to me as one of the most creative uses of multiple screens and editing that I have ever seen.
That was Thelma Schoonmaker's first Oscar nomination for film editing. She's won 3: Raging Bull, The Aviator and The Departed. Nominated seven times, all the others Scorcese films.
Very sad. I liked his tone and it wasn't all about Goin' Home either. He had just released a new album too.
Those 10 minutes or so of him playing in the Woodstock movie were iconic. A frenzied and probably speed-induced performance but it encapsulated rock's energy for me.
I saw him once as the opener for Black Sabbath (Mob Rules tour) in Nashville. Knew very little about him at the time but I remember being very impressed with his playing. RIP to a great player.
He wasn't just fast, he was fluid. He didn't have Rory Gallagher's grit and was unlike Robin Trower relatively Hendrix-free, but though not sparse (like Clapton can be), I found him an elegant blues player.
i remember the article saying he died from complications fron 'routine' surgery. turns out the routine surgery was on his heart! :rolleyes:
i believe both lee and burrell lived in spain. hmm.
Your body can forget heroin addiction once you've come clean for good, but your heart never forgets cocaine addiction. We see that again and again with rock stars who have been off the drug for decades, but in the end it gets them. :-\
Quote from: uwe on April 08, 2013, 08:34:23 AM
Your body can forget heroin addiction one you've come clean for good, but your heart never forgets cocaine addiction. We see that again and again with rock stars who have been off the drug for decades, but in the end it gets them. :-\
Billy Thorpe would agree with that if he were still alive today. Wasn't Alvin Lee writing or recording an album with Boz Burell when Boz died?