Alvin Lee dead at just 68

[DVS]

I know this will be wasted on most of you kids here, but for anybody who remembers the band Ten Years After, guitarist Alvin Lee has died. His family said he died unexpectedly on 6 March following complications during routine surgery.

This is what first made him famous, playing a live version of "I'm Going Home" at Woodstock. But what you may remember the band Ten Years After for is "I'd Love to Change the World". 68 is just too young to die.

Check out this link, if you want to hear more of Alvin Lee and 'Ten Years After'.

 

[DVS]

It looks like I'm the only old person who remembers Alvin Lee or Ten Years After. Yep, I'm feeling pretty old, now.

 

[Babyslave]

Hi. I admit I'm not familiar with Alvin Lee, but I will learn more about what I missed. I wonder....is he any relation to Albert Lee? I doubt it, huh?

I don't think it's necessarily age...my own personal tastes are all over the place, and hit and miss. This was a miss.

 

[DVS]

Hi. I admit I'm not familiar with Alvin Lee, but I will learn more about what I missed. I wonder....is he any relation to Albert Lee? I doubt it, huh?

I don't think it's necessarily age...my own personal tastes are all over the place, and hit and miss. This was a miss.

No, Alvin and Albert aren't related, as far as I could find out. It is strange to have two men, similar in age, with similar names siblings might have and both great guitar players. I just checked. While they both were born in the UK, they were born over 100 miles (US measurement) apart.

As for age, I do think it's got to be part of it. While the Beatles' music has benefited from a younger audience, many of my old favorites have just been collecting dust. It's hard for me to accept, but musical tastes change with the generations.

It reminds me of my parent's musical interests and how they would talk about their favorites when they died. Being a musician myself, I had sometimes heard of the people they talked about, but not always.

Their generation thought rock n roll was the devil's music because of how it made young people jerk and twist to the beat. And my dad often wondered why it had to be so loud. I couldn't explain it, to his satisfaction. It was as if we were coming from two different worlds. Confusing conversations like that sparked the term "the generation gap". I'm sure this is what's happening here.