{"id":645644,"date":"2013-03-07T09:19:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=220116"},"modified":"2013-03-07T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T14:19:37","slug":"alvin-lee-dies-guitarist-was-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645644","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Lee Dies; Guitarist Was 68"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guitarist Alvin Lee, most famous for playing lead guitar and singing with the band Ten Years After, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.famousdead.com\/alvin-lee\/\">has died<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Los Angeles Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/obituaries\/la-me-alvin-lee-20130307,0,2836455.story\">report<\/a>, Lee died in Spain on Wednesday, March 6 due to complications from routine surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Lee learned to play guitar as a teenager and formed Ten Years After in 1966.  The band found success in England and went on to fame in the U.S. after it played an 11-minute version of its song &#8220;I&#8217;m Going Home&#8221; at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Ten Years After in 1974, Lee went on to record and tour with a variety of famous musicians.  In 1973 he and Mylon LeFevre released <em>On the Road to Freedom<\/em>, and album recorded with guest stars such as George Harrison and Steve Winwood.  Lee pursued a solo career throughout the 70s, and in the 80s toured with artists such as John Mayall and Mick Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s last album, titled <em>Still on the Road to Freedom<\/em>, was released in September 2012.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bW5M5xljdCI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(Image courtesy Jim Summaria\/Wikimedia)<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=DTztU40gFpQ:0Z6gvdJVzlc:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/DTztU40gFpQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitarist Alvin Lee, most famous for playing lead guitar and singing with the band Ten Years After, has died. According to a Los Angeles Times report, Lee died in Spain on Wednesday, March 6 due to complications from routine surgery. Lee learned to play guitar as a teenager and formed Ten Years After in 1966. 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