Ten Years After = Alvin Lee = Rockspective Documentary 

Definitely one of the greatest🎸 of all time and most underrated. RIP🙏🕯️✝️

Alvin has been my Guitar Hero since 1969 and he still is. R.I.P ALVIN YOU’LL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.

never knew I needed a guitar hero until I found Alvin Lee. ⚡️♥️✌️🎸

The man who played faster than his shadow! Alvin's unique style was fantastic, because so much of the great axe work he did was done without the use of a foot pedal, fuzz box, wah-wah bar, or any other type of gimmick, which is almost unheard of today, and his pure, raw, natural finger speed on guitar was at times almost unbelievable. Ole "Captain Speedfingers" will forever be missed.

Bless this underrated guitarist ✌️

Saw Ten Years After at Big Surf Tempe Arizona 1972, Been playing Guitar ever since. Changed my Life. Wow. Couldn't believe the Sounds I was Hearing. R.I.P. 🎸

I’ve been a fan of AL all my life (im 69) and this is the first time I’ve heard him in an interview. I’m so glad I came across this! To know his immense talent and listen to him talk in such an unassuming way. What a humble and guy. Thank you for posting this!

That song “I’m Going Home” at Woodstock changed my life and I’ve enjoy the Blues ever since, may you R.I.P Alvin.

On the west side of the Big Pond, we had Jimi Hendrix; on the east side of the Big Pond, we had Alvin Lee....Most only talk about Jimi, shame that they are overlooking such a great player as Alvin.......Miss his new releases but grateful fof all that he released in his lifetime

He was an all-around talent.

EYE AM CRYING HAPPY TEARS !! R.I.P MATE 🙏

Alvin Lee is so Awesome !!!! I see him in person…. I really enjoy his guitar and love his style of guitar playing !

I just turned 60. Older than some and younger than others. Been digging Alvin Lee and Ten Years After for as long as I can remember. Been playing guitar for 46 years and love and respect all the great musicians before and after. Especially the blues. Alvin Lee is THE MOST UNDERRATED guitarist of all time. I'm not sorry but cut and dry, there is not another out there that even comes close. Tommy Emanuel comes extremely close but is still 2nd chair. R.I.P. brother.

ALVIN The BEST Of The BEST!!!!!

I saw Alvin & TYA in Birmingham, AL (1972). Just mind blowing.

He was a total bluesman .....a very important band in the british blues movement of the mid to late 1960 . He sang in a very cool way too

Alvin Lee was my hero. TYA was the band for me. I had every one of their albums. Then I saw them in Minneapolis (Bloomington at the ICEHOUSE) in 1971. Procol Harem was one of their warmup bands.

My favorite rock and roll guitar player of all time. His picture hangs on my wall

Sounds like he had a very cool dad. What a time to be alive.

RIP Brother Alvin. True Guitar legend. Rocket fuel Blues Rock legend that no doubt influenced many. England’s answer to Bloomfield. Alvin just wanted to play. He shunned the limelight and steered away from trivial pop trends. Off stage was a Pretty low key down to earth guy. He collaborated with Mylon Lefever’ on a little known cool acoustic Bluesy roots Album. Alvin bucked the trendy and stayed true to his Heart ❤️

In my opinion Alvins playing is still UNSURPASSED to this day,,,

For me, A Space in Time was Alvin Lee/TYA’s best album. 🎸

Always loved Alvin Lee, from TYA to his roots albums. This interview shows what integrity he had as a musician.

What a guitar hero!one of the greatest!long live his music!

the great Alvin Lee. Long Live His Music.

I wonder why this great guitarist Alvin lee was always underrated. What a crime

Total genius!

What a legend

My grandad grew up with him he used to be called bud my grandad has told me loads about him before the fame my grandad would walk to school with bud or Alvin they were good mates as well 6 or 7 years ago they were in touch but sadly he Alvin passed r.I.p this legendary guitar player.

10 years after was my first concert ever in the 70’s. Was a big Alvin Lee fan !

Been a Ten Years After fan since 1968 when I bought "Undead". Alvin's style on that album had a jazzy blues feel to it. The version of "I'm Going Home" on that album is much different than the one from the Woodstock concert. Then "Sssh" came out and I was hooked. Up until Alvin's untimely death he was still performing and was still great.

Mr Alvin Lee one of the most over looked blues player. Alvin Lee was a monster blues player & Ten Years After during the 1968 to mid 70’s was a very hard driving blues force to deal with. I remember seeing them in Los Angeles at the Forum Arena with a monster band call “ Grand Funk” opening for them. A truly very memorable concert. I knew that I was very fortunate to be there & witnessed so of the best blues & rock moments of all time!

An Alvin Lee Ten Years After show at the Fillmore or Winterland with the Grateful Dead. Bill Graham had the knack.

66 here. I’d,love to change the world, but I don’t want to do. Still on point.

Saw many times, one of the best live shows/players ever. Miss him.

To this day, that "Ooh yah!" in "I'd Love to Change the World" gives me chills. I always gotta play that REALLY loud!

I saw him and Ten Years after in Montreal, Canada in 1971. That was a great show and he was one of the greatest guitar player in rock and blues.

He was the original shredder for sure!

Saw Alvin Lee in concert around the 90's....he did touring in Italy with a super line up and he was still so brilliant,lot's of Energy and great emotions,thanks Alvin,we miss you so much ... R .I P.

As the song says Simply the Best!!!!

RIP, Alvin. Thank you.

I think many adolescent boys in 1970s Florida had a guitar god and Alvin Lee was mine. He was awesome. Saw him in concert four or five times. Great shows. Loved the TYA albums and his later solo work. IMHO he is incredibly underrated as a blues guitarist and performer.

Alvin Lee was My First Guitar Hero. 👏👏👏

Rest in peace Alvin. You were a one off.

Jimmy Page once said that Alvin Lee was the only guitar player that he would pay to see live. Pretty high praise coming from someone who knows a thing or two about great guitar players!! RIP, Alvin, I am thrilled that I got to see you play live once...What an amazing gig!!! 👍🏾👍🏻🎸🕊️🤍...............

When was this??? To me Alvin Lee was this player that effortlessly played fast rock-/jazz runs as hell, and also sang with this very ... voice. I love him!

I saw him perform on my birthday decades ago. Such a treat. One incredibly awesome guitarist. His performance at Woodstock made that event what it was and is.

So happy i stumbled upon this ! Alvin seems like a genuine good guy & great musician that cared about his musical roots .So glad I got to see 10 Years After live in the 70`S !

He was an incredible acoustic fingerpicking guitar player, I always wish he recorded a solo acoustic album....thanks Alvin!

That footage from 1969 was incredible.

RIP Alvin.. Big part of my adolescent times , good and bad.. Saw TYA 4 times in S. Fla.. Raw R&B power.. Tight band, Leo kicked ass on bass..

I was mesmerized by his and the bands Woodstock '69 performance and the" Watt" album became my first but definitely not last TYA possession. Graham A. Barnes aka Alvin Lee may you forever rest in peace in the eternal heaven of blues - we surely miss you and Big Red. ☮️❤️🎸

My Guitar hero ....playing so fast on that unwieldy big Gibson ( rather than the ubiquitous Strat) , is even more remarkable , because Alvin's preferred instrument had a higher action , and therefore didn't lend itself , easily , to lightning - fast playing ....He could play almost anything , and never sought superstardom .....and was a really cool bloke to boot , by all accounts .....Graham Anthony Barnes ....you will always be one of the greats .

Alvin was a big talent...The English musicians took American blues and changed it to a whole new stellar level....Guitar great Joe Bonamassa talks about that....

Loved this band. So tight and soulful. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

I loved them. The shhhh album was my favorite

One of the greats and he didn't even use a strat..Love your music...

Alvin is a beast,a legend and legends can't be underrateded!

Many thanks for uploading this interview. I'm very happy that me and my girlfriend saw TYA live in Amsterdam (Oude Rai) 1971 and the opening act was a Dutch rockband 'Nou En', I guess. At least for me for over 50 years, Alvin Lee's intro lick to 'I'm Going Home' still packs some magical notes that are hard to crack. There are many appreciated attempts on RU-vid, but none that sound like the Woodstock version.

they were amazing live .

Mustn’t forget Ten Years After’s subtle cover of that Al Kooper number I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes.

Alvin Lee at Woodstock blew my fuckn mind, Best live performance ever

How his bass player kept from shaking his brains loose...

Alvin Lee is probably my most missed singer/guitarist , loved the old days of Swamp Dogg. I would hope that some young inspriring musicions would filll this void. Ten fucking Years After, how about 50 years. If you remember he was at Woodstock along with Richie Havens, watch Festival Express to get a fill for this particular era.

Saw him play live with Ten years After. Amazing guitar player

He was a big influence for me REST IN PEACE ROCK STAR !

Ten Years After has always been one of my favorite bands to listen to since I was about 10 years old and now nearing 60. I have pretty much their entire catalog either on CD or vinyl and listen to them quite often now. RIP Alvin you guys created music that still lives on.

This is one of the best interviews that I've heard Alvin Lee give. With the film footage, I wish they would have made a lengthy documentary. Nevertheless, what's here is excellent. Thank you!

Always and still an underrated player.

❤’ed Ten years after w/Alvan Lee Harvard Stadium just after Woodstock great musician 👏👏👏

Alvin was one of my early influences on guitar.

Alvin's comments toward the end remind me of Robbie Robertson's comments about being on the road too long. Thank you for posting. He was one of my first guitar heroes. Great story.

Still play “Love Like a Man’ when I want to rattle the windows. Undead was one of my favourite albums, and Cricklewood Green. A fine, fine player.

When my mom was sick and in and out of the hospital her last year, all she wanted to listen to was TYA and Jimi...both seemed to take her mind off the pain and transport her mind❤️‍🩹

Alvin could shred like nobody's business....thanks for sharing this interview.....he was a powerful blues rocker...saw him at Philmore West and he blew away the other bands on the bill...he covered a lot of guitar ground...I always thought he played a lot like Johnny Winter

When was this interview made? Alvin looked so good here. May he RIP - he died March 2013. He was a GOAT.! What is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame waiting for????? That is an Atrocity perpetuated for decades. TYA was great Rock Blues band. Alvin just decided NOT to pusue Pop hits. In fact, I'd Love To Change The World was never performed live because Alvin hated what he thought about the song being too Poppy. Ric Lee tells you that in his book.....From Headstocks To Woodstock. Great read.

HE BROUGHT HIM BACK TO THE HOUSE!

I saw Ten Years After with Alvin Lee in 1981/82 they opened for Black Sabbath - Mob Rules tour in Ottawa Canada , Civic Center. A phemonenal show!

Amazing genius guitarist ❤.

The best

The original shredder from the 60's -70's totally unique and stood out among his peers-Jimi, Clapton, Leslie West , Page ect..TYA iconic performance from Woodstock is blowing young ones today here on RU-vid with " first reaction" video's

The very first shredder.

I first heard TYA's "Recorded Live" when I was on a school exchange trip to France in 1976, and instantly loved it. Been a massive fan of Alvin Lee ever since. God smiled on me when I got a ticket front row centre seat for a Ten Years Later gig at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. The best gig I have ever been to - 2 1/2 hours of sweaty blues & rock with no pyro or gimmicks. If you listen to his solos, Alvin only had 3 or 4 different licks, but he played and combined them so well. Sad loss.

Definitely one of the best blues men. My favorite song by him is bluest of blues one of the greatest songs ever done. George Harrison played slide perfectly o it and Alvin played outstanding lead guitar on one of the greatest blues songs ever done!

Saw Ten Years After in the mid-seventies years later saw Ten Years Later at a festival concert of about 8 bands it was a long hot day a lot of people left Alvin was the last performer there was a small crowd in front of the stage he is my chance to get up front l was in front of Alvin ten feet away it was amazing his encore song was ChooChooMama l saw Alvin perform at a small club met him in person and even bought him a drink l only talked for a few minutes he was such a humble and down to earth guy and a nice guy great memories to have we miss you Alvin you are one of a kind

Thanks for posting this interview.

His solos are the best to me I'm glad I grew up to his style and music

Alvin wanted to play the Clarinet. That would be some kind of crazy new fad. He would have floored the world with that thing.

To one of the all-time best guitar players, ever no take me back to Alvin Lee One of the No by

Alvin Lee - in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame ~ !!

Miss him

I got to see him once and his speed on that big red Gibson guitar was amazing. I always thought he has to be in the 10 best rock guitarist of all time.

Those TYA albums! The energy in those songs. Even those lighter songs had it...I have the box set with about time added to complete it...Still listen to them often! Awesome!!

Love alvin R.I.P brother.

Alvin lee is a guitar legend superpower an original shreddar try playing as fast as he was in 60s and 70s with those ancient guitar set ups with 1/2inch guitar action good luck

Amazing talent!

i used to hade the 45 single 'love like a man; .the a side was the short studio version. the b side was the 8 min live version. you had to play the b side at 33 rpm.

Blonde? Huge respect for his immense talent.

Is Alvin Lee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? If not he should be.

Never under nothin . Miss him bad. Stupid people come lately, don't know bout what's been going on.