The Lick That BROKE WOODSTOCK! SIMPLE but Not EASY 

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Forgot to add, Alvin Lee had some of the best “guitar face” while killing it on stage in the movie. Who agrees?

The most underrated English guitar player ever Alvin Lee.

Alvin Lee is underrated. He's in the top 3 🎸 players

What made that tune so powerful and memorable was the bass licks that accompanied the leads. Give it another listen.

So refreshing to hear someone give Alvin Lee some well deserved props. Lee was such an underrecognized guitarist. His work on the Shhhh album really influenced my style of playing a lot.

Spoke to Alvin a couple of times. Copying him is how I learned to play the guitar. Miss you Alvin. Ten Years After was my favorite band in the 70s Saw them several times. And I NEVER sold my guitar. Still have it.

This song blew me away the first time I heard it in the 70's. My friends and I would listen to this live version of "Im Going Home" every night. Alvin was the greatest unknown Guitarist in America! I still listen to the song and am astonished how great Alvin was!

I first heard this when I was 16 and went out bought a guitar and painstakingly learnt to play the guitar and play this. I'm 68 now and still playing it. Great video, very well explained.

Alvin Lee is the reason I began playing guitar 50 years ago. Thank you for the lifetime of enjoyment Alvin. And to this day, there isn't a better live album than 'Ten Years After Recorded LIve', his tone and playing on that album is second to none!

I have always felt that Alvin Lee is the most underrated guitarist of all time, seriously. WATT, Cricklewood Green, About Time, just killer albums. I could go on RIP.

For me, When Alvin announces “This is a thing called I’m Going Home by Helicopter” is the seminal moment of Woodstock. I was 15 years old in 69 and was completely blown away by Alvin’s performance. Sadly he passed away much too young. A real example of his Blues technique and prowess is demonstrated on his “ Bluest Blues” outro solo, it’s simply magnificent, it also features a very tasty slide solo done by George Harrison. Thanks for sharing this Mark!

Alvin Lee was amazing

I saw them at The Fillmore East and Alvin had 4 Marshall Stacks ! The sustain wes ENDLESS ! The entire group smoked - as well as the audience !

This has always been my favorite Woodstock performance. It's very cool that I get to wake up and my birthday and see THIS!! Thanks Mark!

Alvin Lee was a World Musical treasure you'll never see the likes of him again

When I was a little kid in summer camp I would play this tune as loud as possible on my tape recorder/boom box and run around with my tennis racquet pretending to play…. Even as a kid of maybe 10 or 11 yrs old I knew how special Alvin Lee was!

Alvin Lee was always one of my favorite guitarists. 🎸 His performance at Woodstock is legendary. Some of the fastest fingers ever to play a guitar. 🎸 R. I. P. Alvin Lee

Perfect, a fantastic riff......and Alvin Lee, a kind of under appreciated guitar player...... own all the TYA albums and his solo albums.

I love when he’s all done and somebody rolls a watermelon on stage, Alvin throws it up on his shoulder a exits! Truly awesome

I've been forcing people to watch Alvin's intro to "Goin' Home" since there were smart phones. Cool lesson Mark.

Alvin Lee was the highlight at Woodstock 69 .

Alvin Lee is easily one of the top 10 guitarists in the world!

Alvin Lee was an underrated guitar player. Take a listen to Ten Years After's Space in Time. I consider it one of the top rock n roll albums of the 1960's. It totally rocks from beginning to end.

And...let us not forget Alvin was ALSO singing as well... I too soooo many years ago seeing the movie for the first time was astounded by him, the band, and that song. I still am. Legend.

He did indeed 'Change the World' !!!

30yo beginner. My father plays accoustic and greatly admires Tommy Emmanuel. He had a go at electric when he was a teen before he realised he preferred accoustic. He introduced me to TYA when I was a teen. Once I decided to take up guitar Alvin Lee became an instant idol. 10 years after writing this I might be able to attempt it!

Alvin Lee was one the greatest and most underrated guitarist of a generation filled with the greatest guitarist of all time. Ten Years After anthem song "I'd love to change the world" also defined the Woodstock Generation and Alvin's haunting licks and opening chords make the song instantly recognizable.

I loved seeing all the hippies stand in awe when Sha-na-na played the music of their youth...good times. But Ten Years After did indeed rock their socks off!!

You are right, Alivin Lee blew me away with his lightning fast licks!! He captured our imagination with that dynamic performance at Woodstock. Bravo! Great tutorial 👏👏👏👏

Thx you're the first who plays it right and with feeling !!!!

Thanks for the lesson Mark. As a member of the Woodstock Generation, I found TYA the most electrifying act.

Thank you for this tribute to Alvin Lee. I've always believed he was, arguably, the greatest rock guitarist ever.

Alvin Lee was one of the greatest guitar legends to ever hit the stage. I love all his music, but especially his “Freefall” album. It was a sad day when he passed.

I had the pleasure of meeting Alvin Lee and the original members.

A saw Alvin Lee back in 68, he was playing a small club in our shared hometown, Nottingham. Jesus! He could shift the gears even then, electrifying.

I like "Going Home" and the Woodstock performance was historical. But after 50 years of listening to Ten Years After, I believe Mr. Lee's best song is his live cover of "Help Me". His electric interpretation of that blues classic is stunning and one of the greatest concert jams in history.

Yes, Alvin Lee was insane at Woodstock and even faster than Hendrix! His riffs in I'm going home "were non stop, powerful and commanding as well. A real jaw dropper!

I had the distinct pleasure of seeing the great Alvin Lee with Ten Years After, at an outdoor summer concert in 1975. He was absolutely amazing, and I will never forget it.

IMO, this is the best guitar lick ever! It's so crude, electric and full of life. This, my friend, is what set the standard!!

Your so right, seen the movie when it came out was about 13, so many great performances, but Alvin lee for sure stuck in my head it is still at amazing, you do a great job on this lick, thanks

For me one of the best performances of all time . great days . Peace and love , simple and easy to remember.

Absolutely fantastic performance where a guitarist plugs straight in and burns!! 🔥

It's about time somebody taught us some Alvin Lee, I'm Goin Home riffs!

After Woodstock, they asked Jimi Hendrix about the performances and he mentioned Alvin as perhaps the best performance and stated Alvin's band Ten Years After sounded great. I think Alvin actually thought the other songs they played were stronger and I'm Going Home was more of a fun boggie. But, I'm Going Home was a lot of fun to hear and see in the movie and it became their most iconic song.

This performance changed my life as a teenager just learning to play lead in the early nineties. The sixties and seventies were making a big comeback due to eighties hard rock and metal bands name-dropping their influences, and movies like "The Doors" and "Dazed & Confused". I found an old VHS of Woodstock for rent at a hole in the wall video store, and like you said, got excited about Hendrix. Once I saw Alvin, I was like "Jimi who?" I never had a chance to sit down and cop these licks note-for-note, but they rang in my head forever after, and still do, so that I was always aiming and reaching for that energy, feel, fluidity.

Man you totally said it. I went to watch Hendrix and here was Alvin Lee!!

Perfectly fluid and accurate and fast as hell. Alvin was Killer!

Never before i've heard Alvin Lee and never after.....but I never forgot.....

My band had a gig the weekend of Woodstock, a quick learn “Going Home” was our salute to what was happening @the festival in Bethel. …..Had the pleasure of seeing TYA a time or two shortly after in Europe.

If you ask me, Alvin Lee's performance at Woodstock was the highlight of the show. I actually saw him at a small club in Boston called The Channel in the early 80's and he hadn't lost a thing.

High as a kite & played to perfection. A once in a lifetime moment.

AMAZING not one BLOODY comment about Hendrix How great this is to see ALVIN LEE AND TEN YEARS AFTER were the HIGHLIGHT OF Woodstock WITH OUT A DOUBT..!!!!!

I saw Alvin Lee at the Commodore Ballroom in 68! 1968. Lowell Massachusetts.. 400 people.. It was awesome.. He did the tooth thing.. I can barely remember!!!

Alvin is the guy who got me playing Gibson ES-335s.

That sounded awesome. The execution and your specific guitar - it all came together perfectly

You are now a friend for life! I'm about to put Alvin Lee stickers on a Grote 335, but it's matte red.

Saw Alvin in Chicago in 1970, he could literally play rings around Hendrix or anybody else at the time

I totally agree Alvin Lee was always a monster and he played a few songs with Johnny Winters at Woodstock Hendrix loved Alvin's energy ,I'm gon home. Yah

Thanks for the Alvin school’in , i was lucky enough to catch a few ten years after shows in my day, definitely one of best

Great blues playing reminders. Alvin Lee also blew Hendrix's mind, from all reports from Woodstock. He was amazing, especially for the time, and one of the most underrated blues rock players ever. .......Love that you're doing it on an Epi Special.

I can dig it. 12 in '69. Bud wanted to play after seeing TYA live. Ultimately, a better player than me.

Thanks for showing us this lovely lick! You're magnificent, Mark! I can always count you for some great lessons! Take care!🤘❤🤘

Lived in the Bay Area for 2 years (1971-73) and the only act I went to the Fillmore West for was Ten Years After. I had very high expectations and Alvin Lee surpassed them all. Has to be the greatest unknown/underrated guitarist of all time and maybe without the modifiers.

That performance was epic, Mark. And so is your master lesson. Thanks.

I made it my mission to learn this song when I was 16 and everyone in my high school was talking about Alvin Lee. Next thing you know, I had crowds of kids sitting around me whenever I sat with my guitar on the school grounds. At the time it felt like a milestone. Then came Jimi and I had to reach another plateau 🙄

I heard Alvin say that he could play even much faster, Marc you're right Alvin blew me away at Woodstock

Saw Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor in the early mid 80’s open for either the Kinks or Black Sabbath or someone. Alvin kicked ass on “Im going home” i do recall that.

I love the sound of alvin lee´s ten years after !

Everything about the performance was magical that night.

The TRUE GUITAR GOD. R.I.P. MR. LEE. YOU'RE MISSED.

Saw Ten Years After near 50 years ago at the Montreal Forum. They were a last minute replacement for Fleetwood Mac (Brit blues band back then), nobody complained! ‘I’m Going Home’ was the encore tune: electrifying!

Great solo for sure.... Alvin Lee himself thought his playing that night was pretty sloppy and I have to agree that compared to studio recordings, it is a little loose, but the ambience was everything. He did add he had a lot of fun. Probably one of the best guitarists ever. Always played the exact right 8 notes when only one would do. So fast.

Going Home.... Brilliant axe picking by Alvin

As iconic as Alvin Lee's performance was a Woodstock, it was his playing on Ten Years After's "Woodchopper's Ball" album that first caught my attention.

I grew up in Nottingham ( UK ) and the best band by a mile was The Jaybirds. I still have signed photo of Alvin and the original press cuttings of when his 335 was stolen. He came to our school ( High Pavement Grammar school) and I met him in the gym changing area which was at the back of the stage. All fabulous memories.

I was 13 in 1969, and I believe the movie actually came out in 1970 (correct me if I'm wrong) but I clearly remember watching Alvin Lee absolutely blow me away for almost 10 minutes. That was a life changing moment in my life, and I learned guitar and bass guitar after that; not in the style of TYA, but that's what inspired me. I must say that Leo Lyon was equally impressive on bass and should be lauded for his contribution to this song.

I got to see Alvin with TYA several times in the early 70's....soooooo freakin awesome...Ya really want to see the DEFINITIVE Alvin...listen to "I Cant Keep From Crying" Live at the Isle of Wight

Great lesson - I am 50 so I first saw the movie when I was a sophmore in HS. I had my guitar teacher show me this lick. I agree, killer track and performance from the movie. Stole the show really. Probably the best guitar moment in the 3 day concert I bet (but I was not there). Thanks for posting. Gonna check out the other vids now :)

I don't know were but in Europe in my country was most popular band he is guitar is symbol of perfection

Saw Ten Years After perform in Florida. Alvin Lee was one of the best guitarists ever. He didn’t get the recognition and accolades he deserved.

Oh man, I remember that performance so well! I was in high school when I saw the movie late at night with my parents actually. I had never heard of Ten Years After before that and was simply blown away. Alvin Lee was a monster and he single handedly make me think the ES3xx guitar type was cool. Thanks for such an awesome lesson Mark!

Very cool seeing you play and review this tune. It's absolutely one of my favorite songs ever. And also great playing and tone. Keep it up dude🤘🏻

Our theme song at Ft Benning in 1970 for those of us getting ready to complete our hitch..great music by that band.

To me, this was a perfect guitar performance. And yeah, he was singing while playing all these insane licks, in perfect time. Legendary!

Blows my mind that people watched Woodstock and only concluded Jimi was the greatest guitarist in the world. Alvin Lee and Santana were also there killing it.

Alvin was one of my 1st guitar heroes - used to hear them at the Boston Tea Party back in '70-1. Later I realized Captain Speedfingers really only played the same 4 or 5 go-to licks in ALL his lead breaks. Check out their early Live album called Undead, done so long ago that Alvin is sporting a Hendrix Fro like a lot of white copycats did at the time (Clapton's 'fro was hilarious looking) and you will hear every lick in his arsenal including this Goin' Home lick which song is also on the LP but on other songs too like Woodchoppers Ball on same LP. For that reason only I had to knock Alvin down a few pegs when I grew older and got better, but I still have a soft spot for him and his Big Red which I almost bought the re-issue of until a moment of sanity saved me from the 10 Grr price tag. You can find a video on YT of Ten Years After with Alvin playing a Strat!!!! SACRILEDGE!! Now THAT was rare !!! Fun fact: Alvin did a solo LP with Mylon LeFevre on which George Harrison donated a song So Sad (the patti splitting). Turns out they had a gang - the Thames Valley Gang because they all lived sort of near each other - George, Alvin, Ron Wood, Jon Lord from Deep Purple - jam buddies. RIP Al, you died for a DUMB reason not of your fault way too soon. 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸

Great lesson Mark! I was fortunate enough to see Alvin open for Kansas in 1980. High freakin energy, that's for sure.

always loved that jaw dropping performance - even today its exciting

I will never ever understand why Alvin Lee never appears in anybodys top 10 guitarists, the dude was awesome!

Alvin Lee was a legend.

In ‘69 at Woodstock, Alvin Lee was the poster boy for the event. He was the energy, the emergence of blues into mainstream life, the in-yo-face power….

Ten Years After was the first concert I went to in the early 70s.

I first saw the movie when it came out, well, because I had to, it was Woodstock. The other seven times were because of Alvin Lee!

Alvin Lee was Da Man !! My brother Gary Lewis was a drummer and I am so glad that he turned me on to TEN YEARS AFTER !! THAT WOODSTOCK PERFORMANCE WAS EPIC !!! Im Going Home To My Baby !!! AMAZING !!

Keep in mind that I'm Going Home was the final song in Ten Years After's set at Woodstock and Alvin had played like this throughout that set. Leo Lyons on bass was very good too and entertaining to watch. Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Beck, etc sucked all of the oxygen out of the room but Alvin Lee, Kim Simmonds & Rory Gallagher were all as good as the ones that got all of the attention. Alvin's speed was beyond belief but equally impressive was just his fluid lines that he played so effortlessly. Check out the concert videos of Ten Year After Live At The Marquee - amazing

I played Concerts with Alvin and on posters with him RIP Alvin

I had a really cool camp counselor in 1970 with a great record collection. I listened to his albums while the other kids were running around doing whatever. I bought Love It to Death-Alice Cooper and the Woodstock album when I got home. I'm Going Home completely blew my 11-year-old mind away , and I quickly bought more Ten Years After records.

A Space in Time / Watt. Fantastic to this day.

The tritone is the key to West Side Story's music. Check it out. It's brilliant. Alvin played "Goin' Home" at every gig for a few years after Woodstock and then decided to retire it and play new music. He was tired of it, but audiences specifically went to see him do it. When he didn't, they stopped going and he soon disappeared. That's a good show business lesson. If you are so fortunate as to be known for and become popular because of... whatever, never, repeat, never, stop doing it, or something very like it or retire from the business of show before empty theatres retire you. His lick is, indeed, a very impressive one. Hendrix admired him and that fast stuff, which he rarely if ever did.