Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English singer and guitarist, best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Lee died on 6 March 2013 in Spain. According to his website, he died from "unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure". He was 68.He was born in Nottingham and attended the Margaret Glen-Bott School in Wollaton which was a precursor to comprehensive schools with grammar and secondary modern streams. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. In 1960, Lee along with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After. He was influenced by his parents' collection of jazz and blues records, but it was the advent of rock and roll that sparked his interest.Lee's performance at the Woodstock Festival was captured on film in the documentary of the event, and his 'lightning-fast' playing[4] helped catapult him to stardom. Soon the band was playing arenas and stadiums around the globe. The film brought Lee's music to a worldwide audience, although he later lamented that he missed the lost freedom and spiritual dedication with his earlier public.Lee was named "the Fastest guitarist in the West", and considered a precursor to shred-style playing that would develop in the 1980s.Ten Years After had success, releasing ten albums together, but by 1973, Lee was feeling limited by the band's style. Moving to Columbia Records had resulted in a radio hit song, "I'd Love To Change the World", but Lee preferred blues-rock to the pop to which the label steered them. He left the group after their second Columbia LP.The 1980s brought another change in Lee's direction, with two albums that were collaborations with Rare Bird's Steve Gould, and a tour with the former John Mayall and Rolling Stones' guitarist Mick Taylor joining his band.Lee's overall musical output includes more than twenty albums, including 1987's Detroit Diesel, 1989's About Time (Ten Years After album), recorded in Memphis with producer Terry Manning, and the back to back 1990s collections of Zoom and Nineteen Ninety-Four (US title I Hear You Rockin' ). Guest artists on both albums included George Harrison. In Tennessee, recorded with Scotty Moore and D. J. Fontana, was released in 2004. Lee's last album, Still on the Road to Freedom, was released in September 2012.Alvin Lee's "Nineteen Ninety-Four" album (1994) released in the United States as "I Hear You Rockin".www.alvinlee.comLyricsI couldn't wait to see youWaiting by the doorThere was no one there to meet meAnd your clothes were on the floorSorry if I hurt youAnd I made you cryI couldn't stand to see youWith another guyIt's the bluest bluesAnd it cuts me like a knifeIt's the bluest bluesSince you walked out of my lifeCouldn't really tell youHow you hurt my prideSomething broke within meDown insideNever knew I loved youTill you went awayNow the loneliness surrounds meEvery dayIt's the bluest bluesSince you walked out of the doorIt's the bluest blues'Cause I won't see you no moreSorry if I failed youAnd somehow I'm to blameIt's the bluest blues I'm feeling..It's a crying shameI just can't live without youFace another dayIt's the bluest blues I'm feelingAnd it's here to stayIt's the bluest bluesAnd it cuts me to the boneIt's the bluest bluesWhen you can't find your way homeCopyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purpose such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.No copyright infringements were intended in achieving this video.The similarities and music used belong to the original owners.This video for entertainment purposes only and has no cash value.