Alvin Lee was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.
Lee in 1975 playing his Gibson ES-335 ("Big Red")
Alvin Lee performing in Breda, Turfschip, the Netherlands, 1978
Ten Years After are a British blues rock group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, the band had eight consecutive Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition, they had twelve albums enter the US Billboard 200. They are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love to Change the World" and "Love Like a Man".
Leo Lyons and Joe Gooch of Ten Years After at Suwałki Blues Festival, 2009