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Ten Years After member Alvin Lee passes away at 68

Alvin Lee, a member of the 60’s band Ten Years After, died today after he experienced complications following a surgery. A message mourning his untimely death was posted on his website saying the band member succumbed to complications following a routine surgery. Born in Nottingham, Alvin joined the Jaybirds during the 60’s at the start of his musical career. He was instrumental in forming a new group in 1966 and gave the band the avatar of Ten Years After. In 1969, the group performed at the Newport jazz Festival. The band also took part in the first Woodstock music Festival that very year where Lee mesmerized the audiences with his rendition of I’m Going Home.

It was the performance at Woodstock that spurred the band to new heights and there were more hits like Love Like a Man and I’d Love to Change. But the real success unfolded later with Woodstock playing a hand. It was in 1975 that Alvin told Rolling Stone that they would be playing their old Fillmore. However, in 1973, Alvin left the band to concentrate on his career as a solo singer. With partnerships with luminaries like George Harrison, Ronnie Wood, Steve Winwood, and Mick Fleetwood, Alvin launched his solo album On the Road to Freedom in 1973. He never looked back after that and continued to launch solo albums with the last being Still on the Road to Freedom that was launched only last year.

There has been no news of any funeral services as of now.