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Alvin Lee
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Capturing the total absurdity of playing for half a million people on a farm in upstate New York, guitarist and lead singer Alvin Lee of Ten Years After announced the final song in the band’s Woodstock set this way: “This is a thing called “I’m Going Home”…by helicopter.”
Day Three, Performer 3: Ten Years After
Performed Sunday night, August 17, 8:30–9:30 pm
Ten Years After Band Members
- Alvin Lee: guitar, vocals
- Chick Churchill: keyboards
- Leo Lyons: bass
- Ric Lee: drums
Ten Years After Woodstock Setlist:
- Spoonful
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (including two false starts)
- Hobbit
- I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes
- Help Me
- I'm Going Home
Inspired by earthy American blues and early rock and roll records, guitarist Alvin Lee and bassist Leo Lyons began playing shows together around the Nottingham/Mansfield area of northern England in 1960, initially as Ivan Jay and the Jayhawks. This band featured rhythm guitarist Ray Cooper and drummer David Quickmire and was fronted by vocalist Ivan Jay, who left the band along with Ray Cooper in 1962. Following Jay’s departure, Alvin Lee assumed vocal duties and the band continued to perform as The Jaybirds.
David Quickmi
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About Ten Years After
In 1967, four young musicians from Nottinghamshire, England, Leo Lyons, Ric Lee, Chick Churchill together with Alvin Lee, formed Ten Years After and became one of the biggest names and the most explosive quartet on the world stage.
Their now legendary encore, “ I’m Going Home” performed at The Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in August 1969, was captured on film and exposed their jazz, blues, rock amalgam to a large audience who were blown away by the intensity of the band’s performance when the Academy Award winning documentary was released. Their ten-minute appearance in the film is an acknowledged highlight and established Ten Years After a place in rock history.
From 1968 to 1975 constant touring, playing important musical events like The Newport Jazz Festival, The Miami Pop Festival, The 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, The Toronto Peace Festival and huge venues like The Albert Hall London, Madison Square Gardens, NY. and The Budokan, Tokyo, exposed the band’s music to a Global Audience. It is estimated that they performed to in excess of 75,000 new fans a week. Almost four million people a year, not counting those who saw the band in the ‘Woodstock’ film. Between 1967 and 1974, Ten Years After recorded and released ten multi-million selling albums.