Part of the UK's blues explosion in the 1960s, Ten Years After went on to play
at the legendary Woodstock Festival and become an institution of the blues rock
scene. Inspired by his father's collection of Delta blues and prison work song
records, Alvin Lee took up the guitar when his dad brought Big Bill Broonzy back
to the house after a gig in Nottingham. Lee started playing with bassist Leo
Lyons and they built up a reputation as The Jaybirds before changing their name
to Ten Years After and moving to London in 1967 where they instantly became part
of the vibrant scene with the...