Alvin Lee
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.
Early life
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. Influenced by his parents' collection of jazz and blues records, it was the advent of rock and roll that sparked his interest.
Career
Lee's performance at the Woodstock Festival was captured on film in the documentary of the event, and his 'lightning-fast' playing 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.
Alvin Lee (comics)
Alvin Lee is a comic book artist known for his manga-styled art. Lee is the co-creator, along with writer Gail Simone of the character Agent X.
Lee has worked under major comic book publishers including Image Comics under the UDON label, UDON studios as an independent publisher, Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Wildstorm Productions.
Career
Alvin Lee started his comic book career at 17, working as an comic book inker, mostly for Pat Lee's art, and was co-founder of now defunct Dreamwave Productions. Lee worked on titles such as Dark Minds, Neon Cyber, and Warlands. His first comic as penciller was for Warlands: Banished Knights.
In 2001, Lee joined UDON as a lead artist with the revival of Capcom's Street Fighter comic books and Darkstalkers comic books. His talent has also led to the game art of two Capcom video game titles, Capcom Fighting Evolution and the re-release of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. UDON was also an independent publisher and worked as a contract studio releasing a few of Marvel & Wildstorm titles, Alvin was responsible for the Deadpool/Agent X redesign and Taskmaster's new costume design in 2002. He also worked on Marvel Mangaverse: Avengers Assemble! #1, X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #50 and Wildstorm's Gen 13 #7.
Hey Joe
"Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and as such has been performed in many musical styles by hundreds of different artists. "Hey Joe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico after shooting his unfaithful wife. However, diverse credits and claims have led to confusion as to the song's true authorship and genesis. The earliest known commercial recording of the song is the late-1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band The Leaves; the band then re-recorded the track and released it in 1966 as a follow-up single which became a hit. Currently, the best-known version is The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1966 recording, their debut single. The song title is sometimes given as "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?" or similar variations.
Authorship
While claimed by the late Tim Rose to be a traditional song, or often erroneously attributed to the pen of American musician Dino Valenti (who also went by the names Chester or Chet Powers, and Jesse Farrow), "Hey Joe" was registered for copyright in the U.S. in 1962 by Billy Roberts. Scottish folk singer Len Partridge has claimed that he helped write the song with Roberts when they both performed in clubs in Edinburgh in 1956. Other sources (including singer Pat Craig) claim that Roberts assigned the rights to the song to his friend Valenti while Valenti was in jail, in order to give him some income upon release.
You Were Right, Joe (short story)
You Were Right, Joe is a 22 page Time travel short story by J. T. McIntosh, published in the November 1957 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.
Style
The story is written in the first person, and is replete with colloquialisms suitable for an "Ordinary Joe."
Plot
An unnamed man has had his consciousness sent far into the future by a scientist named Joe. The story is told in the form of messages that are sent by the time traveler using a one-way communication link that exists between the time traveler and the scientist.
The time traveler tells Joe that some of his predictions about time travel and the future are correct. He has arrived in the future with an established identity and is able to speak the local language. The people of the time are friendly and simply dressed. Even though he is clearly in a city, there is little sign of impressive technology. He also reports that he is attracting a fair amount of attention because the body that he now inhabits is tall, strong, handsome and athletic whereas in our time he was something of a weakling.
Hey Joe (Carl Smith song)
"Hey Joe" is a 1953 popular song written by Boudleaux Bryant. It was recorded by Carl Smith for Columbia Records on 19 May 1953 and spent eight weeks at #1 on the U.S. country music chart. Later in 1953, Kitty Wells recorded an answer record also titled "Hey Joe" which hit number eight on the Jukebox Country & Western chart.
Cover versions
A cover version, sung by Frankie Laine and produced by Mitch Miller, reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in October 1953.
It was Laine's second UK chart topper, but unlike his long-lasting "I Believe", it only stayed in the chart for eight weeks, after reaching number one in its second week on the chart. That week Laine had three singles in the chart, which at that time consisted only of twelve songs. The following week, Laine's third number one hit in the UK, "Answer Me" entered the chart, giving Laine one third of all records on the listing.
Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley recorded a new version of the song with the modified title: "Hey Joe, Hey Moe", with lyrics specially rewritten for the project by Boudleaux Bryant, as the title song to a duet album issued in 1981. The song, released as the lead single to the album, was a top-10 country hit that year.
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Alvin Lee
ALBUMS
- Live at Rockpalast released: 2013
- In Flight released: 2008
- Saguitar released: 2007
- Let It Rock released: 2005
- Pump Iron released: 2005
- Alvin Lee in Tennessee released: 2004
- The Anthology released: 2002
- Rocket Fuel released: 2000
- Live in Vienna released: 1995
- Zoom released: 1992
- RX5 released: 1981
- Rocket Fuel released: 1978
- The Last Show released:
- On the Road to Freedom released:
- Detroit Diesel released:
Born: 1944-12-19
Died: 2013-03-06
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Boogie All Day
by: Alvin LeeWell I've got a gal - she lives up on the hill
Yes, I've got a gal - she lives up on the hill
Sometimes she won't - but then sometimes she will
Gonna boogie all day, gonna boogie all night
Hold on tight, got to do it right - gonna boogie all night
Well I can't tell you - why I feel this way
No, I can't tell you - why I feel this way
I fall in love - at least five times a day
Gonna boogie all day, gonna boogie all night
Hold on tight, got to do it right - gonna boogie all night
Gonna boogie all day, gonna boogie all night
Hold on tight, got to do it right - gonna boogie all night
Gonna boogie all day, gonna boogie all night
Hold on tight, got to do it right - gonna boogie all night
Boogie All Night !
Gonna boogie all day, gonna boogie all night
Hold on tight, got to do it right - gonna boogie all night
Gonna boogie all day, gonna boogie all night
Hold on tight, got to do it right - gonna boogie all night
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah