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Also known as Graham Anthony Barnes

English singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944–2013)

Person · Open Library

Works
27

Top works

  • Deadpool Epic Collection
  • This Is Ruby Rainbow
  • M. R. Wolf Case Files Book 1
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Marketing Strategy Case Book

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1944-12-19
Active to
2013-03-06
americanablues rockhard rockrockrock & roll

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Total plays
845,571

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Alvin Lee (19 December 1944 - 6 March 2013) was famous as the guitarist in the seminal seventies rock band Ten Years After. Born Graham Barnes in Nottingham England, Alvin Lee took up guitar at the age of thirteen. By the age of fifteen he had formed the group Jaybirds. Following in the footsteps of earlier beat groups such as the Beatles, the Jaybirds played the clubs in Hamburg, Germany to great local acclaim. On returning to London in 1966, the group changed its name to Ten Years After. <a h

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