Alvin Lee Message & Discussion Board
I don't agree that Alvin Lee alone was TYA, far from it. However, as I stated before, arguing doesn't get us anywhere, so I'll stop here.
BS, when I wrote earlier in German that Alvin wasn't "part" of the history of TYA as you had described, that he *was* the history, I was of course engaging in a bit of rhetorical hyperbole for the sake of emphasising a point. Certainly I don't literally believe Alvin alone was TYA in the sense that the other three were just nothing and nobody. Ricochicoandleo were important to the sound. But they weren't and aren't *absolutely indispensable* to it-- not in the way Alvin was and is. You can't deduct the most obvious, recognizable, and dominant elements of TYA-- Alvin's voice and guitar, and his songwriting contributions or song interpretations-- and call what's left Ten Years After. Not unless you're trying to capitalize on past glory because you don't have any present glory, and aren't likely to have any glory in future, either. Come on, it's plain as day. As for whether "arguing" about this "gets" us "anywhere", I'd hate to think what the world of thoughts, ideas, and principles would be like if "getting somewhere" in the short run or immediate sense were always the primary consideration. Discussion is always worth it for me, in and of itself. It's what I've always called the Grand Old Art of Thought Provocation. Sometimes one is merely planting a seed in someone's mind of another way of looking at something. Any results that may follow don't grow tall and bear fruit in a day! ;-)
Deep Purple does not use Ritchie Blackmore for their promotion. Und ja Menschmeier, der kerl Alvin war doch in Stuttgart!
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Danke, Iggi! :-) Die Wahrheit ist, dass ich mein Deutsch von einem frueheren Leben als Widerstandskaempferin habe-- 1903-1945. Vielleicht kaum zu glauben, aber das mein ich ganz ernst. Es geht um eine unerledigte Sache. Eine tuechtige Frau laesst sich nicht unterkriegen! ;-)