Ten Years After

Charisma and blinding speed made guitarist-singer Alvin Lee a standout at Woodstock -- especially in that tie-dyed context, the boogie fever and early rock & roll swagger of all 13 minutes of "I'm Going Home" were mightily refreshing. But while Lee and keyboardist Chick Churchill were better players than, say, Savoy Brown, TYA now sounds like one more middling English blues band, lacking even the...