I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

He left Ten Years After after their second Columbia LP. With American Christian rock singer Mylon LeFevre and George Harrison Steve Winwood Ronnie Wood and Mick Fleetwood he recorded and released On the Road to Freedom an acclaimed album that was at the forefront of country rock. Alvin Lee (born Graham Alvin Barnes 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English rock guitarist and singer best known as the lead guitarist and singer with the blues-rock/pop band Ten Years After.