In the summer of 1969, when people talked frequently and without irony about guitar gods, the British blues rocker Alvin Lee secured his place on Mount Olympus with a single scorching performance at the Woodstock music festival. At the time his group, Ten Years After, was a well-regarded but low-profile platoon in the army of U.K. blues bands marching in the wake of Eric Clapton--including Led Zeppelin, the Jeff Beck Group and Fleetwood Mac. But then his fast-talking, low-moaning rendition of "I'm Going Home," 11-plus minutes of ferocious rock prestidigitation, became a high point of the Woodstock movie and album. That...
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