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August 4, 2006

Arthur Lee (1945-2006)

The mastermind behind pioneering psychedelic-pop outfit Love succumbs to leukemia at age sixty-one
June 6, 2003

Arthur Lee Rocks "Forever"

Love play masterpiece, out of order, in New York
August 9, 2002

Arthur Lee's New Love

Sixties rock legend out of jail and back on the road
December 12, 2001

Arthur Lee to Be Free

Love founder sprung from jail, but may face another trial

Recordings and Reviews

The Best Of Love

Some of the best-known bands in Los Angeles in the Sixties became brand names for a particular style of rock: jangling folk rock for the Byrds, portentous doom rock for the Doors. Love not only bridged the gap between those two groups, they also tried to summon up every color of psychedelia. The ran...

2003 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Forever Changes

1967

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Biography

Love, headed by singer/guitarist Arthur Lee, was a seminal '60s L.A. band, emerging from the Sunset Strip at the same time as the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors, and the Mamas and the Papas. The group started out playing a Byrds-influenced folk rock but later covered many styles, including bluesy R&B, pop, and hard rock.

Lee moved from his Memphis birthplace to L.A. with his family when he...

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