The Dead Thread - Bilge

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Sat, Aug 5, 2006 12:49 PM From the August 5th Washington Post .... "Arthur Lee and his off-again-on-again rock group Love made only one great album -- a brooding, opulent and improbable dream called "Forever Changes," released in the fall of 1967. Still, such devotion has this single disc inspired over the decades that the news of Lee's death from leukemia -- on Thursday, in Memphis, at age 61 -- affected his more ardent listeners as a personal loss." Full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401683.html I was fortunate to be able to catch Arthur Lee and Love twice in the last couple of years. The first time, I had not yet heard any of his music at all, and was quite blown away by his performance - and that night became one of those ardent listeners who is now feeling a small personal loss. Vern

From the August 5th Washington Post ....

"Arthur Lee and his off-again-on-again rock group Love made only one great album -- a brooding, opulent and improbable dream called "Forever Changes," released in the fall of 1967. Still, such devotion has this single disc inspired over the decades that the news of Lee's death from leukemia -- on Thursday, in Memphis, at age 61 -- affected his more ardent listeners as a personal loss."

Full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401683.html

I was fortunate to be able to catch Arthur Lee and Love twice in the last couple of years. The first time, I had not yet heard any of his music at all, and was quite blown away by his performance - and that night became one of those ardent listeners who is now feeling a small personal loss.

Vern

Post #247024 by ikitnrev on Sat, Aug 5, 2006 12:49 PM