Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Love (band)
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== Reformation and reunions === After spending six years in prison from 1995 to 2001 for firearms offenses, Lee began touring under the name Love with Arthur Lee, with the members of Baby Lemonade rounding out the lineup.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/arthur-lees-new-love-254867/|title=Arthur Lee's New Love|last1=Greenwald|first1=Matthew|date=August 9, 2002|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> In 2002 Michael Stuart (now known as Michael Stuart-Ware), the drummer on the Love albums ''Da Capo'' and ''Forever Changes'', wrote the acclaimed book ''Behind the Scenes on the Pegasus Carousel with the Legendary Rock Group Love''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/book-review-forever-changes-arthur-lee-and-the-book-of-love-by-john-einarson/|title=Book Review: "Forever Changes: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love," by John Einarson|last=James|first=Falling|date=July 28, 2010|website=LA Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> [[File:Lofgren 6.23.06 Arthur Lee Benefit Beacon Theater.jpg|thumb|240px|right|[[Nils Lofgren]] performing at the Beacon Theatre Benefit For Arthur Lee, June 23, 2006]] Johnny Echols joined Lee's latest group for a special ''Forever Changes'' 35th Anniversary performance in the spring of 2003 and again for tours in 2004 and 2005.<ref name=":5" /> Due to Arthur Lee's battle with [[acute myeloid leukemia]], the details of which were not known by the band at the time, he could not participate in the final tour in 2005. Since no one knew of his illness, Lee's decision to forgo the final tour was met with confused reactions.<ref name=":4" /> The remaining members of the band, led by Echols, continued to perform without Lee, under the name The Love Band.<ref name=":5" /> Michael Stuart-Ware and Johnny Echols performed with Baby Lemonade at Hollywood's Whisky A Go-Go on June 28, 2006, in a benefit concert for Arthur Lee. The show included guest appearances by [[Robert Plant]] and [[Nils Lofgren]]. Lee died of [[acute myeloid leukemia]] on August 3, 2006, at age 61.<ref name=":4" /> In 2009, a reformed version of Love, featuring Johnny Echols, members of Baby Lemonade, and Probyn Gregory of [[the Wondermints]], toured the United States and Canada. Michael Stuart-Ware was listed as a member of this act for a time in 2009. The group continued to tour sporadically in the following years under the name the Love Band featuring Johnny Echols. This group completed a 'farewell tour' of the UK in 2019,<ref>[http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2018/12/11/news-farewell-uk-tour-from-the-love-band-featuring-johnny-echols/ Simon Godley, "Farewell UK Tour from The Love Band featuring Johnny Echols", ''GodIsInTheTV'', 11 December 2018]. Retrieved July 5, 2019</ref> but continues to perform in the U.S. as LOVE-Revisited.<ref name=":8">[https://www.love-revisited.com/ "Love Revisited"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027110142/https://www.love-revisited.com/ |date=October 27, 2021 }}. Retrieved October 27, 2021</ref> In November 2021, they announced that they would again tour in the UK in 2022, and at some shows would play the whole of their first two albums, ''Love'' and ''Da Capo'', in their entirety, as well as ''Forever Changes''.<ref>[https://www.love-revisited.com/ "LOVE with Johnny Echols – UK Tour 2022", ''LOVE Revisited'', 2 November 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027110142/https://www.love-revisited.com/ |date=October 27, 2021 }}. Retrieved November 3, 2021]</ref> In August 2024, a new album of unreleased music written by Lee was announced. Titled ''Just to Remind You'', the release comprises material recorded between 1990 and 2005 "curated and polished by trusted collaborators". ''Just to Remind You'' is scheduled for release in 2025.<ref>[https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/new-album-from-loves-arthur-lee/ "New Album From Love’s Arthur Lee: “Hearing Arthur’s voice again was scary but it was beautiful.”"], August 12, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2025]</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Love (band)
(section)
Add topic