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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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 Posted - 23/03/2012 : 19:11:28
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Michael's kind and entertaining response to questions about post FC gigs and songs performed...
From the time I joined the band, we played less and less for different reasons. The main reason was Arthur didn't like to travel anyway, because, you know, he dug the comforts of home, then he got mad at Bryan and he didn't want to appear on stage with him any more, so turning down opportunities to play gigs became the norm. Johnny and Kenny and I were collateral damage. We were caught in the crossfire, so to speak. Arthur had all the say as to when we played and he usually just got real aggravated when somebody else in the band talked to a promoter about accepting offers to play, so after a while, Johnny and Kenny and I just let it alone. I mean, we couldn't make him play.
By the time we recorded Forever Changes, the band almost never appeared in public any more and really didn't associate with each other much either. We may have played a few gigs after the aborted Miami Pops Festival gig, but I can't recall any, and at those few gigs we did play, (if we did) we might have played a couple of the cuts off the album but I can't remember that either. Some of the tunes didn't have strings or horns so it was probably one of these tunes, I guess...like I say, if we did.
Looooong time ago and getting longer every day.
All the best, Michael
I can't tell you all just what a kind and good guy Michael is. Those of you that have had the personal pleasure of receiving his insightful and honest thoughts about his days with Love know what I mean.
Michael was the heartbeat of Love.
--lk
Michael told me he always disliked this photograph, so I did the photoshop treatment (you see above) for him--he liked it much better.....hopefully it will be in the new reprint of Pegasus...he submitted it for inclusion but couldn't promise they would use it.
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We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers & discoverers-
-thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses.
Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.
-Peter S. Beagle 1973
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underture
Fifth Love
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 19:33:16
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I think in Einarson's book it says that when they played the Blue Law that "House Is Not A Motel" was played, and Johnny got off a good solo. I'll have to reread that again.
Michael is right in surmising that there were probably only two cuts that could have been played live: "House" and "Live and Let Live".
I am now wondering if they played "Your Mind" live. That song is the perfect jam song; they could have stretched the solos out and made it the new "Revelation/JLH" as far as an extended jam piece.
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Edited by - underture on 23/03/2012 19:35:48 |
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John9
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 22:38:02
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On Torben's Archive pages, there is a review from the LA Times dated 18 June, 1968. It suggests that Love had played Alone Again Or at the Kaleidoscope, Hollywood the previous Friday...though apparently not to a high standard:
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Edited by - John9 on 23/03/2012 22:39:09 |
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 25/03/2012 : 19:02:27
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anyone got a tape?  |
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Michael's answer-post Forever Changes gigs & songs
