Arthur Lee Tribute @ Beacon Theatre, NYC 6/23/06
Last month, Arthur Lee became the first adult in Tennessee to receive a bone marrow transplant via stem cells from an umbilical cord. Which is bittersweet news, as the legendary Lover continues to battle acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
The stars came out tonight for a benefit concert (Lee's uninsured and all proceeds go to his medical bills). Alec Ounsworth! Yo La Tengo! Ryan Adams! But let's give it up for the fogies: Ian Hunter had everyone singing along to "All The Young Dudes" and Robert fucking Plant performed his favorite Forever Changes track, "Old Man," for the first time.
Don't own folk-rock masterpiece Forever Changes? Well, go buy it! But first download Calexico's version of its standout track:
Calexico - "Alone Again Or" (MP3)
Some pics from this night's party:
Another benefit's scheduled Wednesday at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go, "where it all began 40 years ago."
As for Ryan Adams, at this very moment an anxious and packed Bowery Ballroom awaits the alt-country star's second set of the night (tickets are going for $150!). Amrit's on the scene, so review and photos TK.
Posted at 1:32 AM in Concert, MP3
Tags: Calexico
'Convict Pool' is probably my favourite Calexico release, the originals are great, and they picked two amazing tracks to cover.
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The bowery show was fan-fucking-tastic. He didn't go on till at least 1:15 and played a very odd set (alot of Rock N Roll?!?).
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Those are the scariest pictures I've ever seen.
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> Those are the scariest pictures I've ever seen.
I have much scarier! ;)
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Matthew Sweet's and Susanna Hoff's cover of "Alone Again Or" is pretty awesome as well. As is Mazzy Star's cover of "Five String Serenade."
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mopre on Arthur Lee:
http://scenestars.net/2006/06/love-history-lesson-part-1-jimi.php
http://scenestars.net/2006/06/love-history-lesson-part-2-doors.php
http://scenestars.net/2006/06/love-history-lesson-part-3-punk.php
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I think Robert Plant looks pretty good for the life he (supposedly) led.
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It all began at Bido Lito's, not the Whiskey. I got Lee a job there, when they were The GraSSROOTS, SOMEONE STOLE THE NAME, THEY BECAME lOVE. Whatever. As Hendrix says in Voodoo Child, "see you in the next world, don't be late!" Have a CD out, Cosmo Alley, $10, Angela Douglas, 7520 Hwy. 90, Sneads, FL 32460. I am discussed in a book on web, Fuzz, Acid And Flowers, Euphoria section, also All Music Guide, Euphoria. Have never claimed to have been in Love as some say about, or The Doors. Was with original Euphoria, sanfg Stormy Monday once at Bido's with Love, cut two of my songs later with Forssi and Pfisterer.
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The show was great. The pictures are horrible. They looked much better in person. They are both true performers.
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Lee's home is in the 67 Jack Nicholson film The Trip, where Fonda takes LSD> I did art on the film and am seen in it smoing pot with wanna be bass player Paul Allen, Fonda, Hopper at the Sans SOuci, an old mansion used to hold seances since the 20's. I moved in there to 70, hendrix madce a promo film there in 68. Allen became the Microsoft billionaire. I changed sex, became a famous transsexual, born Douglas Carl Czinki, known as Doug Delain in Sixties LA with the original Euphoria band, was lead singer, guitarist with bar bands from 57, moved to LA from Miami in 65. I an discussed in books, one on web, Fuzz, Acid And Flowers, Euphoria section, falsely claims I was in The Doors, no I wasn't. All Music Guide, Euphoria, better. That's it, as Hendrix says in Voodoo Child, Arthur Lee, "see you in the next world, don't be late!" Shadow and Light, 06 video, excerpts from The Trip, I do a song, etc. $20, foreign $25, Cosmo Alley CD by me as Last Drop Douglas, $10, foreign $15. Lots more avalaible. MO preferred, postage included. Angela Douglas, 7520 Hwy. 90, Sneads, FL 32460
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Lee's home is in the 67 Jack Nicholson film The Trip, where Fonda takes LSD> I did art on the film and am seen in it smoing pot with wanna be bass player Paul Allen, Fonda, Hopper at the Sans SOuci, an old mansion used to hold seances since the 20's. I moved in there to 70, hendrix madce a promo film there in 68. Allen became the Microsoft billionaire. I changed sex, became a famous transsexual, born Douglas Carl Czinki, known as Doug Delain in Sixties LA with the original Euphoria band, was lead singer, guitarist with bar bands from 57, moved to LA from Miami in 65. I an discussed in books, one on web, Fuzz, Acid And Flowers, Euphoria section, falsely claims I was in The Doors, no I wasn't. All Music Guide, Euphoria, better. That's it, as Hendrix says in Voodoo Child, Arthur Lee, "see you in the next world, don't be late!" Shadow and Light, 06 video, excerpts from The Trip, I do a song, etc. $20, foreign $25, Cosmo Alley CD by me as Last Drop Douglas, $10, foreign $15. Lots more avalaible. MO preferred, postage included. Angela Douglas, 7520 Hwy. 90, Sneads, FL 32460
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JACK DOUGHERTY REVIEW OF THE ARTHUR LEE BENEFIT AT THE WHISKY A GO GO, JOHNNY ECHOLS WITH BABY LEMONADE, VINCE FLAHERTY AND THE INVINCEBLES
June 29, 2006
The line of fanatics stretched well into the next block before the Whisky a Go Go opened its doors at 8:00 pm last Wednesday June 28, for the “Labour of Love Concert”, a family affair put on by Love co-founder Johnny Echols and other musicians linked with the original Love lineup.
Waiting to get in were an array of older hippies, young hippies, straight looking older folks, who might have once been young hippies, straight looking young people, a contingent of as many hard core punkers, and more than a sprinkling of Goth.
The performers these music lovers wanted to see had something in common, timeless rock and roll founded in folk and blues, with a bit of psychedelia and flamenco influences on the side - and the eclectic look of the audience mirrored that wide range in musical diversity.
Punk, goth and new age hippies showed up to see Vince and the Invincebles, a local band noted for randomly popping up out of the lagoon and onto the L.A gig scene at the end of the movie – and Vince, notorious for his faux pas of seriously wrecking all the equipment before or during the show, as opposed to during the last number as was the calculated modus operandi of certain more reasonable acts.
Wednesday night’s carnage may have been exacerbated by a problem between sound levels from the stage monitors and the inadequate levels heard over the house PA. Vince began singing into mikes and then dropping or throwing them to the ground , before moving on to sing through another mike, and then repeating the process, all to the dismay of the Whisky crew who were attempting to keep mikes standing.
Before the set was over, most of the mikes and stands on the stage had been violently smashed, and one of the stands stuck into a Marshall, which was a problem because the amp belonged to someone other than the Invincibles. The chaos was to the delight of the punkers, but to the apparent anxiety of some of the straights and older hippy types. Despite the sound problem, and whether Vince’s wild man antics were real or part of the act, the Invincebles laid down some finely crafted songs, delivering an amazing guitar driven performance, before Johnny Echols came on stage and asked them to cool it and introduce the next act.
Willie Chambers who sang a version of Long Tall Sally that will live in history. The Invincebles rose to the occasion, sounding like Little Richard’s band if you were to close your eyes. Hard to top that, but Willie did, following up with an intense gospel style rendition of the Curtis Mayfield tune “People Get Ready”. Invincibles Guitarfreak Rick Brannon and Willie traded solos in a realm somewhere between Jeff Beck and T-bone.
Originally a popular gospel group from the southeast Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana states, the Chamber Brothers developed a unique religious psychedelic style that catapulted them to popularity in the turbulent 60’s with hits like the socially conscious “Time Has Come Today”. For many in the audience who heard Willie Chambers vocal stylings and guitar chops on Wednesday night at the Whisky, the whole show had taken on the proportions of a religious psychedelic experience.
Next up, Johnny Echols joined Vince and the Invincebles for a wild version of Love’s Bummer in the Summer, which left the crowd screaming. This is, after all, what many of them had come to see. They finished up with the outrageous Invincebles tune Rightful Light, climaxed with Echols playing his guitar behind his head and the Invincebles following suit.
In conclusion, the headliner, Johnny Echols with Baby Lemonade, then took the stage. Baby Lemonade, in case you didn’t know, is the band that backed up Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols performing the Love catalogue, under the moniker of Love from 1992 to 2005. Sitting in for a couple of tunes was also Love’s drummer from the Forever Changes era, Michael Stuart.
For all the variegated press about Lee, he is regarded by some to be the father of garage band punk and at the same time highly renowned and revered for his more classical compositions on Love’s best selling album, Forever Changes. Love were no doubt at the epicenter of the start of the whole hippy thing. They were literally a part of just a handful of the very first hippies. Even the flamboyant gypsy style clothes the first hippies wore were hand made in the studio of Love’s friends, L.A. underground artists Sue and Vito Paulekas.
From a detached vantage point in the Hollywood Hills, Love watched the whole hippy movement take off and explode. They took over as reigning gentry of the L.A. scene when the Byrds, accompanied by Vito and Sue and their colorfully dressed dancers, continued to spread the contagious Peace and Love look and lifestyle throughout main American cites on the Byrds first cross country tour.
Because of their rebellious attitude and legendary unwillingness to tour outside of the comforts of home, Love never became as well known as their contemporaries, The Doors or the Buffalo Springfield. But despite their unruliness from a public relations standpoint, they gained a large underground, almost cult-like following, particularly in their hometown Los Angeles, and came to enjoy an immense popularity in England and Europe. A recent poll of the European radio disc jockeys voted Forever Changes not only the number one psychedelic record, but also the number one rock and roll record of all time.
The blues, jazz and folk inspired psychedelic mix of music made by Love, captured the spirit of the times in which they played, and this evening at the Whisky was perhaps one of the best and last opportunities local Love fans would have to catch a whiff of the dream again. Love’s Michael Stuart's nailed the rhythm of "My Little Red Book.” I’ve never seen a drummer holding the high hat open and shut as he hits it before. Great technique. To paraphrase one Love fan, Daddy-o Green, Lemonade’s regular drummer, played fast and clean, like the hot sun holding you when you're digging the reflections on the sea. Rusty Squeezebox’s voice gave the Arthur Lee Love fans a good listen, and his guitar work was impeccable. Dave Chapple handled his bass like Rimbaud handles a saucy poem. Mike Randle’s guitar was part of his body, his presence an egoless whisper compared to the music. Love’s Johnny Echols was the mystical sage. His vocal on “Signed D.C.” and his fresh solo on “Seven and Seven Is”, was chilling. The energy of all these artists compounded on stage, and along with their timeless music, they conveyed the joy of knowing just how good they are.
(Jack Dougherty)
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Looks like I may be moving to a higher plane of existence myself soon, heart failing, 63, not much care avaialble for an old transsexual like me. I did know Lee and everyone 65-67 or so, Vito and some other weisn't it time to try to get Lee and Love in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame?ird dude, They danced at most of Zappa's shows, too. VB\it0o named his kid Godot after the book, Waiting For Godot. You all should get my CD. Looks like Saturday Night Live noted it, in November, a skit by Ludacris as Young Douglas Hypin' The CLassics. Think I'll get him to sign on with Ludacris Sun Tan Oil....
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