Forever Changes: The Authorized Biography Of Arthur Lee And Love

Arthur Lee was a talented musician who achieved fame with his band Love, but his career was marred by drug use and erratic behavior. He was imprisoned in 1996 but made a comeback and died from leukemia in 2006. A new biography, Forever Changes, includes extracts from his memoirs and interviews with surviving members of Love and others.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 02 August 2024
Publisher: Outline Press Ltd

Arthur Lee, a musical genius and a colorful and unique character, was a prominent figure in the music world during the 1960s. He was the Prince of the Sunset Strip, leading his pioneering racially mixed band, Love, and contributing to the evolution of California folk-rock by blending it with jazz and orchestral influences. His masterpiece, the Love album Forever Changes, is a timeless masterpiece that showcases his talent and creativity. Lee's childhood in Memphis and his youth in South Los Angeles shaped his musical style, and he always craved fame. However, his career was marred by drug use and a reticence to tour, and he succumbed to a dissolute lifestyle just as superstardom was beckoning. Despite endorsements from Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Lee's subsequent career was erratic and haunted by the shadow of Forever Changes. In 1996, he was imprisoned for a firearms offense, but his redemption came with an astonishing postmillennial comeback that saw him playing Forever Changes to adoring, multi-generational fans around the world. This upswing was only interrupted by his untimely death from leukemia in 2006. Forever Changes is a meticulously researched biography that includes lengthy extracts from Arthur's vivid, comic, and poignant memoirs, published here for the first time. Author John Einarson has also amassed dozens of new interviews with the surviving members of Love and with many others who fell into Lee's flamboyant orbit. This updated edition adds a new foreword by Love's co-founder and lead guitarist, Johnny Echols.

Weight: 596g
Dimension: 214 x 152 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781916829121
Edition number: 2 Revised edition