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"News from London"

Right about now I'm pinching myself. Just got off the phone with Arthur Lee
who is in London doing various interviews/ photo ops with Magazines like Mojo,
Record Collector, NME, Uncut and several others. Accompanying him on the trip
is LOVE drummer (and original Baby Lemonade member), David "Daddyo" Green.
They met up with LOVE road crew members, Mike "Ringo" Harrison and Richard
"Rocky" Meehan. Appearently, they were all able to get in a few pints and a
few games of pool on the trip (but according to Daddyo, Arthur didn't really
drink much of anything but water.) So I suppose they called me to "rub it in"
how they're kicking back in London, enjoying themselves (to give you an idea
how much fun they were having, Arthur sang me a verse of Allan Sherman's,
"Mutha Fadda" over the phone!) But the business at hand was going very well
and, with shows for the European Spring tour selling out, this press
opportunity will only increase the excitiement that is spreading from Hollywood
to Barcelona.

While those guys were living it up in London, LOVE bassist, Dave Chapple, has
been busy running and constructing the official LOVE web site
(www.lovewitharthurlee.com), as well as comming up with some t-shirt designs
and anything else you can think of. Arthur also told me that he's said very
good things about the band in the English press, and also mentioned something
flattering about my guitar playng so now i really have to practice! Being a
musician if lots of fun but being one with Arthur Lee is really fun. It's also
demanding, but there's no other feeling playing those songs. Just ask Das
Damen or Shack or High llamas or any other musician that's ever played with
Arthur Lee.

Rehearsals will most likely resume tuesday in Chapple's Downtown Los Angeles
studio. We're all excited about the Spring tour and can't wait to get together
and work on the songs...get them to sound better than ever. Basically, Arthur
is the "general" when it comes to playing the songs and making changes. Rusty
plays an important part in that, if we're at the studio early, Rusty sings the
lead parts and points out things in the arrangements that may need to be
tightened up a bit. And me? i just keep a diary of it all!

Since we've had a week off since our Spaceland show, there's not a whole lot to
write about..so i'm going to Las Vegas. When i return, it's back to the
studio, back to the music, back to the excitement of LOVE with Arthur Lee.

Mike Randle
mike@lovewitharthurlee.com

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