DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME;

"Back in the USA"

We first started playing with Arthur back in 1993. And since that time, we've done
4 trips to Europe (5, if you count our next trip in August) and played a few
out of town shows in the states (lots of shows in Los Angeles, plus a short
west coast tour w/ Spirit in '93, a terrible show in San Fransisco in '95 with
Dave chapple and myself and a drummer from the audience... a kid named John
Kent, and 1 show we did in Chicago in '93). But LOVE has never really been
represented with US in America. Now, he played some shows on the east coast in
'93 with Das Damen, who are a good band. I've heard some boots from those
shows and, if anyone remembers what Arthur sounded like BEFORE he played with
us, well, you get the picture. now, if you want to hear Hendrix covers and
long jams, I'm sure Arthur made the english fans happy in '92.

Now, the older male LOVE fans can't get enough of these types of shows and
swear they've seen the second coming of christ afterwards. Of course, you hear
the boots from these shows and you wonder hoe lonely people get, out there in
the west country of the united kingdom. But, next to the sheep, I suppose it
does come off as a hell of a good time. But many of the younger LOVE fans seem
to be able to tell the difference between a E7 chord and a C#maj9, but maybe
that's cause the kids have been hearing a lot of new groups that site LOVE as
an influence. And NO BODY except the Dave Matthews Band is jamming on the
radio anymore. But this is what we were up against going to the UK to do those
shows. A guy actually asked me, in Liverpool, if we thought we could top the
last time Arthur was here, in '92. Well, Arthur had a great time in '92...and
the guys he played with, Shack, are nice guys-they came to Liverpool and
manchester and hung out backstage at both. But, I had to tell the guy, we
didn't come here to compete, old boy. We came here to play you songs you won't
hear any place of. And give you a show you won't see any place else. And have
Arthur take his act to a level you won't experience any place else.

But England was great and showed up to every show. Now it's America's turn.
We are making this tour even better than the last, adding more songs this time,
so, when we get back to Scotland and England (Aug 22 on...), it's gonna be even
more fun. The whole point is for everyone to enjoy themselves, enjoy the music
and be a part of something that, this time last year, was unfathomable.

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Mike Randle
mike@lovewitharthurlee.com

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