Arthur Lee 1945 – 2006

Founder member and frontman of the band Love sadly died recently at the age of 61, after a fight with Leukemia
The self-proclaimed first black hippie, Lee was a main character in the ‘67 scene. He advised Elektra to sign the Doors, Jimi Hendrix copied his image and Led Zeppelin were influenced by his music

He had the proper rock n roll lifestyle, poor roots to success to drugs binge to addiction to jail and back again. Love produced one the greatest ever albums Forever Changes, which everyone should own!

Lee will now follow Syd Barrett to the great big psychedelic festival in the sky. The world just lost a bit of colour :(