Baby Lemonade perform "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in its entirety, along with the London Sinfonietta, in Milan Italy, 9-21-07.
Titled, "Remembering the Beatles" and part of the summer long MITO festival in Italy (http://www.mitosettembremusica.it/),
the USA So-Cal based Baby Lemonade was honored to share center stage with world class performers while reproducing the album live,
including:
Marianne Faithfull,
Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough),
Pulp vocalist Jarvis Cocker,
Alex Chilton,
Robyn Hitchcock,
Russell Mael (Sparks),
Peter Murphy,
Beth Orton,
The Residents,
(Re-scored by Matthew Scott / Rupert Cross and conducted by Jerjen Hemple).
The neo-psychedelic quartet Baby Lemonade, formed in Los Angeles, debuted in 1994 with the six-song “Wonderful” EP, released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label.
Following the record's release, the band, - comprised ultimately of singer/guitarist Rusty Squeezebox, guitarist Mike Randle, bassist Dave Chapple and drummer David “Daddy-O” Green - accepted an invitation to tour with Arthur Lee as the Love band (after an inspiring performance at the famous Troubadour in Hollywood). But this was short-lived: in 1996 Arthur Lee was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on a reported firearms offense.
Baby Lemonade remained with Sympathy, for whom they recorded 1996's full-length “68% Pure Imagination”. “Exploring Music”, their first record for the Big Deal label, followed a year later and “High Life Suite” was released in mid-2001. All 3 records received critical acclaim from local and world-wide press.
Following his release from prison in 2001, Arthur Lee toured once again with Baby Lemonade enlisted as Love. In the 3.5 well publicized years thereafter the band went on to enjoy unprecedented success with sell-out tours of the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. Baby Lemonade (as Love) not only made original Arthur Lee fans happy, but far exceeded their expectations. In addition, the new Love with Arthur Lee amassed a brand new fan base comprised of die hard music fans and young people not even born yet when Arthur Lee originally performed in the 60's.
Accolades accompanied their re-creation of the classic Love album “Forever Changes” which was filmed by the BBC at the “Glastonbury Festival” and “Later With Jools Holland”. Baby Lemonade escorted Arthur Lee in collecting a “Lifetime Achievement” award from MOJO and a “Living Legend” award from the NME.
Sadly, Arthur Lee passed away in 2006, and will be missed and remembered, even more so by fans who had the experience first hand.
With the undying support of Love fans welcoming Baby Lemonade to continue the tradition of Love's music, comes a gracious responsibility. And no band has proved more capable and worthy of this task, (blazing hundreds of shows in their trail).
BL look forward to this integrated and explosive tour of night-long Love and Baby Lemonade music.
Saw you at Lees palace in aug/09 in Toronto ....Hope you liked the "Miller Shirt" Mikey !!!! Cheerz " Young Jedi " ....Kenny Webber [every} Wear !!!!! {{{{{ :) }}}}
that august date in chicago at the double door...holy shite...some of my favs...and i dig deep in the 60's...the best decade...johnny from love will be there? correct? wow...i'm pumped...bring back a little flowery psychedelia!!!! peace followed by love...df
While sitting around on hiatus one day I got this idea to run out to the woods and make a video. So, I borrowed a camcorder, picked up my director buddy, Guy Bee, along the way, and spent a day strumming up in Topanga and Bell Canyon. Here's what we shot.
*Be sure to select "HQ" at the bottom-right of the screen to watch in high quality! Enjoy! Rick Hromadka
Thanks for the add. I just watched you on the Forever Changes DVD and loved your performance with Arthur. You fully realized the brilliance of that timeless music. Congratulations on your continuing success.
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