Arthur Lee and the band he fronted, Love, are widely acknowledged as one of the finest and most influential groups of the late '60s, their psychedelic-folk masterpiece, 'Forever Changes', regularly appearing high in polls of the greatest albums of all times.
Until now, however, there has been no substantial book in the group - which is why the editors of 'Mojo' asked Barney to expand his superlative 'Mojo' feature on the band for this 'Hero' title. Including interviews with Arthur Lee, guitarist Bryan MacLean (who died in 1998) and many other people involved on the LA scene at the time, this fascinating tale reveals the dark side of the Summer of Love - heroin, crime, and bitter ego battles - while also tracking Lee's musical career through the post-Love years to his present incarceration in a US jail.
