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Bryan MacLean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bryan's father was an architect to the Hollywood stars and his mother an artist and a dancer. MacLean’s "Alone Again Or" is the opening cut on Forever Changes and although Arthur Lee mixed MacLean’s lead vocal under his own harmony, MacLean’s song and the recording have become regarded as a classic. Bryan joined a Christian ministry called the Vineyard, that was the same church that converted Bob Dylan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bryan_McLean   (1438 words)

Bryan MacLean - Biography Bryan MacLean guitarist, singer and songwriter of the cult 60's Californian band Love, died of a heart attack on Christmas day 1998 in the city of Los Angeles where he was born. Bryan desperately wanted to join the band and he said, "I'd give my right arm to be in your group." To which Arthur responded "No - you're going to need it!" The Grass Roots became Love when another group registered a hit with the name. Bryan joined a Christian Fellowship Church called the Vineyard, "The guy that led the church was the guy that converted Bob Dylan." During Friday night Bible stints Bryan took the concert part of the session and was so amazed at the reaction he gradually assembled a catalogue of his Christian songs. www.bryanmaclean.com /biog.html   (1245 words)

Bryan MacLean Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musician Directory Bryan MacLean, a guitarist and singer-songwriter in the seminal '60s rock act Love and the half-brother of former Lone Justice singer Maria McKee, died of an apparent heart attack on Christmas Day. BRYAN MACLEAN was a member of the 1960s group Love, for whom he wrote Alone Again Or, one of the most enduring and evocative songs of the era. MacLean briefly led a band bearing his own name in the early 1980s which included his half-sister Maria McKee, but when she formed the critically acclaimed Lone Justice he was invited to contribute only as a writer. elvispelvis.com /bryanmaclean.htm   (1950 words)

Bryan MacLean - Biography - AOL Music As the secondary songwriter in the renowned folk-rock/psychedelic group Love, guitarist and vocalist Bryan MacLean was overshadowed by that group's driving force, singer/songwriter Arthur Lee. Yet MacLean did manage to squeeze a few of his own compositions onto the group's first three albums: "Softly to Me," "Orange Skies," "Old Man," and "Alone Again Or." MacLean's tunes had a lighter, poppier touch than Lee's, but also had a similar evanescent, mystical glow, enhanced by MacLean's odd trembling vocals. In 1997, Sundazed released a collection of solo acoustic MacLean demos, ifyoubelievein, that were mostly recorded back in Love's 1966-1967 heyday (some material from 1972 and 1982 was also included). music.aol.com /artist/bryan-maclean/100507/biography   (429 words)

Forever Changes Maclean was not yet in the desperate state he would be in the late 60s/early 70s, but he was far from drug free. Maclean later tried to distance himself from the lyrics saying they were only of their time and that they should be taken literally. Maclean said the words should be taken literally, and (apparently slightly embarrassed) said they were of their time. www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Studio/8690/love/love.html   (4109 words)

Adrian's Album Reviews : Love Bryan MacLean introduced 'Hey Joe' to the Love camp (a song also performed by The Byrds and The Leaves around the same time) re-writing some of the words, before 'Hey Joe' became the property of Jimi Hendrix alone. Bryan MacLean came to Love as a former Byrds roadie, which must have seemed a wonderful thing in a Love camp indebted to The Byrds - a debt audibly noticeable across a good half of this record. Bryan MacLean's 'Alone Again Or' is an instant classic, and it's something of a mystery as to why Bryan himself was apparently unhappy with the way it turned out. www.adriandenning.co.uk /love.html   (3274 words)

Bryan MacLean : Candy's Waltz - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Like the 1997 release If You Believe In, this is a dip into the vault of MacLean solo demos, revealing that the ethereal singer/songwriter had a wealth of compositions that never made it onto Love records. In fact, not a single one of these songs was included on Love's first three albums, though a few of them had been written before his departure from the band (and a couple of them appear, in different versions, on If You Believe In). Seven were done in New York in 1971, a couple were recorded live in 1976-77, and the rest date from the early 1980s (though, according to the liner notes, just five of the 19 songs were written after 1970). www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,1060687,00.html   (391 words)

Candy's Waltz: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com In fact, not a single one of these songs was included on Love 's first three albums, though a few of them had been written before his departure from the band (and a couple of them appear, in different versions, on If You Believe In). As all of the songs feature nothing but MacLean's acoustic guitar and voice, they may as well have all been done in the late 1960s. Be warned that some may find this way too sappy: MacLean often sounds as if he's composing/singing love letters right off the top of his head, with a sense of phrasing that would be as at home in theatrical musicals as folk coffeehouses. www.music.com /release/candys_waltz/1   (474 words)

SUNDAZED MUSIC - PRESS QUOTES “[MacLean's] voice soars like a bird on the crest of a warm air pocket, and his delicate melodies veer from sheer beauty to the unhinged. “MacLean’s vocals are ethereal, ghostly and delicate, framed by a beautiful, high-pitched quaver... The overall effect is very touching and moving, managing to be sentimental yet sincere, with a touch of tropicalia pop in a sweet and effortlessly sensual way. www.sundazed.com /scene/reviews/bmaclean_review.html   (379 words)

Amazon.ca: Ifyoubelievein: Music: Bryan MacLean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) This CD is, in a sense, the Love record that never was: solo demos and home recordings of 14 original MacLean songs, all written in the earliest & most vital years of Love and all but three virtually unheard in any form since he wrote them over 30 years ago. One of the finest things to come out of L.A. in the 60's was Love, led by the crazy genius of Arthur Lee who fully eclipsed bandmate Maclean (who wrote 3 or 4 of Love's finest songs) after Bryan left the band nobody heard from him on record again until this '97 release. Bryan's mom found these tapes of his acoustic song demos and the good folks at Sundazed have allowed them to see the light of day. www.amazon.ca /Ifyoubelievein-Bryan-MacLean/dp/B000003H1C   (571 words)

Bryan MacLean - Ifyoubelievein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Maclean left the music business in the early '70s having become a Christian and his sister Maria McKee has since kept the flag flying with her musical successes. As a historical document they are fascinating, as a musical experience they are exquisite as Bryan's songwriting contains a sense of melody and vision rooted in the '60s and a charm that has not dimmed with the passing of time. Instead, they are acoustic and skeletal with Bryan's lyrics, voice (often fragile in a Jeff Buckley fashion) and acoustic-guitar capturing a man at the height of his creative powers. www.crossrhythms.co.uk /products/Bryan_MacLean/Ifyoubelievein/16820   (482 words)

Alone Again Or by Love Songfacts Love guitarist Bryan MacLean wrote this as a tribute to his mother, who was a Flamenco dancer. Bryan Maclean didn't get to expand on his talent, Arthur Lee made his vocals more prominent over Bryan. Bryan grew up in LA, one of his close childhood friends was Liza Minneli, and Bryans sister is Maria Mckee from Lone Justice. www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=4319   (512 words)

Love Story 1966–1972 - liners Maclean's "Alone Again Or" opens the 11-song album with the singer's typical wide-eyed optimism: "I think people are the greatest fun," he sings. Remarkably, Maclean's lead vocal is actually the harmony part; either Lee or Botnick were responsible for burying his prettier lead vocal in the final mix. Bryan Maclean's "Orange Skies" was the first track to be recorded during three three-hour sessions on September 27, 1966. www.rhino.com /Features/liners/73500lin.lasso   (8459 words)

Bryan Maclean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Bryan Maclean was a member of the classic sixties rock band Love, a group that made some of the most glorious music in existence. The whole album is the best kind of time capsule and has you thinking that the Barracudas were on the right lines with their great single, I Wish It Could Be 1965 Again. Sadly Bryan Maclean died as he was working on a second collection. www.souterfamily.co.uk /bryan.htm   (263 words)

Untitled He opened his suitaces, took out his Bible, and showed me the dedication: "Bryan Andrew MacLean on the event of his salvation, December 1970". This double cd set is a collection of 32 Praise and Worship songs written by Bryan over a period of two and a half decades from after Love until his passing on Chrismas Day, 1998. It was wonderful for me to hear them singing together, Maria harmonizing and Bryan singing and playing into an old cassette recorder in the living room. www.bryanmaclean.us   (438 words)

The Forever Changes Concert Popular Music and Society - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Nor could it be--singer-guitarist Bryan MacLean and bassist Ken Forssi from the Forever Changes band are dead. Bryan MacLean seemed similarly frustrated, but the release of two volumes of his solo demos from the 1960s was a stunning revelation of his genius. These CDs might have revived MacLean's career, but instead he died from a heart attack on Christmas Day 1998, just as his first volume of demos (released in 1997) was being hailed as a lost treasure. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_5_28/ai_n15727927   (670 words)

Love (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia They were led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Arthur Lee and the group's second songwriter, guitarist Bryan MacLean. Byrds roadie Bryan Maclean joined the band just before they changed their name to Love, spurred by the release of a single by another outfit called The Grass Roots. Bryan MacLean died in Los Angeles of a sudden massive heart attack on December 25, 1998, while having dinner with a young fan who was researching a book about the band. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Love_(band)   (1396 words)

Love - WikiRadish They were led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Arthur Lee (born March 7, 1945) and the group's second songwriter, guitarist Bryan MacLean (born September 25, 1946; died December 25, 1998). One of the first racially diverse American pop bands, their music reflected a remarkable array of influences, combining elements of rock and roll, garage rock, folk, showtunes and psychedelia. MacLean, suffering from heroin addiction, soon left the band, as did all the other members save for Lee. www.wikiradish.com /~wikiradi/index.php?title=Love   (481 words)

Mclean House Bryan MacLean (1947, Los Angeles - 1998, Los Angeles) was the guitarist of the influential rock band Love. MacLean was a roadie for the Byrds before he joined Love. Bryan died of a heart attack on Christmas Day. www.artistbooking.com /trips/134/mclean-house.html   (1473 words)

Bryan MacLean : IfYouBelieveIn - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) MacLean's best songs are still "Alone Again Or" and "Old Man," the two compositions that ended up on Forever Changes (an excellent demo of "Old Man" concludes the CD). Even if relatively few MacLean compositions were permitted to interefere with Arthur Lee's material on Love's early albums, it seems likely that MacLean had a substantial influence on Lee's writing and, more noticeably, the Johnny Mathis-like vocal delivery that characterized Lee's vocals on Forever Changes. Presumably, lines such as "ladies should be used and simply tossed aside like worn-out shoes" (from "Strong Commitment") make the composer wince today, but there are some good songs here, such as "Fresh Hope," "Kathleen," and "She Looks Good," that would have been worthy inclusions on early Love LPs. www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,309078,00.html   (331 words)

BRYAN MACLEAN It took a lot of time for the music on ifyoubelievein and Candy’s Waltz to end up where it always belonged — on record, as the late Bryan MacLean originally envisioned it. ifyoubelievein is, in a sense, the Love record that never was: solo demos and home recordings of 14 original MacLean songs, written in the earliest and most vital years of Love. Bryan’s soaring falsetto, euphoric guitar work and heart-stopping songs fill the night sky like an undiscovered galaxy. www.sundazed.com /artists/bmaclean.html   (118 words)

Announcing Simunication Enterprise Simulator Bryan MacLean on Fri Jul 22 12:35:04 EDT 2005 in response to Message #178864 Bryan MacLean on Fri Jul 22 12:48:05 EDT 2005 in response to Message #178869 Bryan MacLean on Fri Jul 22 12:58:04 EDT 2005 in response to Message #178872 www.theserverside.com /news/thread.tss?thread_id=35413   (7312 words)

CityBeat: Web Feature: CD of the Week (2001-04-12) The album begins with "Alone Again Or" (a minor hit for The Damned in 1986) written and sung by Love's second songwriter Bryan Maclean. According to Maclean, who died in 1999 at the age of 52, the song was mixed with the harmony vocal (Arthur Lee's vocal) as the dominant voice in the mix, thus the melody is virtually buried. Bryan Maclean contributes one more track to the album, the ballad "Old Man," before Arthur Lee's "The Red Telephone" closes what would have originally been side one. www.citybeat.com /2001-04-12/music.shtml   (991 words)

village voice > music > Love, Forever Changes by Richard Riegel Arthur Lee's main whiteguy foil and collaborator within Love, Bryan MacLean (McCartney to Lee's even-more-prickly Lennon), had written "Alone Again Or," so he had first dibs on the vocal. Bryan spent the rest of his life re-recording the song in various solo versions, to show how he thought it should sound. Bryan MacLean and bassist Ken Forssi have died in recent years, while Lee remains existential to a fault, as he's now serving his fifth year in his own Golden State Gethsemane, Pleasant Valley State Prison. www.villagevoice.com /issues/0116/riegel.shtml   (806 words)

Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn Bryan MacLean Bryan MacLean was the guitarist/songwriter in Love who was responsible for their best known song, "Alone Again Or." MacLean's talents are often overlooked in favor of Love's primary songwriter, Arthur Lee. MacLean gave up the music business for Christianity in the '70s. Click here to start listening to Bryan MacLean and thousands of other artists FREE for 14 days with Rhapsody. www.real.com /dmm/rhapsody/artist/?artistid=9477   (115 words)

Bryan MacLean: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com Bryan MacLean: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more In 1997, Sundazed released a collection of solo acoustic MacLean demos, ifyoubelievein, that were mostly recorded back in Love 's 1966-1967 heyday (some material from 1972 and 1982 was also included). One of the best West Coast folk-rock/psychedelic bands, Love may have also been the first widely acclaimed cult/underground group. www.music.com /person/bryan_maclean/1/biography   (495 words)

Bryan Maclean - Ifyoubelievein :: Folk Music - Bluegrass Music - Alt Country - Americana Music - Roots Rock - ... Bryan Maclean - Ifyoubelievein :: Folk Music - Bluegrass Music - Alt Country - Americana Music - Roots Rock - MilesofMusic.com A bit sparse of a work but still worth the time for fans of the group. Maclean was the author of Lone Justice`s "Don`t Toss Us Away." store.milesofmusic.com /Compact_Discs/L-R/Page_3/11192_____CD.html   (67 words)

Spectropop Group Discussion Archives: Digest Number 2031 - 14 Aug 2005 Message: 4 Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:05:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Harvey Subject: Re: Bryan MacLean The first time I met Arthur Lee was at the Chestnut Cabaret in the 90s. For a long time I thought maybe Bryan and him were on the outs, but he always acknowledges Bryan's contribution when I see him. ALWAYS WAS (my emphasis), always will be." Bryan MacLean's songs prove that that comment isn't a true representation of the old Love. www.spectropop.com /archive/digest/d2031.htm   (3370 words)

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