BONNIWELL, SAXON AND LEE

This is a repost from awhile back but it seemed to fit here in this LA special. This a reunion show from 1989 that featured all three of these acts. In thinking about this one I wanted to bring forth some words about these bands and there influential front men. We looked at Sky saxon and the Seeds on the last post. Sky went on from the Seeds to become somewhat of a cult hero for years up until his passing. The Seeds should be remembered as on one of LA's most significant bands with their unique sound and the birth of the flower power explosion. Many bands would follow in that vein but the Seeds were the best.

Sean Bonniwell is the leader of the Music Machine. I do believe that he still plays today with that band moniker. The Music Machine had a sound of their own with it's heavy bass lines and deep thundering sound. The visual impression of the band was also totally different. The dressed in black, wore a single black glove on one of their hands and had very Beatle like haircuts. The glove thing came long before the so called king of pop used it. They made only two LP's Both were very similar in sound and Bonniwell went on to release a solo project

Arthur Lee and Love rank as one of the most prominent bands to play the LA strip scene in 65-66. They played the Whisky and caught the attention of Elecktra records before the Doors. The band actually had two front-men in Arthur and Bryan MacClean but Arthur's demanding attitude made his the real driving force behind LOVE. After two hard rocking LP's The band would put together the unforgettable " Forever Changes" LP There is speculation has to who actually played on this masterpiece but I know that each original band member made significant contributions with Athur being once again the domineering . Interesting to note is that Bryan's composition " Alone Again Or" is the most celebrated song on the LP.


THE MUSIC MACHINE.............. THE SEEDS................ LOVE

27 January, 1989
Universal Ampitheatre
Los Angeles, California, USA


01 Talk Talk (Music Machine)
02 The People In Me (Music Machine)
03 Masculine Intuition (Music Machine)
04 C.C. Rider (Music Machine)
05 Trouble (Music Machine)
06 Mother Nature Father Earth (Music Machine)
07 Double Yellow Line (Music Machine)
08 Evil Hoodoo (Seeds)
09 Mr. Farmer (Seeds)
10 Try to Understand (Seeds)
11 Can't Seem to Make You Mine (Seeds)
12 Pushin' Too Hard (Seeds)
13 Give Peace a Chance (Seeds)
14 Alone Again Or (Love)
15 Signed D.C. (Love)
16 My Little Red Book (Love)
17 Orange Skies (Love)
18 Seven and Seven Is (Love)
19 And More Again (Love)
20 Everybody's Got to Live (Love)