BRYAN MACLEAN.
Born 25th September 1946 - Died 25th December 1998.
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.
Love were responsible for producing the album 'Forever Changes' in 1967 which has long held the reputation with music critics for being one of the finest albums ever made and although Arthur Lee did most of the song writing for the band, it is Bryan's song 'Alone Again Or' from that classic album that Love are generally remembered for.
Some thirty years on from his late 60's hey day with Love his Love demos were discovered by his mother Elizabeth in their garage and after 2 years of persistent and patient shopping around record companies a deal was struck with Sundazed and the CD 'ifyoubelievein' was released in 1997 and was critically well received. He had completed a spiritual album of "spooky Christian music" and was about to record a brand new studio album. His famous song 'Alone Again Or' had been used on a Miller Draft advert in the U.S. and he'd just recorded a Spanish language version of the same song for the large Hispanic audience.He is a sad loss to the world of music and he leaves behind his mother Elizabeth and half sister Maria McKee.
by David Peter Housden, January 1st 1999.
