Posted on 08/04/2006 1:44:10 AM PDT by lunarbicep
The original Deep Purple (with singer Rod Price and bassist Nick Simper) did a slow cover of "Hey, Joe," too---I believe it was on Shades of Deep Purple, their first album. (The original Purple did some intriguing covers even beyond their hit single versions of "Hush" and "Kentucky Woman"---their take of "River Deep, Mountain High" was a pleasant surprise; their version of the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" is nothing if not unusual.)
As for Arthur Lee, his death is a shame but his best music (namely, Love's first three albums) endures. John Densmore, the drummer for the Doors, also credits Lee (he wrote of it in a piece for the Los Angeles Times) with recommending that Love's label, Elektra, give the Doors a pull, too.
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