Arthur Lee & Love: August - Live 1970

Love Live in Copenhagen March 1970.
Arthur Lee, Gary Rowles, Frank Fayad & George Suranovich

[@TheDman216]

George Suranovich was such an awesome drummer

[@felorobotoscope]

So underrated! He's a monster.

[@rlande7]

You are absolutely right. Whatever happened to that guy?

[@michaelmarino3013]

You're right I drum and he caught my ear from the get go.

[@Joe.M]

@@rlande7 While playing a Sunday night gig in 1990 George experienced chest pains and was rushed to a hospital. A few days later\ George received bypass surgery. But during his recovery he suffered a massive heart attack and died. A few weeks after his death, a memorial concert was held at the Graffiti club in Pittsburgh.

[@StealthyAssassin007]

Any drummer holding trad grip is great

[@FarRite5921]

Arthur was brilliant. Totally underated.

[@deepinblack1940]

The favorite band of Jim Morrison, and surely my favorite too! 💖❤💖❤❤💖💜💖💜💖💖💜💖💜

[@leoross5777]

and .arthur got to bang pamela courson , as well as jimi's cum receptacle before both of em

[@billfarismpc]

Holy smokes! The drumming!!!

[@danielstimpson7792]

That is exactly what i thought

[@MrMcgoo1888]

Bill Faris fuck the drumming. Listen to the base 😂

[@danlc95]

I'm hearing Buddy Rich and Ginger Baker on his playing. Excellent!

[@harilaospanopoulos7087]

General the music is high level!

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

@@MrMcgoo1888 fuck the base. the bass on this song is killer tho

[@alex081969]

What an incredible song. George Suranovich was an incredible drummer. This song ranks up there with the music on Forever Changes, though very different stylistically. A great hard rock/jazz fusion jam.

[@unijim]

A brilliant performance of a classic Love tune . Arthur never had the recognition he deserved , but maybe he never wanted it anyway .

[@dandurack1355]

That's what I like to see. An acoustic guitar played through a full stack!

[@barneyronnie]

What is a stack?😮

[@dandurack1355]

@@barneyronnie Amplifiers. A stack of them.

[@WanderArgentina]

That drummer is sick. Most underrated drummer of the time period.

[@davidsouthwood5106]

What are you on got his hair caught between the drum and the sticks

[@TheDman216]

George Suranovich was right up there with the big name greats of drumers in my book and think he deserved alot more recognition..The greatest words ive ever heard about describing aurthur lee was he was"Johnny Mathis from mars" That just so hits the nail on head in my mind..I miss my aunual trip to NY to see his show he did at the warsaw in brooklyn..i would drive 5 hours and it was worth ever second

[@MegaMike3443]

In my opinion this is the best rock song ever written

[@duffgordon9005]

It's somethiong great, but not "rock"??

[@oppothumbs1]

@@duffgordon9005 Maybe a great jam. Lee has written and performed at least 20 better ones and all of his songs had better volume than this video. Oh but somehow the great drummer drives this to being the best?

[@majugejohn3716]

@@oppothumbs1yer damn right haha

[@artisticbloodflow]

No words for how beautiful Arthur Lee and the groups are--Wow!!

[@martycee55]

What a beautiful voice he had.

[@jeremiahwilson1781]

Arthur Lee and Love were badass. Another gooden was Spirit. Both of them criminally underrated. Never got thier due and just had bad luck really. Still..both were top notch bands of the highest caliber.

[@zyrrhos]

Lee kinda got in his own way. His restlessness, paranoia, perfectionism, volatility, and his notorious fear of travel may have undermined him more than bad luck.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@zyrrhos his fear of travel was fear of putting distance between him and his heroin dealer

[@zyrrhos]

@@lastnamefirst4035 Could be. I've never heard that one before. I've heard various reasons.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@zyrrhos I heard other band members talk about it in some interviews or docu on utube. His heroin days eventually found him panhandling for bucks downtown hollywood. Rough days

[@zyrrhos]

@@lastnamefirst4035 I also heard their travel was limited out of a fear to tour the South because they were a racially integrated band. Myriad reasons, not just one. But I think ultimately Arthur got in his own way. But damn, I love his music.

[@braggville]

Four sail their fourth album was extraordinary and LOVE was deep in psychedelia... excellent live recording.....

[@robert2friendsdesigns38]

I love this footage, thanks. When I was young, I had the luck of taking a year or so of drum lessons from him. Such an influence. I still know that crossover fill technique.

[@a.wanderer5006]

Suranovich, unrecognized drum deity.

[@alimonyslim]

All respect to the mighty Forever Changes, maybe the best album of all time, but Four Sail is the Love album I always go back to. This is a fantastic performance.- great to see some other songs from this show being posted.!

[@patticalvert7512]

+Alimony Slim -"Forever Changes" is my number one Love album, but the vastly underated "Four Sail" is a close second. They both occupy a spot in my top 20 records of all time.

[@ZachKopkaZake]

I kindvof like both equally

[@zyrrhos]

@@ZachKopkaZake I created a playlist on my iTunes that takes the best of Four Sail and The Blue Thumb Recordings. I think had some of the best tracks on The Blue Thumb Recordings been given the same treatment as the arrangements on Forever Changes or Four Sail, it would have been a top to bottom masterpiece like Forever Changes. Anyway, here's the track listing: Listen to My Song (The Blue Thumb Recordings) August I Still Wonder (The Blue Thumb Recordings) I'm With You Good Times Singing Cowboy Dream Robert Montgomery Willow Willow (The Blue Thumb Recordings) Nothing Gather 'Round (The Blue Thumb Recordings) Always See Your Face

[@ZachKopkaZake]

@@zyrrhos I did something similar that's a great album hey? I like those tracks too bro. You ever heard rainbow in the storm? Incredible I have live version too

[@zyrrhos]

@@ZachKopkaZake Listening to it now. Haha. When and where is it from?

[@johnpeniell9709]

Man I love that guitar solo...gives me the shivers and goosebumps!

[@scottgiacalone3038]

I got to see author Lee and love 3x in late 80's or early 90's great shows I love LOVE so happy I saw them live what a trip

[@adamrant]

Four Sail is indeed an underrated album and this video is the best footage I have seen of love in their heyday...great quality...fantastic performance...even with this entirely new backing band Arthur Lee's genius as a singer/songwriter shines through.

[@martycee55]

Yeah, that drummer IS good!

[@thomasromano9321]

This is the second lineup of Love. Great band, they sound like a progressive rock band here.

[@gustavmarie]

Sound like early Yes here yeah.

[@PeekaPeep]

Hendrix bug finally bit Arthur Lee HARD by this point, lol. 'Four Sail' album doesn't get enough credit as being one of the stronger entries in the Love catalog and has continued to age well ever since its 1969 release. Always dug that particular lineup, felt they should've toured with Jethro Tull, King Crimson, and the aforementioned Yes around that time period... :-)

[@thomasromano9321]

@@PeekaPeep Touring with Yes? Wow, that would have been great! I've been a huge Yes fan for years!

[@psychedelicpiper999]

This is missing the guitarist Jay Donnellan, who was on the studio album. The guitarist in the video is a different one.

[@StealthyAssassin007]

More like the 4th lol. The lineup changed every album pretty much

[@harrycapstan]

George Suranovich was an incredible drummer. Saw him play live. 'Seven And Seven Is' presented no problem, he did it effortlessly.

[@robertrideout]

I totally agree with what you say about drummer George; he is one of my favorite all time drummers! And this incarnation of Love was the very best, in my opinion. God, those were the days. I'm so glad I saw this incarnation live in Vancouver on Valentines Day in the early '70s. Arthur Lee was a genius in the true sense of the word!

[@zyrrhos]

If you're still out there, how much of Forever Changes did this incarnation of Love play live?

[@robertrideout]

@@zyrrhos None that I remember.

[@Hulloder]

Arthur's vocals here are out of this world.

[@KeithOtisEdwards]

I saw this lineup perform this song at the Eastown Theater in Detroit in 1970. George Suranovich caught my attention, because he was the most precise drummer I had ever heard, and I had heard the best of the drummers of that time. During the performance he was wearing a vintage Yellow Taxi uniform hat. George Suranovich died in 1990 at the age of 45 of a heart attack. It certainly wasn't from lack of exercise.

[@qabal8inspace]

Keith Otis Edwards Ooooo, what a lucky man you are!

[@tjb9693]

+Keith Otis Edwards He's killing it here

[@zyrrhos]

How much of Forever Changes did this incarnation of Love play live?

[@KeithOtisEdwards]

Bearded Jagger -§- Sorry, dude. Remembering the entire set list from a half-century ago over-taxes my hippocampus . . . Which is now more of a dinocampus.

[@zyrrhos]

@@KeithOtisEdwards Lol, I'm surprised you even got back to me from a comment made 5 years ago. I guess it's true what they say, If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.

[@MegaElvisd]

Bill Ward of Black Sabbath talked about performing with Love during this period on their first US tour. He said that it was an awesome show and he really was impressed with the musicianship of the band.

[@nibs2lou]

Yes, this is astonishing - one of those moments that make KZbin so great. For me, Lee's up there with McGuinn, Morrison and Lou Reed as the four titans of American rock. What wouldn't we give for a clip of the original Love with this sound and visual quality? There's supposed to be professional footage of them in Bill Graham's archive, shot at the Fillmore West, c.1967. Wait for that to appear on the Tube, folks...

[@TheUrfster]

Arthur Lee, the original. Hendrix and Morrison both attribute Arthur as an influence

[@smokeemonkee]

I've had FOUR SAIL for 43 years and today is the first time I've ever seen that particular version of Love playing live!

[@matthatter2849]

Talk about a drummer that's UNDERRATED! When do you ever hear about this guy? He doesn't leave an inch of space ANYWHERE. George Suravovich and Jim Fox from The James Gang are two incredibly underrated drummers, with similar jazz styles. (Though George's playing is even "busier" than Jim's).

[@seaburyneucollins688]

Some random dude on Quora mentioned him. I would have never discovered this otherwise, I've never seen this guy on any best drummers lists, I've never heard other drummers talking about him, nothing!

[@TheAnarchitek]

The most underrated, and underappreciated artist of the 'Sixties, despite the undeniable Forever Changes album, Arthur Lee would only release one more album (and leave one in the can) in the 'Seventies, the forgettable Reel to Real. I saw the original band, at the Whiskey, in '66, and the new group, at Newport '69.

[@clarkewi]

I got to see this band in the studio in LA. Years before I jammed with lead guitar play Jay.

[@marquisb2016]

Four Sail is my favorite album by Love. I own much of their released catalogue on vinyl. Four Sail stays in constant rotation.

[@tjb9693]

I've looked forever on here for live stuff from Love, and there's a horrible fuzzy black and white version somewhere I always used to find from this period at Filmore. How have I missed this, it's just phenomenal.

[@ArmadilloResistance]

My god, that performance was legendary

[@NoRosesForMe]

So together. This is just aces! The whole sound of it and the performance as a whole. Whole thing. Wow.....and I love the Love albums but I never thought Id see a live performance that is so perfect. Most people suck live. God bless Arthur Lee ♥ ,,,and yes I know this isnt the original line-up. But ,,,gawd...wow

[@phillong7009]

NoRosesForMe usually Arthur did suck live.

[@natalliaf6387]

how cool......Four Sail is a masterpiece. Named my first son August. If I name the next one Robert Montgomery, you won't doubt my love for this album.

[@PSimonAjantaMusic]

Saw this line up live . Powerful crew!

[@RUBBERTANK_3]

I'll say it again, what a drummer!

[@picllb123]

wow...his stuff is fantastic..very tight! some of the best drumming I've ever seen.

[@richardo5951]

This band is terrific-all of them.

[@seldomseenslimfat4758]

What an amazing group. Its the orchestral-like arrangement of this ominous song built around the drumming of George Suranovich and Lee's slashing guitar work which make it especially interesting. Also the bass player Frank Fayad is playing some pretty unusual lines and sounds like no-one else. Very difficult to play like this - the musicianship is astonishing.

[@DimestoreLiam]

Oh my God... This is by far the coolest thing I've ever seen on KZbin... Thank you, Torben!!! It's great to see footage of this quality, just amazing. Fayad and Suranovich are easily one of the greatest rhythm sections ever in rock'n'roll... I wish I'd been able to get a copy of 'Four Sail' back in High School ('85-'89), 'cause all the other musicians I went to school with just worshiped Rush; it would have been so cool to be able to say "nevermind those guys, check this out! "

[@jefffinn1105]

Saw this lineup @ Fillmore East & didn't notice the amazing drummer 'cos I was disappointed that Jay Donnellan wasn't doing that amazing guitar solo for "August" that he tore up on "Four Sail" track 1 side 1, check that out guitarists! RIP Arthur

[@patticalvert7512]

+Jeff Finn -Jay Donnellan was one of the best and most stylistically diverse guitarists of the 70's. "Four Sail" and "Out Here" really show his amazing talent. Unfortunately he's almost unknown, unless you're a Love fan of that era.

[@camluiz]

Your comment represents me, tks bro

[@theQueenofPsych]

favourite song of theirs. (not that there aren't many from their various albums that delight me infinitely) thanks so much for the post. just brilliant.

[@pilotfish4171]

I'd cut my balls for the complete footage on DVD. Rhino records should put more money on unseen/unheard projects instead of reprinting Led Zep back catalogue again and again and again...

[@waldogarcia6112]

pilotfish that takes some guts... respect.

[@jacknick7582]

pilotfish same

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

Rhino has never done the Zeppelin catalogue. Now ELP is a different story.

[@caryheuchert]

As good as Zeppelin were, I’d rather listen to Love.

[@pilotfish4171]

@@alwaysamysteryyes2021 Rhino is part of Warner/Atlantic, it's all the same

[@johnpeniell9709]

That drumming speaks to me!

[@alilhouston]

love power and four sail what a wonderful time arthur lee gave more and more to fans like me and many people that i know

[@themarksman21]

Danny Brown said in an interview with ASAP Rocky, "Forever Changes by Love was the greatest album of all time". That would be the reference good sir!

[@clouddog2393]

"Four Sail "is a great album and it's great to see the band live in concert from1970

[@mikered71]

Love this

[@petermerchant6156]

Hard to believe this band is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Anyone who has ears and has ever heard Forever Changes, Da Capo, and more knows that's an injustice. Although huge commercial success eluded them, Arthur Lee and Love wrote and played some incredible music. It's way past time they were inducted.

[@cannapothanfsamen894]

fantastic - absolutely great stuff - I wish to get the whole concert somewhere

[@drumsmut]

the musicianship on this album is unreal!

[@TedmundFitzgerald]

Thanks for the post. The original studio track is so blisteringly hot, it's ridiculous. RIP Arthur Lee, your vision remains...

[@thewordofgord]

Yup, I was one of about six people in Toronto who bought Four Sail and was deeply impressed, especially w/August. Lovely to have video of them at this time! Great drumming! wordofgord

[@alex_petra8160]

fuck...i love so much arthur lee and the love ///when i hear that i wanna die of overfull of life

[@shanekennedy1480]

Arthur still so cool as fuck in 2020!.... Untouchable!....... 😏👉💖

[@jonsmith848]

Major Time capsule. How great the music was

[@Madmonk1917]

Great video of an under appreciated Love track. I love this song and happy to see this one posted

[@johnnydeutschemark3620]

There should have been a camera rolling more often when this band performed. Amazing.

[@prunepurple]

People are always talking about Forever Changes but Four Sail, Out Here ans False Start are fantastic albums. Nobody did the same music in 69/70 than in 67, and the Love evolution was perfect even if it’s not the classic line up. Arthur Lee was always supported with excellents musicians as we can see here. Forever Love

[@bobburroughs6241]

Saw them in London that tour.

[@SITKASAILS]

Saw this concert tour... amazing vocalist... Jimi and Arthur Lee live on in our hearts and minds...

[@stormhawk3319]

Love, like Moby Grape released one great album in 1967 and never got huge over it. Sad.

[@Hectorschizoidman]

one of the best bands ever!!

[@garethjenkins6273]

For many years Love were no more than a cult. I first heard Alone Again Or in 1982 and fell in love with Love. As many have already posted Four Sail is vastly underrated. But all of their first albums are classics. Love should have been much bigger then they were, but for various reasons Arthur did not want to leave LA to tour or play the promotional game. The influence of Love has grown in importance over the years. The fact that they are Robert Plant's favourite band or that all of the Doors were in total awe of the band says it all.

[@garethjenkins6273]

First four albums...

[@qabal8inspace]

Amazing live recording! Truly they were ahead of their time with this rock/jazz/folk/psychedelic fusion of sorts! Great video posting Tkskott! Thanks for these memories! Viva Arthurly!

[@stevensamuels7768]

+Alan Dens . Saw this incarnation of LOVE in Croydon in 1970. I was in LA in 1975 and hung out with my brother Martyn at John Sterling's place. Suranovich was surely an amazing drummer, sorely missed and RIP. But he gave me hell for changing TV channels when he went off for an hour to the beach to look for grunions...whatever they are.

[@frogface66]

this drummer could give Keith Moon a run for his money. AMAZING thanks for posting.

[@Flunder]

just the damn best. RIP beautiful soul.

[@jmuls5898]

This band is a hidden gem 🔹

[@jjamo5]

Dam that Drummer is magnificent

[@Madmonk1917]

I love this song and this psychedelicized Love. Arthur Lee is missed

[@jamestriarsi7405]

They held their own at the Fillmore East between Allman Brothers and The Dead. If you were there you still remember the Greatness of all of them. Dwayne, Berry, Jerry, Pigpen all on the stage at once.

[@SoulDaddy33]

Jeezis, I need a freakin' cigarette after watching that! And I don't smoke.

[@jetboy_]

"it'd be cooler if you did" jkjk

[@lastnamefirst4035]

You could always start. Never too old to start smoking 😃

[@shaneshaky1]

i agree that four sail is massively underrated !!!! i think it stands next to forever changes !!! but hell i love all their stuff !!!! bryan mcleans solo albums are beautiful too !!!!

[@alexroberts9349]

Damn good drummer !!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Wowee Zowee!! What great, intimate footage. I know it's not the original Love line-up but it's great to see Arthur from this time. Four Sail is totally underrated and overlooked. There's not a bad song on it. If it was the only thing Love had ever recorded it would be recognised as a classic of it's time, but is over shadowed by Forever Changes. I love everything Arthur and Love did. True originals...Ta

[@skyisaseaofdarkness5039]

thanks for the upload, good sound and video quality. i am 24 and im still listening this

[@carolynloraine]

LOVE, Arthur Lee - great to hear again.

[@SITKASAILS]

Oh ya, forgot to mention, saw Arthur Lee in LA, he nearly fell off the stage stoned... God Bless in Heaven amigo!

[@tbbury]

Never mind, it's August, and it's awesome. Arthur Lee did have a "Johnny Mathis" kinda smooth voice. It's a shame he died so young. So much talent left undiscovered.

[@Spectrescup]

Not as young as Bryan Maclean. He was the 1st of the 60's cohort to die (not including the 27 club).

[@motherbrain86]

I adore my vinyl pressing of four sail and it seems nobdy else does thinking about that I think all of artuhr lees recording except for forever changes are super overlooked unsungs legend of U.S. rock

[@LoserNamedWyn]

addicted to this video now

[@TheRealTommyRock]

wow, NO dislikes! I don't think I've ever seen that! arthur rocks!

[@MrRhovanion]

nice photography for 1970... great,,, and. say, that is some beefy drummin.too. 10 eggz!

[@musikfanat]

So fantastic to see this!!!

[@duffgordon9005]

Such a soft sounding drumming style..

[@thewordofgord]

are we not blessed to have this footage? Though Jay D.'s original solo on the Four Sail will likely never be equaled, the drummer is exceptional and how lovely to see him work out. When I'm asked about the sixties I tell them about all the relatively unknown bands that were excelling just like this. Bands on fire for maybe three years before they burnt out.

[@KingCarlAmari]

Could you give some examples for further listening?

[@thewordofgord]

@@KingCarlAmari Glenn Phillips Band, Dixie Dregs, Hatfield and the North, The Muffins, National Health, Bruford, Matching Mole.

[@theaxehound2152]

Peak Love!!

[@kilts4u2]

Wow. . that drummer is amazing. I lost five pounds just WATCHING him work out. Keith Moon like energy. Fast hands.

[@StealthyAssassin007]

Any drummer playing rock music holding trad grip is always gonna be a good one

[@ambientfairchild]

outside of the forever changes album this is my favourite love track, angelic vocals gut wrenching poetic lyrics devilish heavy rock angst. perfect.

[@clg850b]

The drummer is very very good, brilliant in fact.

[@jsamc8420]

Wow that was awesome

[@Oangeleyes21]

Thank you for posting this little slice of awesomeness.

[@grifftrain]

the quality of this is great. thanks for putting up such a high quality video

[@aliceborealis]

The Doors were more willing to tour. Arthur Lee was apparently, er, difficult. But Arthur Lee was the one who told Elektra executives about the Doors in the first place!

[@HazLaSimpleConIsaacMontoya]

Best Love footage i've ever seen

[@TheUrfster]

wtf?!? amazing stuff. would love to have seen them play live