BABY LEMONADE BIOGRAPHY
The neo-psychedelic quartet Baby Lemonade
(Rusty Squeezebox, Mike Randle, David Green, Henry Liu),
formed in Los Angeles ('92), debuted in 1993 with the six-song “Wonderful” EP,
released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label.
Following the record's release, the
band, - comprised ultimately of singer/guitarist Rusty Squeezebox,
guitarist Mike Randle, bassist Dave Chapple and drummer David “Daddy-O” Green
- accepted an invitation to tour with Arthur Lee as the Love band (after
an inspiring performance at the famous Troubadour in Hollywood).
But this was short-lived: in 1996 Arthur Lee was sentenced to 12
years imprisonment on a reported firearms offense.
Baby Lemonade remained with Sympathy,
for whom they recorded 1996's full-length “68% Pure
Imagination”. “Exploring Music”, their first
record for the Big Deal label, followed a year later and “High
Life Suite” (on Sympathy) was released in mid-2001. All 3
records received critical acclaim from local and world-wide press.
Following his release from prison
in 2001, Arthur Lee toured once again with Baby Lemonade enlisted
as Love. In the 4 well publicized years thereafter the band
went on to enjoy unprecedented success with sell-out tours of the
UK, Europe, USA and Australia. Baby Lemonade (as Love) not only
made original Arthur Lee fans happy, but far exceeded their expectations.
In addition, the new Love with Arthur Lee amassed a brand new fan
base comprised of die hard music fans and young people not even
born yet when Arthur Lee originally performed in the 60's.
Accolades accompanied their re-creation
of the classic Love album “Forever Changes” which was
filmed by the BBC at the “Glastonbury
Festival” and “Later
With Jools Holland”. Baby Lemonade escorted Arthur Lee
in collecting a “Lifetime Achievement” award from MOJO
and a “Living Legend” award from the NME.
Sadly, Arthur Lee, the bands musical
mentor, passed away in 2006.
Nothing more was heard from Baby Lemonade
until September 2007, when they accepted an invitation by Glenn
Max to appear with an all-star line up — including Marianne
Faithful, Jarvis Cocker, Badly Drawn Boy, Beth Orton, Alex Chilton, Peter
Murphy, Robyn Hitchcock, and The Residents — as part of a
musical celebration of the 40th anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt.
Pepper in Milan, Italy. A spectacular show, featuring backing
by the prestigious London
Sinfonietta, the experience gave Baby Lemonade the confidence
to carry on performing.
All of which brings us to the fall
of 2008: After years of fans and friends bugging them to
putout a “Best of” CD, the band finally figured the
time was right to do just that.
Stay tuned for special upcoming tour
announcments.