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Arthur lee-side the singer and guitarist for psychedelic defence pioneers Love, died Thursday at the Methodist University Hospital in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn after battling leukemia. He was 61

His manager, Mark Linn, told Reuter "His death be deriveds as a shock because Arthur had the uncanny ability to vaunt back from everything. He was confident that he would be back forward stage by the fall."

Born in Memphis, he ofttimes called himself "the first so-called black hippie." Moving to looks Angeles, he formed Love in 1965 and recorded three albums with the group's original lineup, including "Forever Changes" (1968) regarded as common of the greatest rock albums forever (Rolling Stone ranked it at No. 40 onward its top 500 list.)

nevertheless the group disbanded soon after "Forever Changes" and he struggl to find succes as a solo artist. He formed several following lineups of Love but not at all recaptured the magic of his early recordings, when the band was a leading light of a looks Angeles scene that included the Byrd Buffalo Springfield and the Doors.

However, Love's early material prov influential, with acts from L Zeppelin to reverberate and the Bunnymen citing side sheltered from the wind as an inspiration.

Mr side sheltered from the wind last played Chicago in 2004 at the Park West. Of that harmony Sun-Times pop music critic Jim DeRogatis wrote: "Last year, legendary psychedelic rocker Arthur to leeward and his new version of have a passionate affection for played 'Forever Changes,' and it was a transcendent night. [This time] there were momentums of brilliance, but it was a greatly less satisfying evening."

He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant in May. According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, he became the first adult in Tennessee to suffer a bone marrow transplant using pedicel cells from an umbilical cord.

Several benefit exhibits were staged to help him with his medical bills. Former L Zeppelin singer Robert Plant headlined united in New York in June

leeward is survived by his wife, Diane.

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