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Johnny Echols was born in Memphis, Tennessee.He moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, in the late 1950s, and re-established a childhood friendship with Arthur Lee, who had also moved to the city from Memphis a few years earlier; their respective families were friends.
The remaining members of the band, led by Echols, continued to perform without Lee, under the name The Love Band. [38] Michael Stuart-Ware and Johnny Echols performed with Baby Lemonade at Hollywood's Whisky A Go-Go on June 28, 2006, in a benefit concert for Arthur Lee. The show included guest appearances by Robert Plant and Nils Lofgren.
His first known recording is from 1963. The Ninth Wave (Capitol Records 4980) was released by his first band, the instrumental outfit called The LAGs, a Booker T & The MG's type of unit which included Johnny Echols (future co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of Love), Lee (organ), Allan Talbert (saxophone), and Roland Davis (drums).
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As such, they provided the most stable line-up of Love in the band's history, and toured worldwide between 2002 and 2005. In July 2005, the band was due to perform in the UK with Arthur Lee and the original Love guitarist Johnny Echols. However, when the band got to the airport ready to fly to England, Arthur Lee refused to leave the States.
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In July 2016, Jones put together a backing band for Johnny Echols of Love, for a show at Sefton Park dubbed From Liverpool With Love featuring guest vocalists such as John Power, Dave McCabe and Nick Ellis. [11] Jones' latest solo record entitled The Song Of Day and Night was released in 2017, on Skeleton Key Records.
John, Johnny or Jon Echols can refer to: . John Echols (1823–1896), American Civil War general; Johnny Echols (born 1947), American singer/songwriter and guitarist; Johnny Echols (baseball) (1917–1972), American major league player