According to the California 66 Revue site:
“This is an idea that James Lowe and Mark Tulin of the Electric Prunes had — to gather three influential ’60s bands from the Los Angeles area together to create the excitement that was the L.A. music scene in 1966,” says tour promoter Patrick Hand. “When L.A. veterans Sky Saxon and Love signed on, California ’66 was on the road. I’ve come to think that 1966 was really the year that rock music peaked, before the excesses of stadium venues and art rock, and these musicians were a big part of that.”
The current incarnation of Love is led by original guitarist Johnny Echols, lead guitarist in the classic 1966–68 lineup, and will be backed by Baby Lemonade, the latter-day psychedelic L.A. band that accompanied Love founding member Arthur Lee from 1993 until his 2005 death.
Tour dates are as follows:
August 4th 2009 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
August 5th 2009 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
August 6th 2009 Fairfield, CT Quick Center for the Arts,
WPKN-FM benefit concert
August 7th 2009 Cambridge, MA Middle East
August 8th 2009 Montreal, QC Theatre Plaza –
Teenbeat Takeover Wooly Weekend,
August 9th 2009 New York, NY BB King's
August 10th 2009 Foxboro, MA Patriot Place
August 12th 2009 Chicago, IL Double Door
August 13th 2009 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
August 14th 2009 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
August 15th 2009 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag
August 16th 2009 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
August 17th 2009 Pittsburgh, PA Hard Rock Cafe
August 18th 2009 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
Hat tip: The Daily Swarm.
