Arthur Lee was born in Memphis but moved to Los Angeles at an early age. He was part of several very obscure groups before forming Love in 1965, after being influenced by acts like The Byrds, Beatles, Stones, and Kinks. Love were originally known as The Grass Roots, but changed their name upon finding out that there already was a Grass Roots, which eventually evolved into a pop outfit that had considerable success in the late 60's and early 70's. This original outfit of Love went through some lineup changes. Originally, Don Conka was the drummer, but he soon developed a nasty heroin problem and left, and there was a fellow named Johnny Fleckenstein as well. Notorious Manson follower Bobby Beausololeil was apparently briefly part of this bunch as well. Bassist Ken Forssi had been part of a latter version of a surf band called The Surfaris best remembered for their hit "Wipe Out," while replacement drummer Alban 'Snoopy' Pfisterer was born in Switzerland. As I noted in another review, Bryan McLean was a wealthy local kid and a onetime Byrds roadie, while guitarist Johnny Echols was like Lee, a black guy, and thus a relative rarity in the LA rock scene of the time.

This is a mournful ditty from the debut album with some great harmonica that was the b-side of their first single, "My Little Red Book." There were some covers by garage rock acts of the time, like the Andover, MA group The Rising Storm.