1. Bryan Andrew MacLean was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the influential rock band Love.
14 Facts About Bryan MacLean
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Bryan MacLean's mother was an artist and a dancer, and his father was an architect for Hollywood celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Dean Martin.
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Bryan MacLean learned to swim in Elizabeth Taylor's pool, and his father's good friend was actor Robert Stack.
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Bryan MacLean got a job at the Balladeer in West Hollywood, playing folk and blues guitar.
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Bryan MacLean's regular set routine was a mixture of Appalachian folk songs and Delta blues, and he frequently covered Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues".
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Bryan MacLean contributed to the Byrds' arrangement of "Hey Joe", which he performed live, singing the lead vocal on the record.
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Bryan MacLean was offered a solo contract with Elektra after the dissolution of Love, but his demo offerings were rejected by the label and the contract lapsed.
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Bryan MacLean joined a Christian ministry called the Vineyard, the same church that took Bob Dylan.
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Bryan MacLean's next move was to open a Christian nightclub in Beverly Hills called the Daisy.
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When it closed in 1976, Bryan MacLean considered going full-time into the ministry but decided to devote himself to music.
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Bryan MacLean played an unsuccessful reunion with Lee in 1978 on two dates but wasn't paid, so he turned down an offer for a UK tour, which was to have been billed as the "original" Love.
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The Bryan MacLean Band got a gig supporting Lee's Love at the Whisky in 1982.
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Bryan MacLean worked with his half-sister Maria McKee and wrote the song "Don't Toss Us Away" for the debut album of her band Lone Justice.
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Bryan MacLean then completed a spiritual album of Christian music and was about to record another album when he died of a heart attack in a Los Angeles area restaurant on Christmas Day 1998.