Bryan MacLean

As the secondary songwriter in the renowned folk-rock/psychedelic group Love, guitarist and vocalist Bryan Maclean was overshadowed by that group's driving force, singer/songwriter Arthur Lee. Yet Maclean did manage to squeeze a few of his own compositions onto the group's first three albums: "Softly to Me," "Orange Skies," "Old Man," and "Alone Again Or." Maclean's tunes had a lighter, poppier touch than Lee's, but also had a similar evanescent, mystical glow, enhanced by Maclean's odd trembling vocals. "Alone Again Or," in fact, could be Love's most well-known song of all, leading off their classic Forever Changes album, and driven by an unearthly arrangement of harmony vocals, mariachi trumpet, and strings.



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