Baby Lemonade (band)

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Baby Lemonade is an American band in the neo-psychedelia genre formed in Los Angeles, California, United States.

The band was formed in 1992 by friends Rusty Squeezebox, Mike Randle and David Green, later adding bassist Dave Chapple in place of Henry Liu.

The Wondermints.[3] Randle and Squeezebox both issued solo albums in 2000 before recording the final Baby Lemonade album, The High Life Suite, in 2001.[1]

The group was Arthur Lee's backing band prior to his incarceration in 1996, and after his release from prison in 2001 until his death in 2006.

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, which led to his death in August 2006.

In 2008, Baby Lemonade performed the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in Milan, Italy, with the London Sinfonietta. They have also performed with Marianne Faithfull, Alex Chilton, Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Murphy, Russell Mael, Jarvis Cocker, Badly Drawn Boy, Beth Orton and The Residents. A compilation CD, Best of Baby Lemonade, was released in 2008. As at 2016, the band continue to perform as Baby Lemonade, while also touring with Johnny Echols as Love Revisited or The Love Band.[1]

The name Baby Lemonade comes from a track on Syd Barrett's album Barrett.

Line-up

  • Rusty Squeezebox (born David Ramsey)[2]- vocals, guitar
  • Mike Randle - guitar, vocals
  • David Chapple - bass, vocals, harmonica
  • David "Daddy-O" Green - drums

Former members

  • Henry Liu - bass[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Baby Lemonade Biography, BabyLemonadeMusic.com. Retrieved 6 July 2019
  2. ^ a b c "Rusty Squeezebox - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p201395 All-Music Guide entry for Baby Lemonade
  4. ^ Baby Lemonade Music - Bio