The Grassroots

The Grassroots changed their name to Love after Lou Adler yelled at them for not showing him the proper respect. The newly renamed Love were now playing regularly at Bido Lito's, a small venue where they were so popular that the crowd was overflowed into the street. Sadly none of those shows were recorded, but we can get some idea of what it might have sounded like from a live recording from 2003. They would always open with a version of Howling Wolf's Blues Classic, Smoke Stack Lightning which would extend into a long improvised jam.