Discograffiti

Host Dave Gebroe talks with podcast OG Joe Kennedy about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output, with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release, including long-form interviews with both Johnny Echols and the members of Baby Lemonade, who’ve served as Love now for coming up on 35 years. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love. Part 11 covers the first several months of 1968, during which the original Love fell to pieces. Here, then, is everything you could ever want to know about the period after which the band was no more. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: A look into why Forever Changes may have tanked as badly as it did; An in-depth examination of one of the great singles of all time, their 1968 swan song “Your Mind And We Belong Together” backed with “Laughing Stock”; Arthur’s unsuccessful attempt to eject Bryan MacLean from the band; The fate of Bryan MacLean’s solo album for Elektra; Love’s 1968 New York jaunt, which was plagued with a panoply of problems; The death of their road manager, which Arthur later documented in “Your Friend & Mine - Neil’s Song” on Love’s next record, Four Sail; What happened with Johnny Echols, Bryan MacLean, Snoopy Pfisterer, Michael Stuart-Ware, and Ken Forssi; And finally, the tragic life, and death, of Don Conka.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Host Dave Gebroe talks with podcast OG Joe Kennedy about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output, with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release, including long-form interviews with both Johnny Echols and the members of Baby Lemonade, who’ve served as Love now for coming up on 35 years. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love. Part 9 is a track-by-track exploration of every single song on Love’s undisputed masterpiece Forever Changes, which only a fool would argue is not the towering peak of the band’s career. Here, then, is everything you could ever want to know about the songs on this perfectly conceived record. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The incredible and tragic story of the trumpet soloist on the opening track, “Alone Again Or”; The jaw-dropping story behind Johnny Echols’ double-tracked guitar solo on “A House Is Not A Motel”; The only Forever Changes track that was actually a holdover from Da Capo; The very real possibility that Arthur Lee may have actually invented rap music; The one Forever Changes outtake; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on every song off Forever Changes.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Host Dave Gebroe talks with podcast OG Joe Kennedy about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output, with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release, including long-form interviews with both Johnny Echols and the members of Baby Lemonade, who’ve served as Love now for coming up on 35 years. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love. Part 7 covers Love’s third record, the undisputed masterpiece Forever Changes, which only a fool would argue is not the towering peak of their career: here, then, is the record’s background story, and the making of it. It is often referred to as the greatest album of all time, especially in the U.K., where in 2002 members of Parliament signed a motion declaring Love’s 1967 release ”the greatest album of all time”. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: How drugs factored into things during that time, and which drugs they were; What separated the orchestrations intended for this record from the strings on all other rock records up to this point; The misunderstood notions about who is playing what and the band members’ involvement in the process of creating the songs; Whether or not Forever Changes was intended at the outset to be a double album; Just how things got off on the wrong foot on the first day of sessions; The extent of The Wrecking Crew’s involvement in playing on the record; Why exactly they turned down Monterey; The man responsible for sequencing the album, as well as the one song he cut from the track list; And the background story which begat its classic title.

Host Dave Gebroe talks with OG Love mainstay Johnny Echols about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output (for 4 1/2 hours total), with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings—from both Dave and Johnny—for every release. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love. Part 6 is the third part of my interview with Johnny, which covers the same time period as Episode 5, but in more granular detail, and heard directly from the man who lived it. Part 6 covers Love’s Da Capo: the machinations behind the scenes, the making of the record, and all the classic music on it.

Host Dave Gebroe talks with OG Love mainstay Johnny Echols about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output (for 4 1/2 hours total), with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings—from both Dave and Johnny—for every release. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love. Part 4 is the second part of my interview with Johnny, which covers the same time period as Episode 3, but in more granular detail, and heard directly from the man who lived it: Part 4 covers Love’s self-titled debut Elektra LP: the machinations behind the scenes, the making of the record, and all the classic music on it.

Host Dave Gebroe talks with OG Love mainstay Johnny Echols about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output (for 4 1/2 hours total), with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings—from both Dave and Johnny—for every release. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love. Part 2 is the first part of my interview with Johnny, which covers the same time period as Episode 1, but in more granular detail, and heard directly from the man who lived it: it’s Love’s early years, as best friends Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols spend copious amounts of time inspiring each other…all of it building toward the moment they record their very first album as Love.

Host Dave Gebroe talks with podcast OG Joe Kennedy about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output, with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release, including long-form interviews with both Johnny Echols and the members of Baby Lemonade, who’ve served as Love now for coming up on 35 years. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love. Part 1 covers the early years, as best friends Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols spend copious amounts of time inspiring each other…all of it building toward the moment they record their very first album as Love.

In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series: it’s Chuck’s chat with legendary songwriter/singer Jimmy Webb. This beautiful little interview serves as the perfect palate cleanser before Discograffiti launches into our unprecedented 21-episode Love Series, which kicks off next week. Winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21, Webb has written multiple platinum-selling songs, including ”Up, Up and Away”, “By The Time I Get to Phoenix”, “MacArthur Park”, “Wichita Lineman”, “Worst That Could Happen”, “Galveston”, and “All I Know”. He had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, The 5th Dimension, country supergroup The Highwaymen, The Supremes, Art Garfunkel, Richard Harris, and Carly Simon. He’s the only artist ever to receive Grammy Awards for music, lyrics and orchestration.

In this episode, Graham Nash comes clean with host Dave Gebroe about Crosby & Nash’s debut album as a duo, Graham Nash David Crosby, and CSNY’s first attempt at recording their great lost album, Human Highway, featuring commentary and stories from that time. Discograffiti’s Wild Tales: The Graham Nash Interview Series tackles every last release the great Graham Nash ever had a hand in creating, including CSN/Y, C&N, and his solo career, detailing a history almost too wild to be believed.

In this episode, we feature the very special next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series: it’s Chuck’s chat with legendary producer, songwriter, musician, and self-described “rock and roll creep” and Lord of Garbage Kim Fowley. He has been described as ”one of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock & roll”, and that is truly putting it mildly. Although admittedly he is always in rare form (I can confirm, having had a relationship with him toward the end of his life), he is in the rarest of rare forms in this interview, barely allowing Chuck to get a word in edgewise. The dynamic is delightful right from the off. He is the single common denominator that links “Alley Oop”, Cat Stevens, The Soft Machine, Bruce Johnston, Kiss, Helen Reddy, John Lennon, Ariel Pink, The Byrds, Motley Crue, Frank Zappa, The Modern Lovers, Alice Cooper, Warren Zevon, The Runaways, and the idea of raising a lighter at a concert. Although this chat careens maniacally off the rails, the main topic of conversation centers on Kim’s plan to pave the way for Pet Sounds to make a huge splash amongst the British press and pop star aristocracy. Kim passed away a few years later in 2015, which makes this posthumously released “Chuck Chat” yet another priceless buried treasure.

Host Dave Gebroe talks with Spirit biographer Ryan Gabrinetti about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output, with commentary, stories, and star ratings for every release. Part 5 details the almost-too-crazy-to-be-believed tale behind one of the most mythically nuts concept albums ever dreamt up.

In this episode (Part 3 of a 4-part series edited down from a 5 1/2 hour interview), Lenny Waronker takes a deep-dive stroll along with host Dave Gebroe through his entire career, with priceless commentary and stories peeled off along the way. Legendary producer and Warner Brothers studio head Lenny Waronker is a record producer and music industry executive. As the president of Warner Brothers Records, and later, as the co-founder and co-chair of DreamWorks Records, Waronker was noted for his commitment to artists and his belief that ”music, not money, was still number one.” In 2025, Waronker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Ahmet Ertegun Award category for non-performing industry professionals. Part 3 focuses on Lenny’s time breathing rarefied air as a studio head, while he ran Warner Brothers Records and DreamWorks.