LOVE PART 15: THE FULL STORY BEHIND LOVE’S DEAR YOU (A.K.A. LOVE LOST) & ARTHUR LEE’S VINDICATOR (7 & 7 & 7 IS: THE DEFINITIVE 21-EPISODE STORY OF ARTHUR LEE & LOVE SERIES) (Ep. 259B)

About this episode

The episode explores the tumultuous life of Arthur Lee during the early 1970s and provides an in-depth analysis of Love's music and history.

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 15 covers a hard-partying era during the early 1970s when Arthur’s life started to spin wildly out of control. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The two months during which Arthur had a major label deal, and what he did with that opportunity; Whether or not the music created during that time was even intended for human ears (or any other species, for that matter); Arthur’s transition into shooting cocaine; That time he called the cops…on himself; A new slew of material that trumpeted his new vegetarian…

People in this episode

Host: David Gebroe

Guest: Joe Kennedy

Topics covered

• Arthur Lee
• Love
• music history
• psych band
• 1970s
• drug use
• album analysis

Keywords

• Love
• Arthur Lee
• Dear You
• Vindicator
• music commentary
• album review
• psych rock
• drug culture
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Love, Baby Lemonade

Books & works: Dear You, Love Lost, Vindicator

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