Love Part 16: The Full Story Behind Love's Black Beauty & Reel To Real (7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love Series) (Ep. 260B)

About this episode

The episode explores the lesser-known era of Arthur Lee and the band Love, featuring in-depth discussions and interviews about their 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 16 covers a little-known but unbelievably fascinating era during which Arthur was afforded his final substantial opportunity, and what happened with that opportunity in Arthur’s dubiously capable hands. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: Arthur Lee bringing the funk in a big way; The great lost Love song, and in many ways the true epilogue to Forever Changes; Arthur’s final big chance; What you get if you’re Eric Clapton and you’ve asked Arthur to open for you; That time Robert Plant and Jimmy Page swung by…

People in this episode

Host: David Gebroe

Guest: Joe Kennedy

Topics covered

• Arthur Lee
• Love band history
• Black Beauty album
• Reel To Real album
• music commentary
• psych rock

Keywords

• Love band
• Arthur Lee
• Black Beauty
• Reel To Real
• music history
• psych rock
• interviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baby Lemonade

Books & works: Black Beauty, Reel To Real, Forever Changes

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