Love Part 17: The Full Story Behind 1981's Arthur Lee & 1992's Arthur Lee And Love (7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love Series) (Ep. 261B)

About this episode

The episode explores the complex life and music of Arthur Lee and the band Love during a pivotal fifteen-year period.

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 17 covers a fifteen year period (from the late 1970s to the early 1990s) during which the wild choices Arthur made in his life overshadowed his music as a priority…and yet still somehow made him no less fascinating. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: Arthur’s less than triumphant reunion with Bryan MacLean for a one-off live show; The unfortunate double function his bandmates at the time may have served, to Arthur’s probable detriment; Arthur finally exhumes the sole outtake from Forever Changes and commits…

People in this episode

Host: David Gebroe

Guest: Joe Kennedy

Topics covered

• Arthur Lee
• Love
• music history
• psych band
• interviews
• album analysis

Keywords

• Arthur Lee
• Love
• music commentary
• album review
• interview
• psych rock
• music history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baby Lemonade

Books & works: Forever Changes, Arthur Lee & Love, Arthur L, 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love

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