Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Part 12 of the series takes a brief breather from the Jefferson Airplane trajectory, as we broaden our focus to take in two historically significant musical firsts that went down during the Summer of Love—the very first rock and pop music festival (The Magic Mountain Music Festival, held one week before Monterey Pop!), and the very first bootleg record (Bob Dylan’s The Great White Wonder).

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive is an audio documentary that 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. It includes long-form interviews, commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release.  Part 9 of the series features Jack Casady, PLUS SURPRISE GUEST JORMA KAUKONEN, doing a deep, deep dive on the songs off the band’s classic, experimental third effort.  Here are just a few of the many things that Jack and Jorma discuss with Discograffiti in this podcast: An off-the-cuff send-off for Country Joe McDonald, who’d just passed away before taping, and with whom Jack had played in the late 1960s; An impromptu phone call by Jorma Kaukonen halfway through the episode, at which time he joins us in a trip down memory lane; Whether or not Jorma & Jack have ever played live while high on LSD; The importance of East Coast attitude and amphetamines to the aggressive tone of the Airplane; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on the songs off After Bathing At Baxter’s.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive is an audio documentary that 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. It includes long-form interviews, commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release.  Part 10 of the series covers the half-year period from the end of 1966 to The Summer of Love—that is, from the release of Surrealistic Pillow to June 1967 and Monterey Pop—in the style of an audiobook.  Here are just a few of the many things discussed in this episode of Discograffiti: The Human Be-in, and that event’s ramifications on the city of San Francisco; The drug busts begin; Bill Graham becomes their manager; The reason why Surrealistic Pillow took a few months before ascending up the charts; How the group temporarily fell afoul of the counterculture; Grace beds down the new guy; Jefferson Airplane’s reaction after hearing Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band; How they went down at Monterey Pop; And the alienation of Marty Balin from the band he’d started.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. 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 22 is the final episode of Discograffiti’s unparalleled Love series, which heralds the return of Johnny Echols, who—upon hearing the first several episodes and realizing that this truly was, indeed, the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on his band, after all—offered to answer every remaining question that still lingered, as this is going to be his final time plumbing the depths of Love’s legacy.  Here are just a few of the many things that Johnny discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The original plan for recording “Revelation” for Da Capo; Why Johnny was wary and uncomfortable around Bryan MacLean back in the day; The alternate career path not taken in Johnny’s life;  Stories about playing with Jerry Garcia and Moby Grape; The only band that Johnny conceded to blowing Love off the stage; The well-known vocalist Arthur was attempting to emulate on “Your Mind And We Belong Together”; And saying goodbye to Arthur—Johnny’s best friend and musical brother in arms—right before he passed away.

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 21 was initially intended as the final episode to Discograffiti’s Love series (it’s now the penultimate). Astoundingly, the insanity does not stop here…if anything, it’s jacked up a few notches before Arthur takes flight once and for all. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: Arthur’s medical maladies, along with his reluctance to talk about them with everyone in his life; An inside scoop about what Arthur was capable of versus what he was releasing; The details behind the incredibly chaotic final tour planned for Arthur & Baby Lemonade; The very last vocal that Arthur ever recorded; The insane story of The Memphis Love; Arthur’s passing; Joe and I pick our top 3 Love records, plus our least favorite; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on the On Earth Must Be EP, Arthur’s very last Love studio release before his passing.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive is an audio documentary that 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. It includes long-form interviews, commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release.  Part 9 of the series features Jack and I doing a deep, deep dive on the songs off the band’s classic sophomore effort.  Here are just a few of the many things that Jack discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: How “Today” came to be; Recording “White Rabbit”; The classic song that was included almost as an afterthought; The slow launch of the record, because of its flop first single; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on half the songs off Surrealistic Pillow.

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.  Prepare for some hardcore revelations. Part 20 is the second part of my raw, honest interview with Mike Randle, Rusty Squeezebox, and David Green, three-fourths of the band Baby Lemonade, who’ve effectively acted as Love now for over 30 years. Here are just a few of the many things that Baby Lemonade discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: How they all pitched in alongside Arthur to reach for the stars upon his release from prison;  The story most illustrative of Arthur’s personality ever, involving a dildo in a swimming pool; The Forever Changes victory lap: Arthur on his best behavior, and Arthur on his worst behavior; The turning point, when things started going straight downhill;  The attempts made to squeeze out just one more Forever Changes-level Arthur Lee masterpiece; How Johnny Echols wound up stepping into Arthur’s rather large shoes; Plus if and how this thing could possibly continue even after Johnny.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive is an audio documentary that 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. It includes long-form interviews, commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release.  Part 8 of the series features Jack and I doing a deep, deep dive on every song off the band’s classic sophomore effort.  Here are just a few of the many things that Jack discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: Skippy skips town and Spencer enters the fray; The odd initial gig that Spencer played with the group; Bringing Jerry Garcia in as “Musical & Spiritual Advisor”; The staggering backstory behind the writing and recording of “Comin’ Back To Me”; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on half the songs off Surrealistic Pillow.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Feed Your Head: The Great Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive is an audio documentary that 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. It includes long-form interviews, commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release.  Part 7 of the series covers the period from January 1966 to October 31, 1966—that is, from the release of their debut album to Grace joining the group and recording album number two—in the style of an audiobook.  Here are just a few of the many things discussed in this episode of Discograffiti: The Airplane’s first major press coverage; How The Haight handled being overrun by floods of lost children who were looking to live this new lifestyle they’d seen on TV; Signe’s farewell; A brief history of both Grace Slick and The Great! Society; The creation of the original “Somebody To Love” & “White Rabbit”; Grace joins Jefferson Airplane; And an exclusive interview with Ruthann Friedman—writer of The Association’s #1 Summer of Love smash “Windy”—who recounts nearly becoming Jefferson Airplane’s vocalist before Grace wound up getting the gig.

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 19 is a raw, honest interview with Mike Randle, Rusty Squeezebox, and David Green, three-fourths of the band Baby Lemonade, who’ve effectively acted as Love now for over 30 years. Here are just a few of the many things that Baby Lemonade discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: Just how deep their love ran for Love’s music previous to crossing paths with Arthur Lee; What they were on track to accomplish before being swallowed up by Arthur to become the new iteration of Love; Their big break moment; How Baby Lemonade compared to the other members of Love who’ve floated in and out over the years; The various red flags that piled up over time and how they dealt with them; And their collective assessment of their recorded legacy as Love.