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 17 of the series covers the 15-month period from August 1968 to November 1969—that is, from the release of Creation Of Creation to the release of Volunteers—in the style of an audiobook.  Here are just a few of the many things discussed in this episode of Discograffiti: How Crown Of Creation fared critically; The drug that helped Jorma Kaukonen and his wife Margareta through the 1960s; The movie Jefferson Airplane made with Jean-Luc Godard that inspired The Beatles’ final rooftop gig; The release of the Airplane’s classic live album, Bless Its Pointed Little Head; Paul and Grace hook up, and the band’s power dynamics shift in a big way; Enter Joey Covington; Paul doses the fuzz; Hot Tuna is born; And, with Wally Heider’s, music finally comes home to roost in San Francisco.

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, Graham Nash goes track for track on his second solo classic, Wild Tales, made during a Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young hiatus several months before their legendary 1974 stadium tour. Discograffiti’s Wild Tales: The Graham Nash Interview Series tackles every last release Graham ever had a hand in creating, including CSN/Y, C&N, and his solo career, detailing a history almost too wild to be believed.  Here are just a few of the many things that Graham discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The completely nuts true story behind the title track; The overt Neil Young influence that’s all over this record; What happened to Graham’s father when he was a child, and how it changed his life; What Graham did for his Mom when he experienced his first flush of success; The only song on the record that features CSNY; The emotionally intense conversation with Barbra Streisand that inspired Graham’s classic “Another Sleep Song”; And an in-depth deep dive on every song off Graham’s classic sophomore solo LP, Wild Tales.

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 16 of the series features Jack and I doing a deep, deep dive on the songs off the band’s classic fourth record.  Here are just a few of the many things that Jack discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: Jack futilely attempts to gaslight me into believing that rock stars in the 1960s did not have threesomes; The novel from which Paul Kantner borrowed to inform the lyrical subject matter on the album’s title track; The darkness that surrounded the band, which very much found its way into the music this time around; Jack’s stance on bass solos; The unparalleled greatness of producer Al Schmitt; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on half the songs off Crown Of Creation.

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 15 of the series features Jack and I doing a deep, deep dive on the songs off the band’s classic fourth record.  Here are just a few of the many things that Jack discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The band’s perspective on the poor performance of “Greasy Heart” as a single; Whether or not the band consciously tempered the experimental nature of their music after Baxter’s; The connection between LSD and making music; A brief chat about the time period during which the group’s drug use had peaked; An impromptu “Lather” jam; And an in-depth, track-by-track deep dive on half the songs off Crown Of Creation.

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 14 of the series covers the one year period from November 1967 to October 1968—that is, from the release of After Bathing At Baxter’s to the recording of Crown Of Creation—in the style of an audiobook.  Here are just a few of the many things discussed in this episode of Discograffiti: How Rolling Stone’s birth wound up impacting Jefferson Airplane’s career; The reviews pour in for After Bathing At Baxter’s; The death of the Haight Street hippie; The Grace Slick solo career of the Sixties that never was; Their third—and final—manager enters the scene; The Airplane gets into the ballroom business; The band get their own very unique headquarters at 2400 Fulton Street; And Grace sings in blackface on The Smothers Brothers Show.

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 13 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: The connection between “Young Girl Sunday Blues” and “Come Up The Years”; The real Martha behind the song “Martha”; An incredibly personal mid-show rumination on loss; The length of the original unedited take of “Spare Chaynge”; 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. 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.