Discograffiti

GRAHAM NASH DISCUSSES DAVID CROSBY’S SOLO DEBUT "IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME" (Ep. 233)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, Graham Nash discusses David Crosby’s classic solo debut If I Could Only Remember My Name with commentary and stories. Discograffiti’s Wild Tales: The Graham Nash Interview Series tackles every last release the great Graham Nash 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:
An overview of the initial spate of CSNY solo projects, and how they all performed relative to one another;
The origin story of the Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra, and the albums on which this massive aggregate of legendary musicians have appeared (in the Director’s Cut only);
The only track on which Neil Young and Jerry Garcia are both playing guitar;
How Jerry Garcia wound up being the hero of Remember My Name, and what exactly David & The Dorks was;
The massive boatload of Crosby’s session outtakes, all of which is top-notch quality;
The outstanding financial debt for which Croz is still on the hook to Graham; 
Jerry Garcia’s favorite of his own pedal steel guitar performances;
And an in-depth deep dive on every song that comprises David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name, including David’s own lyrical analyses!
Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti
I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income. 
If you’re a Graham Nash & CSNY superfan like me, The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 14 additional minutes of essential material.  Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superiorr version.
Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.
The Director’s Cut (14m extra): Patreon.com/Discograffiti

AN INTERVIEW WITH SUNDAZED RECORDS FOUNDER BOB IRWIN ABOUT THE BEACH BOYS’ PET SOUNDS (Ep. 232B)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. It’s Chuck’s chat with re-issue genius Bob Irwin. Bob and his wife Mary started the Sundazed Music label in 1989. The first Sundazed releases were The Great Lost Knickerbockers Album! by The Knickerbockers and Western Union by The Five Americans, and reflected Irwin's personal preference for garage rock and surf music. His skill at restoring old vinyl records for the (then new) CD format attracted the attention of major labels, who increasingly solicited him to help them re-issue material from their back catalogs. He also helped Sony Music release their archival Legacy Records label. Later, his restoration work included early material by the likes of Bob Dylan, Nancy Sinatra, & The Byrds.
In this episode, Bob discusses his relationship with Pet Sounds, its standing in the pantheon no matter how many times you’ve heard it, its importance and influence on music in general, and the wonders of a technology with inherent, imposed limitations.
There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don’t miss it, or you’ll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe…and then we’ll all have world peace.
Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up)
Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti
Subscribe to Discograffiti's Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening. It’s completely free to be a basic member, $1 to get your backstage pass, $5/month for the weekly Sunday show by & for our community, $10 for weekly early release, ad-free, super-extended Director's Cuts of the main show plus access to half our Patreon episode archive, & $20 for Discograffiti’s weekly bonus episodes and access to our entire Patreon episode archive. There are now over 400 Patreon episodes.

THE BEACH BOYS’ PET SOUNDS DEEP-DIVE: “Caroline, No” (Part 7) (Ep. 232)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, Beach Boys author Chuck Granata reviews and discusses Pet Sounds’ “Caroline, No” with commentary and stories. Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection, and there’s nothing else quite like it. This is the final episode.
Here are just a few of the many things that Chuck discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:
How Pet Sounds’ final track differs from the rest of the record;
The many possible Carolines who may have inspired the song;
What writing the song wound up setting in motion for Brian, as he attempted to reconnect with his high school crush, Carol Mountain;
An intensive breakdown of the song’s mysterious coda;
And how both Chuck and I connect with “Caroline, No” in a laid-bare, explicitly personal way.
Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti
I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income. 
The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 17 additional minutes of essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.
Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.
The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti
Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece.  Order it on Amazon or at your favorite brick n mortar bookstore. 

1001 ALBUM COMPLAINTS HOST ROB KASSEES’S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE ON HOW TO MAKE A RECORD (Ep. 231B)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, Dave Gebroe interviews our brother podcast’s host Rob Kassees as he walks us through the process of creating and releasing your own album, something he’s done many times over by this point.  In fact, he’s just released an initial sold-out vinyl press run of a new record that has to be heard to be believed. 
 
Stay Puft is the best Ghostbusters musical you'll hear this year. Upbeat songs and catchy hooks abound as his band The Chop retells the story of science's triumph over ancient Sumerian demigods. If you love indie concept albums made by old pros whose friendship and experience ooze through the speakers at every turn, you'll love Stay Puft. Printed with love to special "Slimer-green" vinyl with all original songs and artwork. 
 
It’s a hell of a lot of fun. You can order your copy right here:  https://linktr.ee/thechopunlimited
 
There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don’t miss it, or you’ll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe.
 
Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up)
 
Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti
 
Subscribe to Discograffiti's Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening. It’s completely free to be a basic member, $1 to get your backstage pass, $5/month for the weekly Sunday show by & for our community, $10 for weekly early release, ad-free, super-extended Director's Cuts of the main show plus access to half our Patreon episode archive, & $20 for Discograffiti’s weekly bonus episodes and access to our entire Patreon episode archive. There are now over 400 Patreon episodes.

TONY ASHER TALKS ABOUT WORKING WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS’ PET SOUNDS (PART 3) (Ep. 231)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series, Discograffiti presents Part 3 of Chuck’s chat with Tony Asher, Brian Wilson’s lyrical collaborator on Pet Sounds. This is easily the best, most honest and unguarded Tony Asher interview in existence. Huge thank you to Chuck.   
 
Here’s just a few of the many things that Tony discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:
 
The tantalizing pitch to rewrite some Beach Boys lyrics that Tony wound up turning down (Director’s Cut only);
How his work writing jingles for Mattel toys dovetailed creatively into his experience working with Brian (Director’s Cut only);
Granular details of his very first hang with Brian;
The grand total of Beach Boys LPs that Tony Asher owns;
His opinion of pre-Pet Sounds Beach Boys lyrics;
And details surrounding the wild Loren Schwartz parties which the two men both attended.
 
Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti
 
I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income. 
 
The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 14 additional minutes of essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.
 
Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.
 
The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti
 
Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece.  Order it on Amazon or at your favorite brick n mortar bookstore. 

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. PAUL TANNER, INVENTOR OF THE ELECTRO-THEREMIN (Ep. 230B)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. It’s Chuck’s chat with Dr. Paul Tanner, inventor (with Bob Whitsell) of the Electro-Theremin, which he also famously played on three Beach Boys tracks: “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times,” “Good Vibrations,” and “Wild Honey.” Paul passed away a few years later in 2013, which makes this posthumously released “Chuck Chat” yet another priceless buried treasure.  
Here are just a few of the many things that Paul discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:
How he got the idea for the Electro-Theremin in the first place;
The differences between the theremin and Dr. Tanner’s simpler device;
His days playing trombone with the Glenn Miller Band;
The 1958 record Music For Heavenly Bodies, which was the first full-length LP to feature Paul’s instrument;
Being asked to join The Beach Boys on tour;
And what happened when a different Wilson brother hired Paul for a session date.
There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don’t miss it, or you’ll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe…and then we’ll all have world peace.
Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up)
Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti
Subscribe to Discograffiti's Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening. It’s completely free to be a basic member, $1 to get your backstage pass, $5/month for the weekly Sunday show by & for our community, $10 for weekly early release, ad-free, super-extended Director's Cuts of the main show plus access to half our Patreon episode archive, & $20 for Discograffiti’s weekly bonus episodes and access to our entire Patreon episode archive. There are now over 400 Patreon episodes.
CONNECT
Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153
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Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404
Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak
Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954
Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all
Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe
Web site: http://discograffiti.com/
 
CONTACT DAVE
Email: dave@discograffiti.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe
There is no other Patreon in existence where you get more for your money. 4 shows a week is what it takes these days to successfully blot out our unacceptable reality…so do yourself a favor and give it a shot for at least one month to see what I’m talking about.  
If you’re already a member, please comment below about your experience.  
www.Patreon.com/discograffiti

THE BEACH BOYS’ PET SOUNDS DEEP-DIVE: “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” & “Pet Sounds” (Ep. 230)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, Beach Boys author Chuck Granata reviews and discusses Pet Sounds’ “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” and “Pet Sounds” with commentary and stories. Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection, and there’s nothing else quite like it. 
Here are just a few of the many things that Chuck discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:
Dave Gebroe’s 2 favorite songs of all time;
The use of the Electro-Theremin in “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times,” which stands as its first usage in a pop/rock record ever;
Tony Asher’s inability to personally connect with the lyrics to “I Just Wasn’t Made”;
The spiritual successor to the song that Brian created and recorded with Andy Paley in the 1990s;
The true origin and first-draft title of the title track;
And how both Chuck and I connect with “I I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” and Pet Sounds” in a laid-bare, explicitly personal way.
Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti
I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income. 
The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 19 additional minutes of essential material (which comprises the entire section on the title track). Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.
Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.
The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti
Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece.  Order it on Amazon or at your favorite brick n mortar bookstore. 
CONNECT
Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153
Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Discograffiti
Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti
Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404
Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak
Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954
Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all
Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe
Web site: http://discograffiti.com/
 
CONTACT DAVE
Email: dave@discograffiti.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe
There is no other Patreon in existence where you get more for your money. 4 shows a week is what it takes these days to successfully blot out our unacceptable reality…so do yourself a favor and give it a shot for at least one month to see what I’m talking about.  
If you’re already a member, please comment below about your experience.  
www.Patreon.com/discograffiti

AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR LEWIS SHINER ABOUT HIS NOVEL “OUTSIDE THE GATES OF EDEN” (Ep. 229)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, author Lewis Shiner discusses his epic, 868-page, music-based novel Outside The Gates Of Eden, which follows a series of characters from 1965 to the present day. Lewis describes it as a "War & Peace for the Woodstock Generation," and I believe it is an absolute masterpiece, one of the 10 best books I’ve ever read in my life.  
Lewis explains the book’s origin, its adept blend of fact and fiction, how Dylan going electric became the leap-off point for both himself and his main characters, how the entirety of Woodstock earned a place in the book as a tour de force tableaux during an important sequence, the real-life stalwarts from the late 1960s rock scene who became characters in this world, and how he knew as an author that it was time to stop writing books.
Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti
I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income. 
The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 13 additional minutes of essential material.  Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.
Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.
The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti

LARRY KNECHTEL (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series) (Ep. 228B)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. It’s Chuck’s chat with Larry Knechtel, the Wrecking Crew keyboard player and bassist who—along with Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys—has worked with Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Mamas & The Papas, The Monkees, The Doors, The Byrds, The Grass Roots, Elvis Presley, Jerry Garcia, and Billy Joel. He also was a key member of the band Bread. Larry passed away a few years later in 2009, which makes this posthumously released “Chuck Chat” yet another priceless buried treasure.  
Here are just a few of the many things that Larry discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:
What he ascertained early on as a studio musician’s average career length, which then led to a healthy fear of his phone no longer ringing;
His legendary work on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”;
Besides Brian, the only Beach Boy he says his fellow studio musicians ever saw in the studio along with them;
The curse of having perfect pitch;
And his friendship with Jim Gordon…not to mention the fate of the 50+ hours of jam tapes that he recorded with him, which included spoken ruminations on what was bugging Jim at the time. 
There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don’t miss it, or you’ll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe…and then we’ll all have world peace.
Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up)
Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti
Subscribe to Discograffiti's Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening. It’s completely free to be a basic member, $1 to get your backstage pass, $5/month for the weekly Sunday show by & for our community, $10 for weekly early release, ad-free, super-extended Director's Cuts of the main show plus access to half our Patreon episode archive, & $20 for Discograffiti’s weekly bonus episodes and access to our entire Patreon episode archive. There are now over 300 Patreon episodes.

GRAHAM NASH TALKS CSNY’S “OHIO” & THE 1970 TOUR AND BREAK-UP (Ep. 228)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives.  In this episode, Graham Nash reviews and discusses the “Ohio” single, CSNY’s 1970 tour, and their first break-up (of many) with commentary and stories. Discograffiti’s Wild Tales: The Graham Nash Interview Series tackles every last release the great Graham Nash 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’s just a few of the many things that Graham discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:
The 1968 night during which Graham smoked some hash and managed to write three classic songs (in The Director’s Cut only);
CSN’s one rule as a group by which they lived (in The Director’s Cut only);
The early CSN band members who fell by the wayside while they were coming together as a group in Sag Harbor (in The Director’s Cut only);
The 9-week, 3,000 mile boat journey Crosby & Nash took before the release of Deja Vu;
How the $7 million 1970 tour broke down in chaos;
The batshit crazy way that Fuzzy Samuels managed to cope with the chaotic tone of the 1970 CSNY gigs;
How “Ohio” happened;
The Fillmore East show during which Stills pulled out the stops to showboat for Bob Dylan, who was in the audience;
How CSNY initially broke up;
And an in-depth deep dive on Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young’s “Ohio” 45 and Four-Way Street double-live LP!
Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti
I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income. 
If you’re a Graham Nash & CSNY superfan like me, The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 14 additional minutes of essential material.  Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.
Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.
The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti