This is the final episode of the Grape Expectations Series, which covers Skip’s life during the years 1981-1999.  Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 6 of our discussion: Skip’s 1990s band Epicenter; How Robert Plant became instrumental in sparking a Spence family reunion; Skip’s final music...

Meet Chuck Granata. Chuck’s written the only tome anyone needs about Pet Sounds, entitled Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. His timing in climbing aboard the Discograffiti train is splendid, indeed: his entrance has allowed this season to balloon to gargantuan proportions. Simply put, it will...

Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 5 of our discussion: The importance of meeting Gordon Stevens at the beginning of the 1970’s; Skip’s plans to mount an surprisingly ambitious live show around his Oar LP; Moby Grape’s reunion…and also the very first reunion in rock history;...

Welcome to Season 3 of “The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True!” This season focuses solely on Pet Sounds, and stands as the most in-depth investigation of a single record ever enacted in Discograffiti history.  The Beach Boys’ 11th LP changed a lot of lives, not least of which the man who brought his...

Grape Expectations’ Episode 10 will hip you to one of the greatest lost psych bands of the 1960s, as we explore the late 1960s-early 1970s in Skip’s life, a time when he gave it his best shot acting as Dad to four kids when he just couldn’t hack it, as the pull of the lifestyle got...

Welcome to Part 3, and the final installment of my conversation with Peter Lewis, a one-of-a-kind discussion that leapfrogs incessantly from one shocking revelation to the next. Here’s just a few of the many things that Peter discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: That time he took psilocybin with some hit men; How he was...

Grape Expectations’ Episode 8 is the true turning point of the series, a breathless conversation with Moby Grape guitarist/songwriter Peter Lewis which goes to great lengths to illustrate the point a man must reach where it becomes preferable to move furniture for his grandma as a side hustle in lieu of recording a single additional...

Welcome to Part 3, and the final installment of my conversation with Don Stevenson, in which we cover the expansive era of 1969 to the present. Don says this will be the very last time he’ll be talking about his time in Moby Grape, so you absolutely will not want to miss this.  Here’s just...

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti Subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon to gain access to all of Discograffiti's upcoming Pet Sounds Deep-Dive, which will literally be the most in-depth examination of the album ever done. Coming June 27th: Patreon.com/Discograffiti #carniewilson #brianwilsonrip #thebeachboys #brianwilson #beachboys #denniswilson #mikelove #carlwilson #music #thehollies #aljardine #thebeatles #brucejohnston #rock #petsounds #vinylcollection #goodvibrations #paulmccartney #surf #rocknroll #davidmarks...

Just a brief word on the heartbreak his music so perfectly captures and that this inevitable day has brought. Coming on June 27th: Season 3 of “The Beach Boys' And Your Dream Comes True”–a very, very long season honoring and celebrating the almighty Pet Sounds. #brianwilson #thebeachboys #rip #beachboys #denniswilson #brianwilsondeath #mikelove #carlwilson #music #thehollies...