MUSIC JOURNALIST DAVID WILD REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND BRIAN WILSON & THE BEACH BOYS PET SOUNDS (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series) (Ep. 225B)

The next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is Chuck’s chat with David Wild, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. His published books include Seinfeld: The Totally Unauthorized Tribute (1998), And the Grammy Goes To...: The Official Story of Music's Most Coveted Award (2007), He Is . . . I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond (2009), and others. Wild hosted the Bravo television series Musicians, and has written for the Grammy Awards since 2001, becoming a producer for the show in 2016. In 2022, his Naked Lunch podcast debuted, featuring a wide range of guests, including Graham Nash, Susanna Hoffs, Keanu Reeves with his band Dogstar, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Kimmel, and many more.

Here’s just a few of the many things that David discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

• Why Pet Sounds is perfect;
• Tony Asher’s incredibly commendable side gig;
• The reliance on Brian’s inner child to produce greatness;
• And what Brian Wilson revealed as his favorite Beach Boys record to David.

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