BEACH BOYS AUTHOR CHUCK GRANATA REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND PET SOUNDS: "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE", "YOU STILL BELIEVE IN ME", & "THAT'S NOT ME" (PART 2, Ep. 219)
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. Chuck and I wound up diving so deep ...
8 Aug 20251h 16min
WRECKING CREW DRUMMER HAL BLAINE REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BEAVCH BOYS' BRIAN WILSON (Part 1) (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series) (Ep. 218B)
The next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is Part 1 of Chuck’s chat with Brian Wilson’s favorite drummer, legendary studio maestro Hal Blaine. It’s not hard to understand why Bri...
4 Aug 20258min
CSNY'S GRAHAM NASH REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND CROSBY, STILLS, & NASH (THE SELF-TITLED 1969 DEBUT ALBUM) (Ep. 218)
Here’s just a few of the many things that Graham discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The reasons why he split from The Hollies (Director’s Cut only); A recounting of the very first time h...
1 Aug 20251h 5min
FOUR FRESHMEN MANAGER BILL WAGNER REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND BEING THE MENTOR OF THE BEACH BOYS' BRIAN WILSON (Ep. 217B, Sneak Peek)
The next entry in the Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series makes for a perfect pairing with last week’s—it’s Chuck’s chat with Brian Wilson’s early mentor Bill Wagner, The Four Freshmen’s manager...
28 Jul 20259min
BEACH BOYS AUTHOR CHUCK GRANATA REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND PET SOUNDS (PART 1) (Ep. 217)
Who better to tackle Discograffiti’s epic, multi-episode Deep-Dive into The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds—my second favorite album of all time behind only Smile—than the scholarly yet super-cool Petsoundsolo...
25 Jul 20251h 22min
THE FOUR FRESHMEN'S ROSS BARBOUR REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE BEACH BOYS' BRIAN WILSON (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series) (Ep. 216B)
We kick off the Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series at the very beginning…it’s Chuck’s conversation with one of Brian Wilson’s most towering influences, Ross Barbour of The Four Freshmen! His f...
21 Jul 202510min
THE HONEYS' MARILYN WILSON-RUTHERFORD & GINGER BLAKE REVEAL THE FULL STORY BEHIND THEIR ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY & WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE MARRIED TO THE BEACH BOYS' BRIAN WILSON (PART 2, Ep. 216)
In Part 2 of my amazing discussion with two-thirds of The Honeys, Marilyn, Ginger, and I work our way through some wildly emotional terrain, including what it was like to share lives with a creative g...
18 Jul 20251h 7min
BEACH BOYS AUTHOR CHUCK GRANATA & MANAGER FRED VAIL REVEAL THE FULL STORY BEHIND BRIAN WILSON'S PET SOUNDS TIMELINE DIARY (Ep. 215B, Sneek Peak)
Recorded only two days before the great man’s passing, this audiobook-style episode is a Brian Wilson diary that covers the 27 sessions it took to accomplish one of his great works, a span of six mont...
14 Jul 20256min
