Bill Wagner, Manager of The Four Freshmen & Brian Wilson’s Mentor (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
ROSS BARBOUR OF THE FOUR FRESHMEN (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
MARILYN WILSON-RUTHERFORD & GINGER BLAKE OF THE HONEYS, The Beach Boys’ Sister Group (Pt 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
THE BEACH BOYS’ PET SOUNDS TIMELINE: A BRIAN WILSON DIARY (with author/expert Chuck Granata & Fred Vail) (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
MARILYN WILSON-RUTHERFORD & GINGER BLAKE OF THE HONEYS, The Beach Boys’ Sister Group (Part 1, Ep. 215)
Here’s just a few of the many things that Marilyn & Ginger discuss with Discograffiti in this podcast: What the group was like before they bumped into Brian Wilson; The amazing way station for rock ...
11 Jul 20251h 8min
MOBY GRAPE’S SKIP SPENCE (The Final Chapter) (Ep. 214B Sneak Peek)
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 o...
7 Jul 202510min
Wouldn’t It Be Nice If Chuck Granata Gave Me All His PET SOUNDS INTERVIEWS? (Episode 214)
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 ...
4 Jul 202549min
