ELECTRO-THEREMIN INVENTOR DR. PAUL TANNER REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND WORKING WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS' PET SOUNDS (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.

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