LOVE PART 1: THE EARLY DAYS (7 & 7 & 7 IS: THE DEFINITIVE 21-EPISODE STORY OF ARTHUR LEE & LOVE SERIES) (Ep. 250)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Host Dave Gebroe talks with podcast OG Joe Kennedy about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output, with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release, including long-form interviews with both Johnny Echols and the members of Baby Lemonade, who’ve served as Love now for coming up on 35 years. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love.

Part 1 covers the early years, as best friends Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols spend copious amounts of time inspiring each other…all of it building toward the moment they record their very first album as Love.

Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

• The miracle that brought Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols together as best friends;
• What Arthur was like as a kid;
• Arthur’s inspiration to assemble his first band;
• How Arthur’s style mutated until it reached a state of complete originality;
• The clubs on the Sunset Strip that were instrumental in allowing Love to grow;
• The reason Love had to (thankfully) change their name from The Grass Roots;
• Manson acolyte Bobby Beausoleil’s brief stint in the band;
• And how they arrived at the name Love.

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