208. MOBY GRAPE BIOGRAPHER CAM COBB REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND SKIP SPENCE (EPISODE 1: PRE-GRAPE) (GRAPE EXPECTATIONS)

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Grape Expectations, an immersive, 5-week-long, Rashomon-style series about the amazing band Moby Grape, featuring all three living band members and their biographer. There is no crazier story in the history of music than that of The Grape. It includes disastrous tours, lawsuits, police busts, horribly nefarious managers, a fake touring version of the band, mysterious black magic witches, drug-induced madness, insane asylums, and attempted murder with an axe. And, no joke—that’s just within the band’s first two years.

The first episode features Moby Grape and Skip Spence biographer Cam Cobb talking about Skip’s dizzying years leading up to the formation of Moby Grape!

Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 1 of this podcast:

• Skip’s wandering childhood;
• Coming up with Billy Dean Andrus in the South Bay folk scene;
• His first (little-known) acid trip;
• The truth behind the wild legend of Skip passing through both Quicksilver and Jefferson Airplane in literally one afternoon;
• Skip’s initial songwriting efforts;
• And his whirlwind 10-month tenure in The Airplane!

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