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LOVE PART 10: JOHNNY ECHOLS REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND LOVE’S FINAL SINGLE AND THEIR BREAK-UP (7 & 7 & 7 IS: THE DEFINITIVE 21-EPISODE STORY OF ARTHUR LEE & LOVE SERIES) (Ep. 255B)
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- Discograffiti
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- Apr 20, 2026
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- 584
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Summary
Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Host Dave Gebroe talks with OG Love mainstay Johnny Echols about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output (for 4 1/2 hours total), with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings—from both Dave and Johnny—for every release. 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 10 is the fifth part of my interview with Johnny, which covers the material he’d conceived to contribute to Forever Changes, Love’s final single, and the chaotic final days of the band. Here are just a few of the many things that Johnny discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The classic final 1968 single that Love made before breaking up; The tracks that Johnny had written and conceived to be part of Forever Changes back in 1967; A brutally honest and raw look back at Johnny’s days using heroin while the band was imploding; How Johnny got off drugs once and for all; The little-known one-time live reunion of Love that came to a swift end; Johnny’s relationship with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, not to mention the possibility that he was an uncredited inspiration behind one of Miles’ seminal records from that time; And some hard truths about the end of Don Conka’s life.