194. THE PATTI SMITH GROUP'S LENNY KAYE & THE SMITHEREENS' DENNIS DIKEN REVEAL THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE BEACH BOYS’ LITTLE DEUCE COUPE
194. THE PATTI SMITH GROUP'S LENNY KAYE & THE SMITHEREENS' DENNIS DIKEN REVEAL THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE BEACH BOYS’ LITTLE DEUCE COUPE  
Podcast: Discograffiti
Published On: Fri Feb 14 2025
Description: The story goes that it only took a single day to record this album. Well, Discograffiti ironically took this opportunity to double down on our efforts to discuss it. Featuring two incredible special guests—The Patti Smith Group’s Lenny Kaye and Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken—topped off by Righteous Brother Bill Medley, who drops in for a quick visit. If you asked me (which you didn’t), this is one of the greatest episodes in Discograffiti history.    Here’s just a few of the many things Lenny & Dennis discuss with Discograffiti in this podcast:   The incomparably insane recording and release schedule under which The Beach Boys were working in the Fall of 1963; The yearning reach and sense of possibility inherent in the early 1960s, and how that wound up embedded in the grooves of the Little Deuce Coupe LP; What Mike Love once told Dennis “Ballad Of Ol’ Betsy” may have been about; Lenny’s favorite Beach Boys LP; The absolute necessity of doo-wop music and car culture at that time; And the live, in-the-moment discovery that Lenny and Dave are actually fraternity brothers.   Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti   I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income.    If you’re a Beach Boys superfan like me, you’ll want The Director’s Cut of this episode. It’s ad-free and features 24 additional minutes of essential material. Purchase it as a one-off, get the entire Season 1 Series as a bundle (listed under Collections), or better yet…   Subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   CONNECT Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153 Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Discograffiti Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404 Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954 Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe Web site: http://discograffiti.com/   CONTACT DAVE Email: dave@discograffiti.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe There is no other Patreon in existence where you get more for your money. 4 shows a week is what it takes these days to successfully blot out our unacceptable reality…so do yourself a favor and give it a shot for at least one month to see what I’m talking about.   If you’re already a member, please comment below about your experience.   www.Patreon.com/discograffiti   #lennykaye #dennisdiken #thebeachboys #brianwilson #beachboys #denniswilson #mikelove #carlwilson #music #vinyl #aljardine #thebeatles #brucejohnston #rock #petsounds #pattismith #goodvibrations #littledeucecoupe #surf #rocknroll #davidmarks #nuggets #surfing #california #beach #surfrock #discograffiti #metalmachinemuzak #soldiersofsound #andyourdreamscometrue