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First time I saw them I was so blown away I had to go see them again just to see if they were really that good. The second time was just as good. Then the troubles started; the 3rd time they were on a bill at Fillmore East with BB King, and one guy would start a song while the others would be playing something else. They were just awful. The magic was gone. They coulda been contenders.😔

I never understood the hype about dylan, He can't sing and his songs are so-so. He is the guitar version of hendrix.

Tom sucked by his self And you and did nothing but ride on John's coat tail.....

That's why Robbie is still here, he didn't take the drugs.

Funny how John didn’t like encores because according to him it was fake, the old fart is doing them now 😂

Wonderful! Imagine a Richie and Gram collaboration my god!

Poco Lives!!!!!!

I don't mean any offence to Peter Lewis or the rest of the Grape but as an 12 year old in 1967 I took one look at this album cover and thought "this looks like one rich kid (Peter) was supporting a bunch of talented Grunges". It seems I was right. Music brought us all together in those days.

Godspeed Jerry Miller and Skip Spence. Peter Lewis played an excellent fingerpicking style. Listen to his snaky lines on Eight O'Five. Brilliant.

Always a joy to hear Nils’ stories

It was interesting. Moby Grape 69 might have been their best "produced" and good for 1969. The debut album album is still their best. 20 Granite Creek was not bad either. Jerry Miller could´ve been a good Nashvile studio player. Give Moby Grape credit , they never quit after disasters.

One of the main reasons I never wanted to be a professional musician is because, in general, the music business is so full of crooks. Katz ruined arguably the most talented band to come out of the mid-60s SF scene. If there's a hell, I hope he is roasting. I grew up in SF and lost count of how many times I saw Moby Grape. This was a great interview but a really cautionary tale for those musicians who want to make it big.

Amidst all that is a slice of Hollywood offspring culture-Terry Melcher (son of Doris Day), Candace Bergen (daughter of Edgar), and of course Peter himself (son of Loretta Young). I half-expected Dino, Desi & Billy to swoop in. 😏 Insane story! Thanks.

The Jess Roden Band is one of my favourite bands. Fantastic singer!

Ahhhh, Melchers Dad Ran CBS. Now it all makes sense.

What drugs was Robby doing? Cocaine,Dope?

Amazing - thank you for this interview! I was at the early 1990s gig. It was at the Cotati Cabaret in Cotati CA, and Peter recounted the story of going down to get Bob Mosely from under the bridge off I5. The band sounded great, and we had no idea we were seeing an historic reunion, however brief. I think the band performed as The Melvilles.

Thanks Robby, Jim had of course a light and a elffestration ite, as many nowadays WE would call: Borderline syndrom😢😢😢😢😢🎸🎶🎶🎸🎶🎤😍😍

Thanks for doing the interview it inspired me to pull out my MG albums clean and play them. It’s been quite a long time since I heard them.

Kalimba Productions blew up in 1976 with: -Earth Wind & Fire -The Emotions -Deniece Williams

Stu mentioned Johnny and the Hurricanes.... th-cam.com/video/wQyIiU3MGuw/w-d-xo.html

Stu's compliments of other artists seem like back handed insults to John. Too bad he's so bitter he can't just give John the credit he deserves. I've heard Tom's solo stuff. Even his "hits" are kinda silly and I wouldn't buy them for sure. Never heard of this Rocky guy so I doubt he's the best rock vocalist, but everyone can have their own opinion. Did Rocky make the Rock and Roll HoF?

So weird Stu and Doug really harp on racism and always out of context. Just goofy. I think black people do just fine....don't need white people boohooing for them.

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Looks like one of many times I'll watch this until I can learn this track. Loving it!

Funny how he, and the other two sided with Saul Zaentz for decades, and just now in this video he makes it known that Zaentz was a shady character. Color me shocked...

Talk about yourself again Waddy. And also, get some teeth whitening gel.

Hes talking about heroin read the book.

✌️ Good Job 👍

That was an interesting, but hard listen. Peter jumps all over the place with his stories. Thx anyway. :)

Field songs came out in 2001, love this interview

Jam Forever🎸 Thanks

I loved The Moby Grape Before Any Other San Fran Band,,Awesome Musician's with Awesome Music,,And Right On!! with 3 🎸Guitars leading the scene was monumental,,I still listen all the time to the old MobyGrape,,,I wanna add that Ms.Arwen Lewis has some Cool Music too! Excellent Interview✌🏼Thanks Moby Grape🙏🏼

I disagree with some of the comments. When the Beatles started, it was John and Paul who started it, George and ringo were added, John and Paul did all of the writing except for some by George. But with creedence, the 3 started together, and apparently they wanted Tom because they seen Him as a big plus to the band at first, guess because of his talent at the beginning. Why couldn't john just let the other 3 just sing once and awhile? It's like when I saw George Harrison in that movie, he was singing lead and I thought, oh man, George is singing lead to this one and I loved it!!! John didn't even let these guys sing backup except a few times, he may have wrote the songs, but he wrote them for just him alone. You know, I don't care who the top guy is, the band was the band and that's who I want to watch. I find myself looking at old ccr clips then I do looking at John by himself. There's blame to go both ways, and it's sad such friends from high school 7th grade doing something together made them all famous to have such animosity towards each other especially at such an old age. They're all millionaires, so what the hell. John takes credit for writing the songs, but weren't the songs for the band ? Didn't he write the songs for all of them? All I know is, Jesus said if you don't forgive you won't be forgiven! Way to late in age to be acting this way. Besides, isn't it God alone who gave them all their lives and their talent? I wouldn't be crediting myself in such a way knowing that Jesus gave His life for all, he gave it free! Better forgive and forget before its to late.

Stu Cook was a great Bass player and piano player! And Doug and Tom was a graet musican too! CCR for ever!

You did a great interview, Scott. I got a sense of how Stu felt during the final days in CCR. A narcissist can make life hard for you. I don't know if John was a narcissist, but he may have had the same effect.

John had more than one hit once he left Creedence. First a cover of Jambalya, then from Centerfield The Old Man Down The Road, Rock and Roll Girls and Centerfield. While not hits, John wrote two songs that have become iconic, Rockin’’ All Over The World performed by Status Quo to open Live Aid and Almost Saturday Night covered by Bruce Springsteen and one of John’s heroes Ricky Nelson. Stu will not admit that without John Fogerty there is no Creedence, no hits, and no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Jerry next please!

Sure, Tom sold like 47 albums when he escaped CCR and got out on his own. Great move.

Gee sounds like a jerk, I think Mardi Gras was real bad….because Stu and Doug were just part of the band but John was the band, then he says Fogerty had no hits, he could’t record because of lawsuits, when he did I think Centerfield was pretty big…right? Whadda bum!

I had forgotten about the shooting of the bird on the album cover...it was blurred out on the copy we had. I loved the Grape.

I learned EVERY note on the first album. I was there at the Fillmore when the back cover photo was shot (big red balloon). The Moby Grape story makes me hate the music business. A true horror and pathetic nightmare. I did a record and tour with the first band signed to EMI America (Spellbound) and that spit me out of the music business permanently. Just the world’s most evil horrible people in the music business.

…when is someone gonna write a book on this guy already? I mean, give him 30 seconds and he’ll turn in a guitar solo part that you’ll remember for the rest of your life! Example: Oh Sherry. I mean, come on… Only The Lonely, too. Another guy who can do this exact thing is Eliot Easton!

Excellent

Matt was amazing when he was in Guns.. Shame Axl won't allow him into his band. Duff & Slash shouldn't have went without Matt. But we all know Slash has no loyalty.

Amazing album - my favourite Dylan album and so criminally overlooked. Incredible to hear how it came together. Terrible stuff!

Love Robby♥️ Love Jim. ❤

To the people that say this is a pride flag, fuck you.

What Peter said about the ultra view of SF psychadelic rock as THE answer to life everafter was so correct. I thought being in our band in those days was fun, and had NO answers to anything EXCEPT fun and entertainment. The problem with adding drugs to the whole scene is they tend to make the musicians philosophers; zealots w/o knowledge, hypocrites as hippies.

Those 40 minutes felt like 4, love these stories