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All the Leaves Are Brown How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart

Scott G. Shea

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as “California Dreamin’,” the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll history. In All the Leaves Are Brown, author Scott Shea details how John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Miche...

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The Bobby Bones Show

The book delves into the complexities of the Mamas and the Papas, exploring their immense talent, success, and significant dysfunction, focusing on the band's internal conflicts and relationships.

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So how could one band that was so immensely talented and successful been so dramatically screwed up in so many other ways?

— Episode: Author of "All the leaves are Brown: How...

Episode: Author of "All the leaves are Brown: How the Mamas...

The book delves into the complexities of the Mamas and the Papas, exploring their immense talent, success, and significant dysfunction, focusing on the band's internal conflicts and relationships.

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So how could one band that was so immensely talented and successful been so dramatically screwed up in so many other ways?

I think humanity played the part in that.

There was the old sex drugs and rock and roll idiom, right? These four really kind of took it to the help.

The Beatles, the Stones, the Birds, any group of Bob Dylan, any group that really is a 60s legend. They put the hard work in. They went out and met the people.

But the definitely Lou Adler was a force that really helped them and got them back on their feet somewhat.

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