I am going back to some ground that was previously covered, that is the terrific book I read this past summer - "Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood," by Michael Walker. One of the key residents and influencers was Mama Cass Elliot. The book explains a fascinating confluence and blending of rock stars that was encouraged and guided (mothered) by Cass herself. To wit, she was allegedly (really was) responsible for gathering up most of the guys who would go on to form Crosby Stills & Nash. Reading that account of how she surreptitiously "assembled" what turned out to be a Hall of Fame line-up is a one of the highlights of the book. The current news about John Phillips notwithstanding, I thought this record was worth posting.
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