Gettin’ Kinda Itchie: The Groups That Made The Mamas & The Papas

Before soundtracking the Summer of Love as The Mamas & The Papas, musicians John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Cass Elliot, and Denny Doherty honed their talents in groups like The Smoothies, The Journeymen, the Halifax Three, The Big 3 and The Mugwumps.

In Gettin’ Kinda Itchie, local author, Richard Campbell, traces the circuitous lives of these groups and individuals from 1957 until 1965 – featuring secret marriages, hilarious hijinks and FBI investigations – as they each contributed to the sound, styles and persona that set the foundation of American folk rock.

“Richard Campbell meticulously reconstructs the puzzle of how The Mamas & The Papas were made, and he gets it exactly right.” – Michelle Phillips, Original Member, The Mamas & The Papas

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