“The first thing you noticed about her was her face. It was an amazing face; fast and funny and beautiful. She was a big, eat-the-world, pass-the-bourbon, soft kind of woman.” - Denny Doherty, on his Mamas and The Papas bandmate Cass Elliot
You can call her fancy, you can call her plain, but don’t call her Mama anymore! Trish, AKA DJ Flower Power of The Hippie Hour, joins Emma and Abby for an episode dedicated to the one she loves: heart and soul of the Mamas and the Papas and Laurel Canyon queen, Cass Elliot. Plus: Abby’s got some important Holy Land USA developments and Trish shares some of her favorite highway attractions. Only a little bit of hair was harmed in the making of this special episode of the Dolls Podcast, available wherever you stream your podcasts 🌼
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(Episode starts at 7:38)
Materials used for this episode:
Owen Elliot-Kugel, “My Mama, Cass” (2024)
Songs used in this episode:
The Big Three - Wild Women Don’t Get The Blues (1964)
The Big Three - Young Girl’s Lament (1963)
The Mamas and Papas - Creeque Alley (1967)
The Mamas and Papas - Monday Monday (1966)
The Mamas and Papas - Dream A Little Dream of Me (1968)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - You Don’t Have To Cry (1969)
Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (1969)
Cass Elliot, Mary Travers, and Joni Mitchell - I Shall Be Released (on the Mama Cass Television Program, 6/26/1969)
Julian Fulco Perron - Intermission (2022)
Cass Elliot - Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore (1973)
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