Episode 151: “San Francisco” by Scott McKenzie
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Mamma Cass and the Mummers and the Poppers
He recorded one more album three years later, this time made up of songs he'd written himself. He never had another hit, and retired from music for a time in 19 70. Meanwhile, the mummers and the poppers struggled on for a while longer, and started work on a fourth album. But hlf way through recording, cass got arrested for reasons that are run clear - she seemed to have been connected to some criminal associates of her then partner. She was let go the next day, but had a traumatic time, including being strip searched. And was telling some one about a herific ordeal when john phillips came up to her and started correcting her about her own experiences
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