Episode 151: “San Francisco” by Scott McKenzie
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Troubles of the Second Album
The group had been living together for months beforehand and spending all their time together, so they knew the material. The only time thy saw each other was in the recording studio or on tour,. They no longer had the chemistry they used to, and nor did they have the familiarity with the material. Everyone was developing their own problems as well, both john phillips and cass elliot were heavy drug users while danny doity was becoming an alcoholic. And everyone talks about how they had to arrange sessions so that doety's vocals would be recorded during the window of time between having drunk enough to loosen up and having drunk so much that he couldn't sing.
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