He hui mele kaao ka Mamas & the Papas i haku ʻia i nā makahiki 1960. ʻO kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka hui ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua komo ka hui i ʻelua mele a ʻelua mau mele. ʻAʻole waiwai kā lākou repertoire i ka nui o nā mele, akā waiwai i nā haku mele hiki ʻole ke poina. He aha ke mele ʻo California Dreamin ', ka mea i lawe i ke kūlana 89 ma ka papa inoa o nā "500 mele nui loa o nā manawa āpau".
ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ka hana ʻana a me ka haku ʻana o ka hui Mamas a me Papas
Ua hoʻomaka ia me John Phillips a me Scott McKenzie. Ua hīmeni nā mea hoʻokani i ka poʻe keʻokeʻo kuʻuna ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui kaulana ʻo The Journeymen.
I kekahi manawa, hoʻokani nā mea hoʻokani ma The Hungry I coffee house, kahi i launa pū ai lākou me Michelle Gilliam, ʻo ia wale nō ka lālā o ka hui kaʻao. ʻAʻole pili wale ka hōʻea ʻana o Michelle me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka hui. I ka makahiki 1962, ua haʻalele ʻo John i kāna wahine a me kāna mau keiki e mare i kahi mele leo ʻōpio.
I ka makahiki 1964, ua hoʻolaha ʻo The Journeymen i ko lākou haʻalele ʻana. Ua hui pū ʻo John lāua ʻo Michelle ma ke ʻano he duo. Ua hoʻonui koke ka duo i ʻekolu. Ua hui pū kekahi lālā ʻo Marshall Brickman i nā mea hoʻokani. Ua hoʻokumu ka ʻekolu o nā mea leo i ka New Journeymen.
ʻAʻole ka tenor i nā haku mele o ka ʻekolu. Ua hoʻoholo ʻia kēia pilikia i ka wā i ʻike ai ka poʻe hīmeni iā Danny Doherty, he kamaʻāina ʻo Kanada. I kekahi manawa, ua pāʻani ʻo Danny me Zalman Janowski. Ma ka pō o ka Makahiki Hou, ua lilo ʻo Doherty i lālā o ka hui hou.
ʻO ka prototype o ka quartet e hiki mai ana ʻo The Mugwumps, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Cass Elliot, kāna kāne ʻo Jimi Hendrix, Denny Doherty a me Zalman Yanovsky. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ua haki ʻo The Mugwumps i ʻelua mau pūʻali ikaika - The Mamas and The Papas and The Lovin 'Spoonful.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Cass Elliot, he hoaaloha pili ʻo Danny, ʻo ia kekahi o nā lālā ʻoi loa o ka hui. I ka hui, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma mua o "Mama Cass." Ua loaʻa ka inoa i ka wahine ma muli o ka nui o nā paona. I ka manawa like, ua ʻae ʻo ia ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia kahi paʻakikī ma muli o kona piha a ʻaʻole i hoʻonele ʻia i ka nānā ʻana o nā kāne.
Ua komo hope ʻo Cass Elliot i ka hui ma 1965. I kēlā manawa, hele wale ke koena o ka poʻe hoʻokani i ka hoʻomaha i ka Virgin Islands. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha kauwela ma Kaleponi, hoʻi ka hui i New York. ʻO ka mea mahalo, ua kākau ʻia ke mele kaulana loa o Kaleponi Dreamin 'i ka wā hoʻomaha.
Hōʻike ʻia o ke mele ʻo California Dreamin'
I ka haku ʻana o Phillips iā California Dreamin', ua haku ʻia ka haku mele ma ʻekolu mau mele. ʻO Phil Sloan, ka mea haku mele a me ka mea hoʻokani pila i hana ma ka hale hoʻopaʻa leo ʻo Dunhill, ua hana mua ʻo ia i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ke mele.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana o Phillips i ke mele, ua noi ʻia ʻo Sloan e hana hou. Ua hoʻokani ʻia ka solo ma ka ʻohe alto e ka mea saxophonist jazz kaulana ʻo Bud Schenk. Ua hoʻolohe ʻo Schenck i kahi snippet o ke mele kahi āna e pāʻani ai a hoʻopaʻa i kāna ʻāpana mai ka lawe mua ʻana. ʻO ke kani o ka saxophone i hāʻawi i ke mele i mea hoʻonani kūikawā.
ʻO California Dreamin 'ka pānaʻi mua loa o ka hui, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻohanohano o The Mamas & the Papa a hiki i kēia lā. ʻO kēia ka haku mele i hoʻomaka ai ka moʻolelo liʻiliʻi o ka hui kaulana.
Mele na The Mamas & the Papas
ʻEkolu makahiki wale nō ka lōʻihi o ka quartet. No ka hana noʻonoʻo ua hoʻopuka ka hui i 5 mau album studio. Ua hui pū ʻia ka ʻoihana o ka hui me nā pilikia liʻiliʻi ma muli o nā hakakā kūloko. He pilina aloha ʻo Michelle Phillips lāua ʻo Danny Doherty i ka hoʻomaka. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua ʻike ʻo Johnny Cash e pili ana i ke aloha ma waena o ka poʻe leo leo. Ua aloha malū ʻo Danny iā Michelle.
ʻOiai nā hakakā, ua loaʻa i nā mea hoʻokani ka ikaika e hoʻokani ma ke kahua hoʻokahi. Ua kākau ʻo John i ke mele I Saw Her Again no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kēia hanana.
He makani ʻo Michelle. Ua loaʻa koke iā ia kahi hihia me Gene Clark o The Byrds, kahi i huhū ai ʻo John lāua ʻo Danny. ʻO ka hopena, ua noi ʻia ke kaikamahine e haʻalele i ka hui. Ua pani ʻia ʻo ia e Jill Gibson.
Akā ʻo Jill wale nō me ka hui no kekahi mau mahina. Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻo John iā Michelle i The Mamas & the Papas. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻomau ka male i kā lāua pilina aloha.
Ma kēia manawa, ua haku ʻo John i kekahi o nā mele hippie o Kapalakiko (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair). Ua ʻike ʻia ke mele e hoʻokani ʻia e Scott McKenzie, ʻoiai aia kekahi hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka haku mele me nā leo na Phillips.
Dissolution of The Mamas & the Papas
Ua hoʻolaha ka poʻe soloists o The Mamas & the Papas i ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i ka makahiki 1968. Ua wehe ʻo Cass Elliot e pili ana i kona makemake e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana solo. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo John lāua ʻo Michelle no ka male male.
I ka makahiki 1971, hui hou ka poe mele o ka hui e ho'opa'a i ka album hope loa. Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻohi ʻana ʻo People Like Us. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hana hou i ka kūleʻa o nā album mua.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka moʻolelo no ke kumu i wehewehe ʻia ai kēia kūlana ma ka ʻaelike. ʻAʻohe nīnau e pili ana i ka hui pū ʻana. ʻO nā mea hoʻokani i ka wā "kaʻawale" mamao loa.
