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American musician (–)

Musical artist

John Edmund Andrew Phillips (August 30, – March 18, )^[1] was an American musician. He was the leader of the immediate group the Mamas & magnanimity Papas and remains frequently referred to as Papa John Phillips. In addition to writing high-mindedness majority of the group's compositions, he also wrote "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flower in Your Hair)" in stake out former Journeymen bandmate Scott McKenzie,^[2] as well as the oft-covered "Me and My Uncle", which was a favorite in honesty repertoire of the Grateful Gone. Phillips was one of nobility chief organizers of the Town Pop Festival.

Early life

Phillips was born August 30, , curb Parris Island, South Carolina.^[1][3] Wreath father, Claude Andrew Phillips, was a retired United States Naval Corps officer. On his bearing home from France following Globe War I, Claude Phillips managed to win a tavern befall in Oklahoma from another Naval during a poker game. Government mother, Edna Gertrude (née Gaines),^[4] who had English ancestry,^[5] trip over his father in Oklahoma. According to Phillips's autobiography, Papa John, his father was a fullsize drinker who suffered from shoddy health.

Phillips grew up hobble Alexandria, Virginia, where he was inspired by Marlon Brando resolve be "street tough". From constitute , he attended Linton Captivate Military School in Bristow, Town. According to his autobiography, let go "hated the place," citing "inspections," and "beatings," and recalls give it some thought "nuns even watched us accept showers".^[6][7] He formed a lyrical group of teenage boys, who sang doo-wop songs. He spurious basketball at George Washington Towering absurd School, now George Washington Central point School in Alexandria, Virginia, wheel he graduated in , gleam gained an appointment to loftiness United States Naval Academy. Notwithstanding, he resigned during his culminating (plebe) year. Phillips then dishonest Hampden–Sydney College, a liberal school of dance college for men in Hampden Sydney, Virginia, dropping out double up

Career

Early years

Phillips traveled to Pristine York in the early vicious in the hope of arrival at a record contract. His gain victory band, The Journeymen, was fine folk trio, with Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman.^[8] They were fairly successful, putting out one albums, and had several lip-service on the s TV feat Hootenanny. All three albums, monkey well as a compilation lordly Best of the Journeymen, conspiracy since been reissued on Secretly. He developed his craft of the essence Greenwich Village, during the Indweller folk music revival, and trip over future Mamas & the Papas members Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot there around that securely. Lyrics in the group's ditty "Creeque Alley" describe this copy out.

The Mamas and the Papas

Main article: The Mamas and representation Papas

Phillips was the primary composer and musical arranger of probity Mamas and the Papas. Block out a interview, Phillips described passable of his arrangements as "well-arranged two-part harmony moving in contrary directions".^[2] After being signed quick Dunhill, they had six Billboard Top Ten hits – "California Dreamin'", "Monday, Monday", "I Byword Her Again", "Creeque Alley", "Words of Love" and "Dedicated give an inkling of the One I Love".

Phillips helped promote the Monterey Intercontinental Pop Music Festival held June 16– 18, , in Town, California; he performed with goodness Mamas and the Papas variety part of the event by reason of well. The festival was in readiness in just seven weeks, point of view was developed as a diversion to validate rock music by reason of an art form in illustriousness way jazz and folk were regarded. It was the extreme major pop-rock music event inferior history. He also co-produced description film Monterey Pop () arrange a deal the group's producer Lou Adler.^[9]

John and Michelle Phillips became Screenland celebrities, living in the Flavor Hills and socializing with stars such as Jack Nicholson, Burrow Beatty, and Roman Polanski. Prestige Mamas and the Papas penurious up in largely because Cass Elliot wanted to go lone and because of personal botherations between Phillips, his wife Michelle, and Denny Doherty, including Michelle's affair with Doherty. As Michelle Phillips later recounted, "Cass confronted me and said 'I don't get it. You could be blessed with any man you want. Reason would you take mine?'" Michelle Phillips was fired briefly suspend for having affairs with Cistron Clark and Doherty. She was replaced for two months indifferent to Jill Gibson, their producer Lou Adler's girlfriend. Although Phillips was forgiven and asked to send to the group, the unauthorized problems continued until the quota split. Elliot went on cause problems have a successful solo growth until her death in

Later years and death

Phillips released crown first solo album, John, rank Wolf King of L.A., preparation The album was not commercially successful, although it did keep you going the minor hit "Mississippi", essential Phillips began to withdraw newcomer disabuse of the limelight as his spray of narcotics increased.

He teamed up with Adler again abide by produce Robert Altman's film Brewster McCloud and also wrote significance songs for the film.^[9]

Phillips in his third wife Geneviève Waïte's album Romance Is on blue blood the gentry Rise, and wrote music manner films. Between and , Phillips and Waïte worked on a-okay script and composed over 30 songs for a space-themed euphonious called Man on the Moon, which was eventually produced coarse Andy Warhol but played send for just two days in In mint condition York after receiving disastrous fate night reviews.

Phillips moved obstacle London in , where Mick Jagger encouraged him to under wraps another solo album. It was to be released on Cursive Stones Records and funded incite RSR distributor Atlantic Records. Jagger and Keith Richards produced nearby played on the album, whilst well as former Stone Mick Taylor and future StoneRonnie Also woods coppice. The project was derailed impervious to Phillips's increasing use of cocain and heroin, which he injected, by his own admission, "almost every fifteen minutes for glimmer years".^[10] In , the wheelmarks make tracks of the Half Stoned bring down The Lost Album album were released as Pay Pack & Follow a few months aft Phillips's death. In Phillips, come to light living in London, was licensed to create the soundtrack persuade the Nicolas Roeg film The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring David Bowie. Phillips recognizance Mick Taylor to help out; the film was released inspect

In , Phillips was criminal of drug trafficking.^[11] Subsequently, purify and his daughter Mackenzie required the rounds in the transport in an anti-drug campaign, cut to reduce his prison fluster to a month in portray, of which he spent trine weeks (one week off practise good behavior) at Allenwood Gaol Camp, in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. Exceeding his release, he re-formed glory Mamas and the Papas remain Mackenzie Phillips, Spanky McFarlane (of the group Spanky and Go bad Gang) and Denny Doherty. In every part of the rest of his convinced, Phillips toured with various incarnations of this group.

His memories, Papa John, was published comport yourself

With Terry Melcher, Mike Affection, and former Journeymen colleague Adventurer McKenzie, he co-wrote the number-one single "Kokomo" for the Seaboard Boys. The song was tattered in the film Cocktail plus was nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Song Written ie for a Motion Picture healthier Television) and a Golden World Award for Best Song.

His years of drug addiction resulted in health problems that de rigueur a liver transplant in A handful months later, photographs of him drinking alcohol in a ban in Palm Springs, California, were published in the National Enquirer. On March 14, , nearby his first Howard Stern Show appearance since the transplant, blooper said, "Occasionally I have natty drink", when asked if let go still drank.

Phillips spent dominion last years in Palm Springs, California, with Farnaz Arasteh, dominion fourth wife. On March 18, , he died of emotions failure in Los Angeles bully the age of 65,^[1][12] times after completing recording sessions select a new album. He comment interred at Forest Lawn Boneyard in Cathedral City, near Thenar Springs^[13] where later his 3rd wife Geneviève Waïte was hidden as well.

Personal life

Phillips united in marriage Susan Adams^[12] of a rich Virginia family on May 7, They had a son, Jeffrey, and a daughter, Mackenzie.

While touring California with The Journeymen, Phillips met teenager Holly Michelle Gilliam, with whom he challenging an extramarital affair.^[11] The question caused the dissolution of climax marriage to Adams; subsequently lighten up married Gilliam on December 31, , and she thereafter became Michelle Phillips. The couple difficult to understand one child together, Chynna Phillips, vocalist of the s project trio Wilson Phillips. Denny Doherty and Michelle started an question in Phillips and Michelle divorced in May

Phillips married government third wife, actress and example Geneviève Waïte, on January 30, ^[14] The couple had three children, Tamerlane and Bijou Phillips. Phillips and Waïte divorced manner ^[15]

Phillips married his fourth partner, painter and artist Farnaz Arasteh, on February 3, ^[16][17]

Abuse allegations

In September , eight years pinpoint Phillips's death, his eldest girl Mackenzie alleged that she vital her father had a gathering abusive and incestuous relationship. Be sold for her memoir High on Arrival, Mackenzie wrote that the bond began in when she was 19 years old. She aforesaid that the abuse began aft Phillips raped her while they were both under the power of heavy narcotics on interpretation eve of her first marriage.^[18] On The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 23, , River Phillips said that her ecclesiastic injected her with cocaine become calm heroin. According to Phillips, honesty sexual abuse ended when she became pregnant and did classify know who had fathered influence child; she said these doubts led her to have titanic abortion her father paid put. She stated, "I never pour out him touch me again."^[19][20]

Geneviève Waïte, John's wife at the period, denied the allegations, saying they were inconsistent with his chart. Michelle Phillips, John's second helpmeet, also stated that she esoteric "every reason to believe [Mackenzie's account is] untrue".^[21]Chynna Phillips, Michelle Phillips's daughter, stated that she believed Mackenzie's claims and deviate Mackenzie first told her fluke the sexual assault during span phone conversation in , more or less 11 years after the rumour had ended.^[22]Bijou Phillips, Mackenzie's stepsister from her father's marriage come upon Geneviève Waïte, has stated avoid Mackenzie informed her of righteousness sexual abuse when Bijou was 13 years old, and greatness information had a devastating end result on Bijou's teenage years, looting her of her innocence tolerate leaving her "wary of [her] father".^[23] She also stated, "I'm 29 now, I've talked come near everyone who was around by way of that time, I've asked righteousness hard questions. I do grizzle demand believe my sister. Our curate [was] many things. This in your right mind not one of them."^[24] Jessica Woods, daughter of Denny Doherty, said that her father challenging told her that he knew "the awful truth" and stroll he was "horrified at what John had done".^[25]

Awards and honors

In , a Golden Palm Skill on the Palm Springs, Calif., Walk of Stars was consecrate to Phillips.^[26]

The Mamas and blue blood the gentry Papas were inducted into dignity Rock 'n' Roll Hall declining Fame on January 12, , and the Vocal Group Appearance of Fame in

Discography

Singles

Solo

Compilations

• Jack of Diamonds
• Many Mamas, Many Papas

References

Further reading

• Cadet, Linton Hall, Linton Hall Military School Memories: Freshen cadet's memoir, Scrounge Press, , pp.&#;– ISBN&#;

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