There is one sunshine pop band that stands as the greatest example of the genre, and that one band is The Free Design.  They had one 1967 hit, “Kites Are Fun”—it hit #114, and that was it.  But that’s only the beginning… In Part 2 of this unprecedented 5 1/2 hour interview with 3/4 of the...

There is one sunshine pop band that stands as the greatest example of the genre, and that one band is The Free Design.  They had one 1967 hit, “Kites Are Fun”—it hit #114, and that was it.  But that’s only the beginning… In this unprecedented 5 1/2 hour interview with 3/4 of the original...

First there were all the seminal, early folk outfits…then came The Mamas & The Papas, and now…welcome to The Solo Years, where plenty of buried treasure and fascinating insanity awaits! (I’m lookin’ at you, John.) In this, the very last episode of Discograffiti’s Mamas & Papas Series,...