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 Part 6 of this without-precedent 16-hour interview, Michelle Phillips guests along with band biographer Richard Campbell (@richcbart) & creator/host Dave Gebroe as we put our hearts & minds together for the singular purpose of exploring and rating Cass Elliot’s solo recording career. In this episode, we reveal: Brutal details about Cass’s fumbled 1968 solo career coming-out party in Las Vegas, when she took the stage high on heroin; The confusing divide between Cass’s predilection for both tin pan alley-style song selection and countercultural material; And a fact-based demystification of the details surrounding her death.  Listen: https://podfollow.com/1592182331  If you’re a Michelle Phillips & Mamas And The Papas superfan like me, you’ll want the DIRECTOR’S CUT of this & the rest of the installments of Discograffiti’s “Michelle Phillips: Interview of a Lifetime” Series—this episode alone features no ads and AN ADDITIONAL 18 MINUTES of essential material that we had to cut for time: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/ Or subscribe! In addition, the 30-minute Denny Doherty Solo Years episode (also featuring Michelle) is for Patreon subscribers only (Major Tier & higher), and was released earlier this week! Extended edits of all shows are available on either the Lieutenant (longer) or Major (longest) Tiers. Discograffiti’s 4-show-a-week release schedule can be yours for the price of a cup of coffee a week.   Please help support the show by ordering some choice goods from our new merch shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all Order your copy of our guest Richard Campbell’s incredible new book Gettin’ Kinda Itchie-The Groups That Made The Mamas & The Papas right now! CONNECT Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153 Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Discograffiti Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all Web site: http://discograffiti.com/ To Order the 2xVinyl or Digital METAL MACHINE MUZAK packages: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/ CONTACT DAVE Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe #michellephillips #themamasandthepapas #johnphillips #mamacass #themamasandpapas #casselliot #dennydoherty #mamasandthepapas #mamamichelle #gettinkindaitchie #wilsonphillips #papadenny #mamamichellephillips #montereypopfestival #scottmckenzie #knotslanding #mamasandpapas #montereypop #montereypopfestival #californiadreaming #chynnaphillips #genevievewaite #louadler #jillgibson #dennishopper #mackenziephillips #greenguccibag #discograffiti #metalmachinemuzak #soldiersofsound  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discograffiti/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discograffiti/support