Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of The Mamas and The Papas

by Matthew Greenwald

Overview

Lavishly illustrated and cinematic in scope, Go Where You Wanna Go is told from the points of view of not only the group members, but also from those of their friends, musical collegues, business associates, critics, and fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461622901
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/30/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Matthew Greenwald is a rock journalist whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, MOJO, Sing Out!, and Crawdaddy! He lives in Los Angeles, California. Andrew Loog Oldham was the manager of the Rolling Stones from 1963-67 and is the author of Stoned.

Editorial Reviews

All in all Greenwald's book is a good warts'n'all read....

Folkwax

Greenwald's research is impressive and his editing skills sharp, as the story unfolds with ease and great interest.

MOJO

Greenwald interviews members of the group (Michelle Phillips, Doherty) as well as such band contemporaries as producer Lou Adler, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, and P. F. Sloan. You won't find a more gripping rock history-cum-moral tale: the group's spellbinding story turns Shakespearean as the California dream unravels.

High Times

With the Mamas and Papas, it was always the voices. Author Matthew Greenwald has captured the voices together one last, sweet time, telling their own story in their own voices in what is without question the definitive account of this American rock fable.

San Francisco Chronicle - Joel Selvin

As an object lesson in how all that glitters isn't gold, Go Where You Wanna Go is a you-shoulda-been-there snapshot of a loss of innocence—and a farewell to the last golden era.

Record Collector

The Mamas and the Papas' perfect pop harmonies and wistful hippie image captured my imagination as a kid, though little did I understand then that offstage, they were rockin' harder than any other group out there! Today, their dichotomous history remains fascinating—it's no wonder Matthew Greenwald chose to examine it up close.

Denise Sullivan

Much more than merely a history of The Mamas and the Papas, Greenwald's book is a snapshot of a magical time in our cultural history. The interconnections it delineates are absolutely fascinating.

Michael Fremer

As an object lesson in how all that glitters isn't gold, Go Where You Wanna Go is a you-shoulda-been-there snapshot of a loss of innocence—and a farewell to the last golden era.

(Uk) Record Collector