THE MAMA'S AND THE PAPA'S FAMILY TREE

THE DEL RAY LOCALS (1957 - 1959)

1) John Edmund Andrew Phillips vocals, acoustic guitar

2) Phillip Wallach 'Phil' Blondheim tenor vocals

3) ? vocals

4) ? vocals 

THE ABSTRACTS (1959 - 1960) / THE SMOOTHIES (1960 - FEB or MAR 1961)

1) John Phillips vocals, acoustic guitar

2) Phil Blondheim tenor vocals

3) William 'Bill' Cleary vocals

4) Michael 'Mike' Boran vocals, piano

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5) Tim Rose vocals, five-string banjo, acoustic guitar (he backed them for only a few gigs in 1960)

THE HEPSTERS (1959 - 1960)

1) Dennis Gerrard Stephen 'Denny' Doherty vocals

2) ? bass

3) ? guitar

4) ? drums

 

THE COLONIALS (DEC 1960 - 1961) / THE HALIFAX THREE #1 (1961 - ca. OCT 1963)

1) Denny Doherty vocals, acoustic guitar
2) Patrick 'Pat' LaCroix vocals, acoustic guitar
3) Richard Byrne vocals, acoustic guitar

 

THE JOURNEYMEN (FEB or MAR 1961 - SPRING 1964)

1) John Phillips vocals, acoustic guitar

2) Phil Blondheim (aka Scott McKenzie) vocals, acoustic guitar

3) Richard 'Dick' Weissman vocals, acoustic guitar, five-string banjo

THE OFAYS OF FAITH (1962)

1) Ellen Naomi Cohen (aka Cass Elliot) vocals

2) Ginny Clemons vocals

3) Gusti Hervey vocals

THE TRIUMVIRATE (DEC 1962 - FEB 1963)

1) Cass Elliot vocals

2) John 'Johnny' Brown vocals

3) Tim Rose vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo

THE BIG 3 (FEB 1963 - APR 2?, 1964)

1) Cass Elliot vocals

2) Tim Rose vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo

3) James 'Jim' Hendricks vocals, acoustic guitar

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4) Bob Bowers bass (he played only on their studio recordings) 

THE HALIFAX THREE #2 (ca. OCT 1963 - ca. FEB 1964)

1) Denny Doherty

2) Pat LaCroix

3) Richard Byrne

4) Zalman 'Zal' 'Zally' Yanovsky acoustic guitar

D & Z #1 (ca- FEB 1964 - ca. MAR 1964)

1) Denny Doherty vocals, acoustic guitar

2) Zal Yanovsky acoustic guitar

D & Z #2 (ca. MAR 1964 - SPRING 1964)

1) Denny Doherty

2) Zal Yanovsky

3) ? unknown instrument

THE NEW JOURNEYMEN #1 (I1964 - NOV 1964)

1) John Phillips vocals, acoustic guitar

2) Holly Michelle Gilliam (aka Michelle 'Mitchie' Phillips) vocals

3) Marshall Brickman twelve-string acoustic guitar, banjo

4) Eric 'The Doctor' Hord electric guitar

CASS ELLIOT AND THE BIG 3 (MAY ?, 1964 - JUL 1964)

1) Cass Elliot vocals

2) Denny Doherty vocals, electric bass

3) Zal Yanovsky acoustic guitar

4) Jim Hendricks vocals, acoustic guitar

THE MUGWUMPS #1 (JUL 1964 - SEPT or OCT 1964)

1) Cass Elliot vocals

2) Denny Doherty vocals, eletric bass

3) Zal Yanovsky acoustic guitar

4) Jim Hendricks vocals, acoustic guitar

5) Art Stokes drums

6) John Sebastian harmonica

THE MUGWUMPS #2 (SEPT or OCT 1964 - NOV 1964) 

1) Cass Elliot

2) Denny Doherty

3) Zal Yanovsky

4) Jim Hendricks

5) Art Stokes

THE NEW JOURNEYMEN #2 (NOV 1964 - JUN 1965)

1) John Phillips

2) Michelle Phillips

3) Eric Hord

4) Denny Doherty vocals, bass

CASS ELLIOT (JAN 1965 - JUN 1965)

1) Cass Elliot vocals

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unknown or unnamed jazz trio

1) ? unknown instrument

2) ? unknown instrument

3) ? unknown instrument

THE NEW JOURNEYMEN #3 (JUN 1965 - AUG 1?, 1965)

1) John Phillips

2) Michelle Phillips

3) Denny Doherty

4) Eric Hord

5) Peter Pilafian drums

 

THE MAMA'S AND THE PAPA'S #1 (AUG 1?, 1965 - JUN 4, 1966)

1) 'Papa John' Phillips

2) 'Mama Michelle' Phillips

3) 'Papa Denny' Doherty

4) 'Mama Cass' Elliot vocals


THE MAMA'S AND THE PAPA'S #2 (JUN 5, 1966 - AUG 1966)

1) Papa John

2) Papa Denny

3) Mama Cass

4) Gillian 'Mama Jill' Gibson vocals

THE MAMA'S AND THE PAPA'S #3 (aka #1) (AUG 1966 - JUL 1968) (1971)

1) Papa John

2) Papa Denny

3) Mama Michelle

4) Mama Cass