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John Phillips
Age: 65 (passed away Mar. 18th, 2001)
Height: 6' 5"
Birth Place: Parris Island, South Carolina, USA
Born: Aug. 30th, 1935
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TRIVIA:
- Father-in-law of 'William Baldwin (I)' (qv).
- The godfather of his daughter 'Bijou Phillips' (qv) was 'Andy Warhol' (qv).
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 (as a member of the Mamas and the Papas).
- In his autobiography, Papa John (1986) he described in graphic and sometimes disturbing detail, his lifelong battle with booze and just about every drug under the sun. He summarizes a family history of substance abuse but with a wry humor and is merciless in describing his own failings as a father, a husband and human being while under the thumb of cocaine, heroin and finally (again) booze. Along the way, the book also throws open a view onto the debauchery of the music biz circa the late 60s and into the 70s and contrasts that with the hopefulness of the Folk Movement of the early 60s.
- His mother was Cherokee Indian and met and married Phillips' father in Oklahoma.
- In his 1967 hit song "Creeque Alley" (with the Mamas & the Papas), the lyrics mention music contemporaries such as, 'Michelle Phillips (I)' (qv) (Mitchy), ''Mama' Cass Elliot' (qv), 'Denny Doherty' (qv), 'John Sebastian (I)' (qv), 'Zal Yanovsky' (qv), 'Barry McGuire (II)' (qv) and 'Roger McGuinn' (qv).
- He received a liver transplant in 1992 after years of abusing alcohol and illegal drugs had taken their toll.
- His father was a retired United States Marine Corps officer who won an Oklahoma bar from a fellow Marine in a poker game on the way home from Europe after World War I.
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