#ThrowbackThursday: The Mamas and the Papas come to town

"All the leaves are brown,"the opening lyricsof California Dreamin'conjure up, not only images of fallbut, memories of legendary American bandThe Mamas and the Papas.

This week'svintage #ThrowbackThursday video is from 1985,when the band came to St. John's, during itssecond comeback tour.

Michelle Phillips had been replaced bydaughter Mackenzie and the lateCass Elliott byElaine "Spanky" McFarlane.

The CBC'sDeborah Collinstells the story of a band rebuildingafter beingtorn apart by drugs, infidelityand the death of Mama Cass.

Unfortunately, problems continued to plague the band and the 1985 version fell apart two years later.