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“Creeque Alley” is an autobiographical hit single written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas in 1967, narrating the story about how the group was formed. The title of the song is derived from the place Creeque Alley, home to a club in the Virgin Islands where the Mamas & the Papas spent time. The lyrics “Duffy’s good vibrations, and our imaginations, can’t go on indefinitely” refer, in part, to Hugh Duffy, the owner of the club on Creeque Alley. Duffy now owns Chez Shack in Vieques, Puerto Rico. The third song on the album The Mamas and the Papas Deliver, the song charted #5 on Billboard Pop Singles.

The lyrics of the song mention, directly or indirectly, many artists and bands who were part of the music scene at the time including the other 2 members of The Mamas & the Papas Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, Zal Yanovsky, John Sebastian, Roger McGuinn, Barry McGuire, The Mugwumps, and The Lovin’ Spoonful. Several locations important to The Mamas and The Papas story are also mentioned e.g. The Night Owl Cafe in Greenwich Village. The lyrics, “Greasin’ on American Express cards” harks back to The Mamas and Papas time in the Virgin Islands when they were living off their American Express cards. The song is notable as a hit single where the title is not in the lyrics.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeque_Alley


Creeque Alley

John and Mitchie were gettin’ kinda itchy just to leave the folk music behind John Phillips had been playing in a folk band known as The Journeymen.
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  • oldiesfanjohn

    All time classic..a little bit of self debauchery,LSD fueled fun...sign me up!

    March 2012

  • zoborey

    harmonica is sooo behind, hard to notice it's there, but it's there!

    August 2011

  • kylede2011

    Makes me laugh every fucking time

    July 2011

  • degnoe

    Great song. Great lyrics.

    January 2011

  • rickdot

    All gone except Michelle....sad

    December 2010

  • B-AIRLINE

    STRANGE VERSION, BUT THIS WAS MY TEENYTIME

    December 2010

  • whiteboy32386

    awesome.

    September 2010

  • jetgar

    GREAT TRACK.....THANKS PAUL !!!!

    September 2010

  • LondonLouis

    A great mix of superb tune and harmonies, tied in with the group's history. A great, clever track.

    August 2010

  • davidgeorgea

    I quite like to do a bit of fishing in me spare time . But I dont have a cat to feed. By the way I like the plinkerty plonk in this track

    August 2010

  • davidgeorgea

    I am a great fan of this group i love most of what they produced

    August 2010

  • lihei

    Love this so...

    August 2010

  • garynewman1

    love them

    June 2010

  • Marjo47

    Out of my youth....love it

    May 2010

  • FemmeFatalee

    and noonesss getting fat except mama cass dun dun dun

    April 2010

  • stevej90

    Love this song!!!!!. Thanks for the great background info Silversurfer250

    April 2010

  • silversurfer250

    This is the story of how the band met and formed. Individual members had sung in other bands before and these show up in the lyrics (Mugwumps etc.). The Mamas & The Papas spent time in the Virgin Islands staying in a club on a road called Creeque Alley, providing the name of this song. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5500

    April 2010

  • chbigemi

    In a coffeehouse Sebastian sat, and after every number they passed a hat!

    March 2010

  • squiggins

    Damn, I never knew what this song was called.

    February 2010

  • Wesbecher

    such great harmonies and awesome story telling...

    December 2009
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