"Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as 'California dreamin',' the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas in to rock and roll history. In All the leaves are brown, author Scott Shea details how John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Michelle Phillips, and 'Mama Cass' Elliot becvame standard-bearers for California counterculture, following their transformation from folk music wannabes to rock sensations and chronicling the tumultuous events that followed their unexpected success. ... Drawing on new interviews with former bandmates, session musicians, family members, and many others, All the leaves are brown is a layered, revelatory tale of overnight stardom and its many pitfalls"-- Book jacket.