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M Welcome

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to Induction Vault, a production of I

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Heart Radio and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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M superstar

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Shania Twain honored one of her greatest

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influences, The Mamas and the Papas, as

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she inducted them into the Rock and Roll Hall

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of Fame. The Mamas and

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the Papas ushered in a new movement in rock,

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a true California sound that proved

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itself to be fully formed even from

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their very first single. Michelle

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Phillips, Denny Doherty, and John

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Phillips graciously accept their award

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with a little help from Cass Elliott's daughter

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Owen, who credits her mother's embrace

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of the positive power of rock and roll still

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today, fifty five years after their debut

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album, The rich harmonies of the

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Mammas and the Papas live on as the

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soundtrack for the Summer of Love, proving

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that rock music is also for the lovers

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and the dreams.

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Thank thank

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you so much. This is such

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a fantastic evening. I'm

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sure everyone's having a wonderful, wonderful time, but

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I'm having the time of my life. I am so

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honored to be here tonight, being

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able to participate in the induction of

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my biggest influences, especially as a child

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in music, and that is The Moments and the Papas

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in nineteen sixty six. That's

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a while ago. In nineteen sixty six, pop

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music was in the middle of one of

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its greatest periods of change. England

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with its never ending stream of rock bands,

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New York with his revolutionary

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songwriters like Bob Dylan and

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Detroit, and Memphis with their new

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directions in R and B. All

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of this was happening at the same exhilarating

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moments. But it was also a time

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when the country and the music was moving west,

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and it was a magical record by our

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next inductees that heralded

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that development. Of course, that

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song was California Dreaming and

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the group was The Mamas and the Papas. Rarely

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has a group emerged so fully formed

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on a first single. But John Phillips,

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Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty

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and the late Cass Elliott had a great

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deal of individual experience, yes uh,

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much of it um as part of the vibrant

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folk scene of the early sixties, and they

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were ready for action when their time came. Their

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blend of to male and two

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male, two male and two female voices,

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was very rare at the time and added a richness

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and depth to all of the group's work.

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Although the group only existed for three years,

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they left us with such shits as Monday,

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Monday, I saw her again in Words

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of Love, They're great cover version

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of the Cherrell's dedicated to the One I Love

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and the hilariously autobiographical

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Greek Alley My nineteen

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seventy one, I was

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wearing out my eight track

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tape of their music, which by that time

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had already become classic. I

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was six years old and mesmerized

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by the beauty and serenity of their

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vocal arrangements and their utterly

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original musical style. They

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may only have been together a short while,

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but they left me with a lifetime of influence

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and inspiration, and all of

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us with beautiful, beautiful

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music. Up

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next with Michelle Phillips, Danny Doherty

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and John Phillips accept their award with

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a little help from cast Ellie's daughter Owen,

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on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

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Bault, very

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good, thank

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you very much. We've

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been waiting here all day to do this,

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as most of you have, so without further Ado,

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We'll try to get on with us. I'd like to say thank you very much

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for the honor. I'd like to

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thank my wife Jeanette, and my

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kids John and Emberley and

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Jessica, and UH absent

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friends cass Elliott,

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whose daughter Owen has

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come up to receive the award for mom.

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She didn't want to come up, but re gragular

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Uh. I'd like to thank my fellow Canadians

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and I a Twain for the introductions,

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and to all the Canadians,

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congratulations for

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being Canadian. Michelle

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safe few words, thank

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you very much to the

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Academy. First

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of all, I would like to

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thank Lou Adler, our

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producer, who without the

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fifth MoMA this would never have happened. I

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have to thank Hew Blaine, Larry Nictal,

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Joe Osborne and Bones how

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our crew, and Bobby Roberts,

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har manager and I thank

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you all very much. And John say

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if he works. But

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I want to thank the same people that Michelle

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thanked. There's the best rhythm section

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I've ever played with Joe Osborne

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and Larry Ntelle and Hal Blaine and

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they're wonderful guys and Lou Elders, but greatest

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producer writer, I for met my wife and

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we're really happy to be here. Thank you very much. And

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I thank my wife Arnez, especially

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because I think I probably be dead

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right now the welcome for her. Thank you very much.

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I'm thrilled to be here to represent my mother

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on this historic occasion. Yeah,

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it's hard to believe that it's been almost

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twenty four years since the world lost cast

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Elliott. Then,

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as now, rock and roll was suspected

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of corrupting teenagers and

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threatening family values. But

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my mother recognized the positive power

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of rock and roll and was one

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of the first to encourage young people

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to participate in the political process. I'm

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grateful for this opportunity to reaffirm

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my mother's ideals at a time

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when we celebrate her incredible talent and

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the brilliance of the music of the Mama's and Papas.

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And I'd

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just like to say more thing that

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I know. I have personal

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knowledge that Casts is sitting on top

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of that big full moon tonight, looking

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down on these proceedings wearing

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a size six Terry muglad

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dress and thanking you

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