I May Be Right - Music

The Big 3 Was An American Folk Trio Consisting Of Singer Cass Elliot Also Eventually Of The Mamas And The Papas Singer-Songwriter-Banjo Player Tim Rose And Singer-Guitarist Jim Hendricks They Soon Landed A Job At The Bitter End A Well-Known Folk Club In New York's Greenwich Village Along With Cafe Wha? The Night Owl And The Gaslight Cafe Along With Many Musicians Who Lived At The Nearby Albert Hotel. Rose Described Cass Elliot As The Funniest And Most Talented Person He Ever Met. Their Success Grew With Appearances On National TV Shows And They Recorded Two Albums The Big 3 1963 And The Big 3 Live At The Recording Studio 1964 . Songs Included "Grandfather's Clock" And An Anti-War Dirge "Come Away Melinda" A Re-Recorded Version Of Which Was One Of Rose's Most Successful Solo Singles Several Years Later . Rose And Elliot Had Musical Differences – Both Were Inclined To Want Things Done Their Way – And The Band Fell Apart After Elliot And Hendricks Secretly Married. They Had Appeared On 26 National Television Shows Including Hootenanny 1963 The Danny Kaye Show 1963 And The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962 . Rose Told Stories About Arguing With Elliot Over Music Saying It Would Always End Her Way "because You Know A Big Woman Is Never Wrong!" Years Later In The 1980s When Rose Was Looking For A Singer To Produce Elliot Was His Model But He Never Found Anyone Quite Like Her. read less