HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MS. ELLIOT
Despite being gone more than 36 years, Cass Elliot remains one of the iconic female rock voices. A big presence in almost every way, Mama Cass possessed some of the strongest pipes to ever hit the genre, girlish but gutsy like Bessie Smith and delivered with a sleepy-eyed sexiness. She was also a solid songwriter and occasional guest host of The Tonight Show. Today would have been her 69th birthday. We offer up these tidbits from her justifiably revered career and blow her a kiss wherever she might be. (Dennis Cook)
Despite being gone more than 36 years, Cass Elliot remains one of the iconic female rock voices. A big presence in almost every way, Mama Cass possessed some of the strongest pipes to ever hit the genre, girlish but gutsy like Bessie Smith and delivered with a sleepy-eyed sexiness. She was also a solid songwriter and occasional guest host of The Tonight Show. Today would have been her 69th birthday. We offer up these tidbits from her justifiably revered career and blow her a kiss wherever she might be. (Dennis Cook)
