Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane is still alive and singing at age 81 as of 28 October 2023... when I posted this comment!!!

@Polyphemus47

5 ай бұрын

OH, how I'd love to spend a few minutes, just doting on her. Does she tour? I live in Las Vegas, so only about a 5-hour drive from L.A.

I met Spanky at a rock concert in Orange County's Pacific Ampitheatre. We got to talking and she told me who she was. Got along great and she was very very nice. She invited me up to her house in Hollywood for a small party and then found out she was singing with The Mamas and the Papas. They were doing a concert in Ontario and asked me to design the T-shirts for them. Got the shirts done and delivered and then went to the Red Lion Inn to meet with them. The concert was cancelled after the promoter skipped with the money and so we sat in the bar and had lunch. Met John Phillips and daughter Mackenzie along with Denny Doherty and Spanky's manager. They were incredibly nice people. Spanky was going back home since the concert was cancelled and she gave me the key to her suite at the Red Lion for the weekend since it was already paid for. When she went on the road with The Mamas and the Papas she sent me postcards from wherever they were. Great memories with a great person and a beautiful voice as well.

@michaelrochester48

9 ай бұрын

I was at that Ontario Canada concert 1983. It was at the expo center.

@mkozltd

9 ай бұрын

This concert was supposed to be in Ontario, Southern California. @@michaelrochester48

One of the greatest female rock singers of all time! She was a marvelous lady and a class act, her group was the greatest Sunshine pop Group of all time !!!!!

I saw Spanky when she did a gig in Middletown NY with John, Denny, and McKenzie. They were called the New Mamas and Papas ..WOW what a voice live and McKenzie the girl can sing, I talked to her for a while what beautiful smile and eyes. lol what a moment...

One of the most underrated singer ever, her voice quality is up there along Mama Cass ,love Spanky, songs of my teenage years.

I love her group's songs. They remind me of my childhood. Her and the group's drummer are the only 2 that are alive today.

What a charismatic woman! Her band deserved a lot more enduring fame then they got- check out how well they pull off their arrangements in vintage tv performances. Super talented, every bit as good pop songwriting as the Mamas and the Papas. Thanks for this!

@grouchosays

10 ай бұрын

They didn’t write their hits. John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas wrote the hits for the M & P as well as many other famous songs.

@robertpincus6528

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I was going to do what you did, but you already did it.@@grouchosays

Sunday Will Never be The Same was a favorite of mine as a kid. Had no idea she became heavy over time. Great voice and that group had some great harmony! I was born and raised in Miami where I still live. Got an 8 track marked down to 99 cents at Kmart which I still have in my collection.

@roseannfiebig2651

Жыл бұрын

She was very very pretty!!!!!!

I don’t think I can add anything that’s already been said. But boy could she sing. Loved it 🥰

Love her so much!! Such great musical memories for me.❤ She’s such a sweet lady too!!!! Thank you.

One of the most underrated bands ever, their songs are gorgeous with amazing melodies and harmonies. Sad that Malcolm and Lefty died so young.

OH! Love me some Spanky & Our Gang! Their music is part of the soundtrack of my life! Sending much love to You all! ♥️

I have always loved Elaine, she has an amazing voice, no one like it

Love the songs of Spanky and Our Gang. Such a fun lady so full of life and talent.

Fascinating interview of a lady whose harmonious music I love, collected and often still play. Thanks Spanky. Linda

WHAT A HOOT AND A HALF! GOD GIVEN TALENT. SUCH SPECIAL MEMORIES OF MOMENTS IN TIME!

Truly one of the finest groups ever!

She was my late teen favorite. I could sing all of her hits. It is so nice to see and hear her again!

I loved their songs so much when I was in my early teens... still makes me cry listening to "Sunday Never Be The Same."

Thanks for putting up the full interview - this is great!

This is so very GREAT . . . THANKS for posting . . .

"Sunday Morning" is my favorite song of theirs, too!

Spanky McFarlaine has a powerful voice like Mama Cass. What a group I love their music . I just came across an album today that is very old. It has a picture of Spanky with a baby which I assume is her baby as I know she had a baby about that time I don't know if it was a boy or a girl.

No superlatives come near her voice. Their cover of "Suzanne" is fantastic.

To me with my heartbreak in my late 20's Sundays were never be the same and still aren't! great song!

I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU. I am a huge fan.

And the lyrics! “you got a smile like a pocketful of diamonds”

Still Listen to her song;s great LADY!

What a powerful, and beautiful voice she had.

She;s being Humble here!

I bought The Complete Mercury Recordings back in the early 2000’s. Thank you Jesus!! First time I saw Spanky and our Gang was on Merv Griffin show in later 60’s. I consider there music as relevant today as it was back then.

@Polyphemus47

5 ай бұрын

You and me, bro.

Love the great sparky and our gang

She is amazing just a wonderful singer.

She and the drummer Seiter are the only ones still with us. You can see Spanky is a happy optimistic good natured human being. Those are the qualities that give you a long life.

@mpwb

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!👍

Love this Band

Thanks to the host Art for this interview and written introduction for the video

Great band, Great lady

Spanky is really cool

Hey Spanky! Feet off the table!

LOVE SPANKY

Love her

Spanky (Elaine) had such a wonderful voice, an amazing singer and entertainer. This show however must have been where they got the idea for 'Between Two Ferns'.

R.i.p.spanky love ❤️ your music 🎶.

@shannonhenson609

10 ай бұрын

She's not dead.

@davidl570

8 ай бұрын

She's alive, genius. Sheesh.

It has never been explained why the death of Malcolm Hale broke up the band

@mpwb

6 ай бұрын

I read he was a major force with the band, had most of the ideas how the harmonies sound, it sounded like the other band members depended on him. It was so sad for the band losing him this way and so sudden.

What year was this video?

@kimwood9119

8 ай бұрын

1994. I saw the copyright date, at the end of this video.

WTF???????? The guy in the middle talks like Cousin It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't understand a word he says!!!!!!!!!

So a band member died and that ended the band. Why?

@ericthoroman4429

Жыл бұрын

What I've heard is that after Malcolm Hale died suddenly in late 1968 the band was devastated. He'd been their vocal arranger and overall was the glue that held things together. They fulfilled their immediate obligations (you can find footage of the Malcolm-less band performing on the Smothers Brothers show a few weeks after Malcolm died) but afterwards lost the will to go on.

@kimwood9119

8 ай бұрын

So sad, that Malcolm Hale died of carbon monoxide in Chicago, from a faulty heater, in his apt. He was only 27 years old, I think. Malcolm also played trombone.

@larrygomez6637

7 ай бұрын

That is sad. Great group.

@mpwb

6 ай бұрын

Well said@@ericthoroman4429

I have been a fan since 1967. But I could do without seeing her feet.

@shannonhenson609

10 ай бұрын

She's a talented lady. But, definitely one of those types who are annoyingly comfortable with themselves. 🙄

She really does not show her age at all. My mother passed away at 81.

@artFeinPokerParty

5 ай бұрын

Well, the show was taped 30 years ago.

" summoned up the nerve to say something" wuss definition. "come in to your house, go to the closet with your wife preferably"..... how presumptious of ones marital status.

Adulteress.

The crack about Karen Carpenter, seriously?

HealingMusicALL

Gonna tell people what looks like crap while wearing a collection of rags? Yeah, makes sense......women 🫤.