Hi, Larry -

In the early years of the Chad Mitchell Trio, they were really, really funny. Their political commentary was intelligent, and it was right on the mark. As time went on, they lost that spark. Maybe it was Chad Mitchell's drug use, or maybe it was just the passage of time that made them dysfunctional. I have the feeling that the marriage of John Denver and the Mitchell Trio, was not a Match Made in Heaven. I like John Denver's songwriting and his solo work, but it seemed that his joining the Mitchell Trio was simply a business deal.

"Luci Baines" is a good example of how their later political stuff just missed the mark. I had forgotten about their Nazi "12 Days of Christmas" parody - that one just didn't work, either.


-Joe-