Kat, the duo with "Phillips" in it sure wouldn't have been John Phillips (from the Mamas and Papas). His autobiography would curl your hair! Most of the time they were all so stoned they could have been in bed with a grizzley bear and wouldn't have known the difference.
I co-wrote and toured with Arlene Mantle off and on for about 5 years and always played with her at Gay Pride Day in Toronto. She would introduce me as her "token straight guy"! Sometimes I'd hire a few others to be her "big band" and she gave us the name "The Heterosexually Impaired". Arlene had a wonderful sense of humour. Sadly there were some in her audiences that were "thick as a brick", and felt that Arlene betrayed the cause by even hanging around with men, let alone hiring them to work with her. Humourless people of any stripe bore me stiff.
Rick