Bonnie lamdin phipps biography

Ah, mids American sunshine pop !!!  After years of critical disdain and public indifference, suddenly the genre is getting a great deal of well deserved attention.

By bassist Skip Harris and guitarist Doug Lewis had played in a number of mid-'60s Maryland-based bands including The Mustangs.  With the addition of drummer Tony Corey and sisters/singers Bonne and Pat Lamdin the began performing  p and down the mid-Atlantic as The New York Times.

In they morphed into The Peppermint Rainbow getting their  initial break when Cass Elliott caught their act (which included a Mamas and the Papas medley)  in a Washington, D.C. nightclub and subsequently put them in touch with producer/songwriter Paul Leka.  

Back cover left to right:  Anton "Tony" Corey  - Pat Lamdin - Bonnie Lamdin - Doug Lewis - Skip Harris

With support from Cass and Leka, Jack Wiedenmann signed the group to a recording contract with Decca, q