The lyrics of the song mention, directly or indirectly, many artists and bands who were part of the music scene at the time including the other two members of The Mamas & the Papas - Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, earlier aka The Mugwumps; plus Zal Yanovsky and John Sebastian (of The Lovin' Spoonful), Roger McGuinn (of The Byrds), and Barry McGuire (of The New Christy Minstrels).
The two joined Cass Elliot in the Mugwumps, a group made famous by Doherty's & Cass's later group the Mamas & the Papas in the song "Creeque Alley".
Tin Pan Alley | Alley Theatre | Thunder Alley | Back Alley Oproar | Rewi Alley | Smock Alley Theatre | Lindsey Alley | The Alley Cats | Sally in Our Alley | Damnation Alley | tornado alley | Thunder Alley (film) | The Alley Cats (Los Angeles punk band) | Steampipe Alley | Sniper Alley | Silicon Alley Reporter | Silicon Alley | Richard F Outcault's last ''Hogan's Alley'' cartoon for ''Truth'' magazine, ''Fourth Ward Brownies'', was published on 9 February 1895 and reprinted in the ''New York World'' newspaper on 17 February 1895, beginning one of the first comic strips in an American newspaper. The character later known as the Yellow Kid had minor supporting roles in the strip's early panels. This one refers to ''The Brownies | Richard Alley | Printer's Alley | Hogan's Alley (comic strip) | Hogan's Alley | Damnation Alley (film) | Creeque Alley | Carroll Alley | Blues Alley | Blood Alley | Alphonse Alley |