James Hendricks

James Hendricks (sometimes billed as Jim Hendricks) passed through several folk and folk-rock groups in the 1960s, some of which would produce important figures of the folk-rock movement, although Hendricks himself never achieved the fame of his most celebrated colleagues. In the early '60s he formed one-third of the Big Three, a folk trio also including Tim Rose and a pre-Mamas and the Papas Cass Elliot. When Rose left to pursue a solo career and carve a niche as a cult folk-rock singer/songwriter, Hendricks and Elliot teamed up with Zal Yanovsky and Denny Doherty to form the...