Motown was a significant influence on a number of classic rock bands. For example, two Supremes songs inspired The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Daydream.” Notably, it was difficult to put the latter song ...
Speaking of The Beatles, “All You Need Is Love” might just be their most feel-good song. This psychedelic pop-rock gem from the Fab Four remains one of their most beloved tunes. “All You Need Is Love” ...
In the mid-1960s, with protests over the Vietnam War and racial discord roiling, The Lovin’ Spoonful song “Summer in the City” became an anthem of a society in turmoil. When the hippie and drug ...
The twangy grandeur of Zal Yanovsky’s big guitar riff on the Lovin’ Spoonful’s You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice made it a Top 10 hit in the winter of 1965-’66. The track also caught the ear of Brian ...
John Sebastian and Val Yanofsky, who became the artistic twin poles of The Lovin’ Spoonful, earned their musical stripes within the folk scene in Greenwich Village in New York City. The time was the ...
At the Woodstock music festival in 1969, John Sebastian captivated the multitude with his guitar. The songwriter and former frontman of The Lovin’ Spoonful will be in Delray Beach Friday to woo an ...
The band was taking a break, and John Sebastian was in a phone booth outside the rehearsal hall. Phone booth: That signals long ago, 1965 for our purposes. Sebastian had played bass on Bob Dylan's ...