THE lOVIN’ SPOONFUL
Revisit The Good TIME Spirit of The sixties!
A much-loved band of the '60s, The Lovin’ Spoonful produced dozens of effortless gems and timeless hit singles with a sunny, electrified, groundbreaking blend of jug band, folk, country, blues, and rock & roll. Few artists could have gotten away with such variety or had the songwriting and instrumental prowess necessary to successfully pull it off. But the Lovin’ Spoonful had both the requisite chops and broad stylistic background, having come out of the fertile early-Sixties Greenwich Village music scene. Their self-described “good time music” inspired and influenced such contemporary luminaries as The Kinks, Cream and the Grateful Dead.
Led by primary songwriter John Sebastian, along with Steve Boone, Joe Butler, and Zal Yanovsky, the band took the music world by storm. Their first seven singles skyrocketed to the Billboard Top 10. Their debut single, “Do You Believe in Magic,” shot to the top of the charts, kicking off a series of hits like “Daydream,” “Younger Girl,” “Summer in the City,” “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice,” “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind,” “Lovin’ You,” “Nashville Cats,” and “She’s Still a Mystery (to Me).”
At their height, The Lovin’ Spoonful combatted the wave of the British Invaders in the 1960s, going mano-a-mano with equal charm and equally lovable tunes and were, in fact, called “America’s answer to the Beatles”. Paul McCartney credited “Daydream” as the inspiration for his classic “Good Day Sunshine”.
From the freewheeling “Do You Believe in Magic?” to the harder rocking “Summer in the City,” the Lovin’ Spoonful kept fans of poppy, melodic music in good supply…and still do today, touring with an all-star lineup. Together they faithfully celebrate the rich, good-time catalog of hits that made them one of the world’s most beloved groups of the ‘60s.
