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John Benson Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful. He made an impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 [1] and scored a U.S. No. 1 hit in 1976 with " Welcome Back ."
Led by their primary songwriter John Sebastian, the Lovin' Spoonful took their earliest influences from jug band and blues music, reworking them into a popular music format. In 1965, the Lovin' Spoonful helped pioneer the development of the musical genre of folk rock.
Mar 17, 2024 · Here five fascinating facts about John Sebastian, founding frontman of The Lovin' Spoonful, in honor of his 80th birthday.
After refusing to re-record his Lovin' Spoonful hits for decades, John Sebastian tells why he did just that with Arlen Roth, in our interview.
John Sebastian is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist, and autoharpist. He is best know as the founder of the Lovin’ Spoonful and his impromptu performance at the Woodstock festival in 1969. His new album is out now.
Ten years earlier John Sebastian had also hit number one in 1966 with his Lovin’ Spoonful hit “Summer in the City.” The song “Welcome Back,” would become the only number one hit of John Sebastian’s solo career.
Jan 24, 2022 · Bright spots permeated AM radio in the late 1960s, but none shone brighter than the songs of John Sebastian and the group he co-founded, the Lovin’ Spoonful. They produced a long string of classic 45s over a short span, starting with 1965’s “Do You Believe in Magic?” and “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice,” both of which reached the ...
Feb 28, 2020 · John Sebastian Looks Back as Lovin’ Spoonful Semi-Reforms: ‘We Weren’t Matinee Idols’. As the Spoonful's surviving members play together for the first time in 20 years at a charity tribute...
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Aug 7, 2019 · John Sebastian explains why he wore his Woodstock "suit of lights," a tie-dyed Levi jeans and jacket, at the music fest.
Jul 8, 2019 · a sweet-voiced John Sebastian asked with the 1960s folk-rock group Lovin' Spoonful, which landed him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A decade later he landed the chart-topping comeback...
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