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 ...

Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider were the co-creators of The Monkees. The band has long been compared to The Beatles. During a 2012 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rafelson discussed how the ...

The post The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian on Exploring His Classic Songbook appeared first on Consequence. The “Welcome Back” singer-songwriter takes us his partnership with Roth, compares these ...

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 ...

Few American bands showed the hit-making resilience in the face of the British Invasion quite like The Lovin’ Spoonful. And the main reason they were able to do that was that they possessed a ...

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 ...

The Warren Civic Music Association will serve up a Spoonful of ’60s hits with its next concert. Performing Monday will be the Lovin’ Spoonful. Original bass and keyboard player Steve Boone is joined ...

A new documentary about John Sebastian finds the Lovin' Spoonful member and songwriter reflecting on Woodstock, 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' and more.