John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful)

On this episode of The It's Only Rock And Roll Podcast, we visit with American folk-rock troubadour and founding frontman of The Lovin' Spoonful, JOHN SEBASTIAN. We talk of his childhood in NYC as the son of show-business parents, growing up around frequent house guests like Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives, and godmother Vivian Vance. He recounts his early start in the Greenwich Village folk scene, co-founding The Loving Spoonful, and how a pot bust led to the firing of bandmate and dear friend Zal Yanovski, as well as Sebastian's own departure from the band. We also talk session work with Bob Dylan and The Doors, his iconic unscheduled appearance at Woodstock, and how his song idea for a sitcom theme inspired a title change for that now classic TV show.
(𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀.)
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[@rodbottomley4514]

Love ya John. Its always a good day for a day dream. Keep on feelin free!

[@BOOMNERD51]

Love John Sebastian since Lovin' Spoonful. Great writer singer, musician.

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[@markskinner6751]

the great john sebastion... on the same page as lennon and mccartney, brian wilson, jagger and richard, paul simon... there was the big 4 from the usa... on the west coast... beach boys and byrds, on the east... spoonful and rascals sebastion is new york to me even more than paul simon or billy joel...he is in my top 5 all-time best songwriters...i know he gets a little acknowledgement but not near enough... i've -played and written for over 50 yrs.and he is besides dylan and cash my biggest influence...GOD BLESS JOHN SEBASTION!!!

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Couldnt have put it better myself. Hope you decide to subscribe to the channel!

[@lamper2]

SebastiAn

[@lamper2]

I wonder if he has his mother's radio scripts or if those shows can be heard on the old time radio archives on the internet?