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The Lovin Spoonful - 1966 - The Best Of The Lovin Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful is an American pop rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of "Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck Berry. The band had its roots in the folk music scene based in the Greenwich Village section of lower Manhattan during the early 1960s. Sebastian, who grew up in contact with music and musicians, was the son of a much-recorded and highly technically accomplished classical harmonica player. He had reached maturity toward the end of the American folk music revival that spanned from the 1950s to the early '60s. Sebastian was joined in the Spoonful by guitarist Zal Yanovsky from a bohemian folk group called The Mugwumps, playing local coffee houses and small clubs (two other members, Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, would later form half of the Mamas & the Papas.) Drummer-vocalist Joe Butler and bassist Steve Boone rounded out the group. The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful is a best of album of The Lovin' Spoonful hits featuring tracks from three of their previous four albums. Despite being a "best of", this album charted the highest of the bands career hitting number three on the billboard charts 01 - Do You Believe In Magic 02 - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind 03 - Butchie's Tune 04 - Jug Band Music 05 - Night Owl Blues 06 - You Didn't Have To Be So Nice 07 - Daydream 08 - Blues In A Bottle 09 - Didn't Want To Have To Do It 10 - Wild About My Lovin' 11 - Younger Girl 12 - Summer In The City LINK
