In the mid-1960s, with protests over the Vietnam War and racial discord roiling, The Lovin’ Spoonful song “Summer in the City” became an anthem of a society in turmoil. When the hippie and drug ...

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 ...

The first seven singles by The Lovin’ Spoonful are all great, really great, and all were hits. Top Ten in the band’s US home. International hits too. Arriving in a torrent over July 1965 to November ...

Success, for the Lovin' Spoonful, was mostly measured in spoonfuls. A smattering of hit singles like "Summer in the City," "Daydream," "Do You Believe in Magic," and "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your ...

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 ...

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: A little Lovin’ Spoonful goes a long, long way. I’m ...

"Fall on the Seacoast" — as in an afternoon and evening in Durham — is looking mighty good from the vantage point of the Lovin' Spoonful's Steve Boone. The writer of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame ...

This article originally appeared in issue three of Crawdaddy Magazine in March 1966. “That good-time music…now it‘s back on the radio!” sang John Sebastian last summer. He was ahead of his time. But ...