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 ...

“That good-time music…now it‘s back on the radio!” sang John Sebastian last summer. He was ahead of his time. But what was wishful thinking in June has become fact in February: good-time music is back ...

“I’m a happy idiot. What can I tell you?” This was John Sebastian, leaving the Alex Theatre in Glendale early Sunday morning after an epic Lovin’ Spoonful tribute show that lasted four hours, with the ...

Another Spoonful hit, Daydream, influenced Paul McCartney as he was putting together the Beatles’ Good Day Sunshine, from their groundbreaking 1966 album, Revolver. In the mid-Sixties, the Lovin’ ...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are set to perform Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at 7 p.m. in UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets start at $25. Buy tickets. Discounts ...

The Lovin’ Spoonful were America’s answer to the Beatles! The band, led by John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Joe Butler and Zal Yanovsky, exploded onto the charts sending their first 7 singles soaring onto ...

With their striped shirts, shaggy hair, granny glasses and string of hits, The Lovin' Spoonful were akin to an American Beatles. But where The Beatles drew on American rock 'n' roll of the 1950s, the ...

The Lovin’ Spoonful will perform in central Pa. next year along with rock band, the Grass Roots. They will appear at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster. The ...

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 ...