The Lovin Spoonful

The Lovin Spoonful were America’s answer to the Beatles! The band, led by primary songwriter,
John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Joe Butler and Zal Yanovsky, exploded onto the charts sending
their first 7 singles soaring onto Billboard’s tip-10 charts virtually overnight. The Spoonful
formed in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1965 at the Night Owl Café’ and signed to Kama
Sutra Records. They appeared on every major TV show of the era: The Ed Sullivan Show,
Hullabaloo and Shindig! Their first single, “Do You Believe in Magic,” flew to the top of the
charts and was followed by an unprecedented string of hits including: “Daydream,” “Younger
Girl,” “Summer in the City,” “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice,” “Darling Be Home Soon,” “Jug
band Music,” “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind,” “Lovin’ You,” “Didn’t Want to
Have to Do it,” “Rain on the Roof,” “Six O’clock,” “Nashville Cats,” “Coconut Grove,” and
“She’s Still a Mystery (to Me).”

The band was so influential that such music legends like Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson cited
them as forces of inspiration as did so many others. Paul McCartney cited “Daydream” as his
inspiration for “Good Day Sunshine” and even John Lennon call them “tunesmiths!”

Today the Lovin Spoonful tours with founding member, Steve Boone, Jeff Alan Ross
(Badfinger, Peter Asher), Bill Cinque (Neil Diamond), longtime drummer Mike Arturi and Rob
Bonfiglio (The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson Band, Wilson Phillips). He is Carnie Wilson’s
husband and Brian Wilson’s son-in-law. Together they faithfully celebrate the rich, good-time
catalog of hits that made The Lovin Spoonful one of the world’s most beloved groups to emerge
from the ‘60s. The Lovin Spoonful was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.