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 ...

The twangy grandeur of Zal Yanovsky’s big guitar riff on the Lovin’ Spoonful’s You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice made it a Top 10 hit in the winter of 1965-’66. The track also caught the ear of Brian ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- By the time founder John Sebastian played Woodstock, he had left rock band The Lovin’ Spoonful. But bandmate and current lead singer Joe Butler was not far away. "I was at ...

Is it wrong to invoke a John Sebastian solo tune — “Welcome Back” — to welcome back the Lovin’ Spoonful this weekend, at a Los Angeles show, for the first time in decades? It is wrong, in Sebastian’s ...

Two sun-kissed songs square off against each other in the first round of Ultimate Classic Rock's quest to find the Greatest Summer Song. You can vote for either the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the ...

Do you believe in the Lovin' Spoonful? Because the Spoonful certainly believes in you. In recent years, the decades-old purveyors of feel-good rock ‘n' roll have visited the Ocala area at least three ...

With songs like "Summer In the City," "Daydream" and "Do You Believe in Magic?" The Lovin' Spoonful was one of the hottest bands of the mid-'60s. Steve Boone was the bass player for the band, and the ...

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 ...

If you heard a collective gasp a few months back, it was probably just music fans reacting to the announcement that this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees include The Lovin' Spoonful. While ...

The Lovin' Spoonful today: (front row) Joe Butler, Steve Boone; (back row) Murray Weinstock, Mike Arturi and Phil Smith. Credit: Photo by Leon Volskis, courtesy of Steve Boone It was the evening of ...

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 ...