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John Sebastian

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But, what did happen is I went to Woodstock as a member of the audience. I did not show up there with a road manager and a couple of guitars. I showed up with a change of clothes and a toothbrush.


— John Sebastian


#change #clothes #couple #did #guitars

First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to end up in one of these musical centers, some way, to be viable, saleable and so on.


— John Sebastian


#come #end #first #first of all #i

I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.


— John Sebastian


#does #good #i #i think #me

I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen.


— John Sebastian


#company #happen #i #make #onto

In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.


— John Sebastian


#copying #doing #going #in other words #know

It might be thematic work. It might be theatrical. I enjoy that kind of work.


— John Sebastian


#i #kind #might #theatrical #thematic

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.


— John Sebastian


#father #mother #musician #writer

My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18 that was an early equivalent of educational television, a Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show.


— John Sebastian


#art #early #educational #equivalent #father

Now, I was the Summer Concert guy. I played every Summer concert there was.


— John Sebastian


#every #guy #i #now #played

Sometimes you really dig a girl, the moment you kiss her, And then you get distracted by her older sister.


— John Sebastian


#distracted #get #girl #her #kiss






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Did you know about John Sebastian?

Facing deportation he gave up the name of his dealer which caused a fan backlash and internal strife. In December 1968 a musical he composed the music and lyrics for Jimmy Shine opened on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in the title role.

He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. John Benson Sebastian (born March 17 1944) is an American singer songwriter guitarist and autoharpist. His tie-dyed denim jacket is prominently displayed there.

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