Two founding members of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Lovin’ Spoonful explore the sixties folk rock quartet’s formation in New York City, earning their stripes in sweat-drenched clubs, the pitfalls of playing one-nighters in the twenty-tens, if they ever grow weary of the same setlist, cross-generational audiences, sweet Georgia influences, and a dose of good time jug band music. In the accompanying still all is definitely well for drummer-backing vocalist Joe Butler, rhythm guitarist-songwriter-frontman John Sebastian with protruding muttonchops, bassist Steve Boone in a copper turtleneck sweater, and cigarette-cradling, cowboy hat-wearing lead axeman Zal Yanovsky in 1967, possibly taken in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Photography by Henry Diltz / Corbis via Getty Images
The day before the Lovin’ Spoonful headlined an outdoor concert at the Sasser Flea Market & Antique Mall in Sasser, Georgia [about 20 minutes northwest of Albany], on September 18, 2010, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers sat down to chew over their long career with Albany TV station Fox 31 News on the since-cancelled Good Day live program.
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