The Lovin' Spoonful News

Heading into the funky Cedar Cultural Center over in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis this past Thursday night, I found myself walking in with the evening's featured attraction.

By Britt Robson Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 10:39 am David Grisman's "dawg" music, the name he gave his once unique and eventually influential mA©lange of bluegrass, jazz, folk, and western swing stylings, is about as close as things come to a sure-fire good time - the sonic equivalent of watching amazingly spry octogenarians cut a rug.

Speaking of having young musicians on the streets , Ryan Olmedo and Frances Blades are a throwback to the old Grove.

1976 - Queen's hit single "Somebody To Love" was released. Birthdays: 1959 Charlie Burchill of Simple Minds 1962 Charlie Benante of Anthrax 1962 Mike Bordin of Faith No More Adam spends time with Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi Legendary Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi stopped into the studio while in town to promote the Tyson Cup coming to Worcester's ...

View larger image The theme of the 83rd Apple Blossom Festival is revealed at the Hampton Inn in Winchester on Monday by executive director John Rosenberger and president Elaine Aikens.

The Lovin' Spoonful combined rock and folk music to become one of the hottest groups of the 1960s.

He'll bring all that history to the Vergennes Opera House for a concert at 8 p.m. Oct.

"Never come with a list." Those words of advice came from a vendor about four hours into the fall Austin Record Convention, at which point we'd purchased only a single piece of vinyl, a Lovin' Spoonful greatest-hits album complete with commemorative, frameable photos of the band in the sleeve.

John Sebastian was hoping he'd heard the last question about Woodstock. Sebastian has spent the past 40 years reliving the tale of how he was a last-minute addition at the 1969 festival.

These tunes are just slightly more soulful than the pop ditties that made the Rascals, the Association, and the Lovin' Spoonful '60s favorites.

The West Texas Food Bank Culinary Canvas Gala will feature The Lovin' Spoonful in a concert to raise funds for the food bank.

A businessman was hoping to bring former Lovin' Spoonful front man John Sebastian to Groton this Sunday, but that plan has been shelved due to logistical and permitting issues.

So, whadya watch this week? We hit up The Aristocrats , Extract , Gamer , DeGrassi , Hoarders and Watchmen , just to name a few.

John Sebastian has had a varied career as a singer, songwriter, and musician. As the leader of the folk-rock band the Lovin' Spoonful, he was responsible for a string of Top Ten hits in 1965-1967 that included the chart-toppers "Daydream" and "Summer in the City," and he returned to number one in 1976 as a solo artist with "Welcome Back." He wrote ...

1990 - Ratt released their album Detonator . 1992 - Sting married long time girlfriend Trudi Styler.

For half a century, Del McCoury has been a mainstay of authentic bluegrass. The anniversary present to fans is a five-CD set : "50 years, 50 songs, one legacy." "I don't plan on slowing down too much in the next decade," the 70-year-old musician/songwriter writes in the program notes.

August 21 1904 Bandleader William "Count" Basie is born. He wins Best Performance by a Dance Band at the first Grammy Awards in 1959.

As we've been talking to artists about their favorite songs of summer, a lot of listeners have written in with their own musical memories.

John Sebastian says The Beach Boys' "I Get Around" first reminded him of Bach in its composition and arrangement.

This isn't really a video -- it's an audio track of an energetic reggae version of The Lovin' Spoonful's Summer in the City , which lacks good cover versions.