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Lovin Spoonful - lead singer, John Sebastion (sang Welcome Back Cotter theme) played an ottoharp in the group.

Tony & the Tigers - Tony is Soupy Sales' son

The Byrds - They did Mr. Tamborine Man and Feel a whole lot better on Shindig

The Castaways - don't remember them
Herman & the Hermits - several good pop tunes, I'm En-nerie the Eighth, I am

Billie Joe Royal - sang Down in the boondocks, he's from Marietta, GA

Brenda Lee - she was a rockabilly singer, then went more country

Freddie & the Dreamers - saw them on Hullabaloo sing I'm telling you now, chicks in the audience screamed when he did the Freddie

Mike Clifford - don't remember him

Jay & the Americans - think someone oin their group played in Steely Dan?
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That instrument is "autoharp."
A friend of mine grew up around the corner from the 'Spoonful in NYC.  He used to hang out and get high with them when he was in his teens, and still speaks fondly of them.  The 'Spoonful got in a terrible predicament when they got busted for marijuana possession in '67.  The Steve Boone and Zal Yanovsky got an ultimatum from the court: rat out your source, or get sent up the river.  That would have ended the band's career, and Yanovsky, being Canadian, would have been deported after his sentence.
The rolled over on their source, which earned them the hatred of the anti-establishment counterculture.  Some countercultural outlets tried to organize 'Spoonful boycotts.  I say it's hard to pass judgment on coerced informing, who knows what any of us would do?
Yanovsky died in Kingston, Ontario, in 2002 of a heart attack.  He owned a restaurant up there or something.

Donald Fegan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan were part of Jay and the Americans' back up group prior to their superstardom with SD.  I love JATA's 1969 hit "This Magic Moment," cornball though it is! ;D

Herman's Hermits were sort of a clean cut teen idol group who had a few big years in the '60s.  They're best known for the ANNOYING novelty hit "Henry VIII" (I'm 'en-ery the eighth I am, 'en-ery the eigth I am, I am, I got married to the widow next door, she's been married seven times before, and every one was an 'en-ery--'EN-ERY--wouldn't take a Willie or a Sam--OH NO!, I'm 'er eighth old man, I'm 'en-ery, 'en-ery the eighth I am.... :P)
Annoying, but not as annoying as Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini."  That one killed his career.  Hyland put out a few serious folk-pop albums after that (search really hard in used record store buck bins and you MIGHT find one), but he never redeemed himself!

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That instrument is "autoharp."
A friend of mine grew up around the corner from the 'Spoonful in NYC.  He used to hang out and get high with them when he was in his teens, and still speaks fondly of them.  The 'Spoonful got in a terrible predicament when they got busted for marijuana possession in '67.  The Steve Boone and Zal Yanovsky got an ultimatum from the court: rat out your source, or get sent up the river.  That would have ended the band's career, and Yanovsky, being Canadian, would have been deported after his sentence.
The rolled over on their source, which earned them the hatred of the anti-establishment counterculture.  Some countercultural outlets tried to organize 'Spoonful boycotts.  I say it's hard to pass judgment on coerced informing, who knows what any of us would do?
Yanovsky died in Kingston, Ontario, in 2002 of a heart attack.  He owned a restaurant up there or something.

Donald Fegan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan were part of Jay and the Americans' back up group prior to their superstardom with SD.  I love JATA's 1969 hit "This Magic Moment," cornball though it is! ;D

Herman's Hermits were sort of a clean cut teen idol group who had a few big years in the '60s.  They're best known for the ANNOYING novelty hit "Henry VIII" (I'm 'en-ery the eighth I am, 'en-ery the eigth I am, I am, I got married to the widow next door, she's been married seven times before, and every one was an 'en-ery--'EN-ERY--wouldn't take a Willie or a Sam--OH NO!, I'm 'er eighth old man, I'm 'en-ery, 'en-ery the eighth I am.... :P)
Annoying, but not as annoying as Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini."  That one killed his career.  Hyland put out a few serious folk-pop albums after that (search really hard in used record store buck bins and you MIGHT find one), but he never redeemed himself!
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What I remember most about Lovin' Spoonful is their song "Summer in the City".  My brother was 16, his best friend was 18.  His friend got a 750 Norton for his birthday and they'd drive their motorcycles down to about 3 or 4 different swimming holes and take me along sometimes ( I was just 10).  It was the summer of '66 and my brothers friend liked that song and would sing along with it sometimes.
I always liked the Byrds song "Eight Miles High".  I went on a long trip with my family in 1970.  We went to California and drove across the Golden Gate Bridge.  I had the radio on and "Eight Miles High" came on and it's always reminded me of that time ever since.
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