Editing The Lovin' Spoonful (section)

==== Zal Yanovsky ====

After leaving the Spoonful, Yanovsky signed as a solo act with [[Buddha Records]], and he continued to be managed by Cavallo.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Zal Yanovsky|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=8|date=September 23, 1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> In September{{nbsp}}1967, Buddha issued his debut single, "As Long As You're Here",<ref>{{cite magazine|author=''Billboard'' Review Panel|title=Spotlight Singles|date=September 23, 1967|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Zalman (Zally) Yanovsky advertisement|date=September 30, 1967|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> which reached number 101 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} [[Bubbling Under the Hot 100]] chart the following month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bubbling Under the Hot 100|date=October 28, 1967|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> In late{{nbsp}}1967, he began recording his first solo album, ''Alive and Well in Argentina'', which was released in April{{nbsp}}1968.{{sfn|Childs|March|1999|p=222}} The album received little critical or commercial attention,<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia">{{cite web |last1=McPherson |first1=David |title=Zal Yanovsky |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/zal-yanovsky |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802183104/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/zal-yanovsky |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> but it spawned a partnership between Yanovsky and his replacement in the Spoonful, Jerry Yester, who produced the album.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=196}}{{sfn|Childs|March|1999|p=222}} The two formed "Hair Shirt Productions", which produced recordings in Los Angeles for [[Pat Boone]], [[Tim Buckley]] and the Fifth Avenue Band.{{sfn|Childs|March|1999|p=222}}

Yanovsky played in [[Kris Kristofferson]]'s band on a 1970 European tour,<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia" /> including a performance at [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|that year's Isle of Wight Festival]].{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=219}} Sebastian was performing at the festival as a solo act, and Yanovsky joined him on stage during the former's set for several songs.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=219}} Yanovsky subsequently exited the music business and moved back to Canada, opening the restaurant [[Chez Piggy]] in 1979 with his wife in [[Kingston, Ontario]].<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia" />