Editing The Lovin' Spoonful (section)

==== Steve Boone, Joe Butler and reunions ====

In 1969, Boone attempted to record a solo album, but the project dissolved. That same year, he produced an album for the Virginia-based folk group the Oxpetals, after which he left the music business.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=196–205}} Butler pivoted to Broadway acting,{{sfn|Hoffmann|2016|p=270}} and he performed in the rock musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]''.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=219}} He also worked as a sound editor in Hollywood,{{sfn|Hoffmann|2016|p=270}} but by later in the 1970s he was no longer active in music and instead drove a taxi cab.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=256}}

Sebastian resisted subsequent efforts to reform the Spoonful,{{sfn|Nixon|2003|p=615}} and the original members of the band only reunited twice.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=255–257, 281}} In late{{nbsp}}1979, at the invitation of the musician [[Paul Simon]], the band appeared in his 1980 film ''[[One-Trick Pony (film)|One-Trick Pony]]'' in a concert sequence which featured several 1960s acts.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=255–257}} The band did not see each other again until March{{nbsp}}2000, when the four original members were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in Cleveland.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=281}} Yanovsky died of a heart attack two years later.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keepnews |first1=Peter |title=Zal Yanovsky, 57, Guitarist With Lovin' Spoonful in 60's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/17/arts/zal-yanovsky-57-guitarist-with-lovin-spoonful-in-60-s.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 17, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528061858/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/17/arts/zal-yanovsky-57-guitarist-with-lovin-spoonful-in-60-s.html |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>

Butler, Boone and Yester began touring under the name the Spoonful in 1991,{{sfn|Helander|1999|p=237}} a venture opposed by both Sebastian and Yanovsky.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=288–291}} Augmented by a group of touring musicians,{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=288–289, 293}} the group released a live album, ''[[Live at the Hotel Seville]]'', in 1999.<ref name="AllMusic bio" /> Sebastian has since reunited with Boone and Butler once, joining them onstage in 2020 during a benefit concert.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=See Lovin' Spoonful Members Reunite Onstage for First Time in 20 Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lovin-spoonful-reunite-benefit-concert-960233/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607161030/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lovin-spoonful-reunite-benefit-concert-960233/ |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |date=March 1, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>