Editing John Sebastian (section)

==The Lovin' Spoonful==
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[[File:Reb Foster, John Sebastian and B. Mitchel Reed.png|thumb|Sebastian in August{{nbsp}}1965, flanked by the disc jockeys [[Reb Foster]] (left) and [[B. Mitchel Reed]] (right)]]

Sebastian was joined by [[Zal Yanovsky]], [[Steve Boone]], and [[Joe Butler]] in the Spoonful, which was named after "The Coffee Blues," a Mississippi John Hurt song. [[The Lovin' Spoonful]], which blended folk-rock and pop with elements of blues, [[country music|country]], and [[jug band|jug band music]], became part of the American response to the [[British Invasion]], and was noted for such [[chart-topper|hits]] as "[[Do You Believe in Magic (song)|Do You Believe in Magic]]", "Jug Band Music", "[[You Didn't Have to Be So Nice]]", "[[Daydream (1966 song)|Daydream]]", "[[Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?]]", "[[Summer in the City (The Lovin' Spoonful song)|Summer in the City]]", "Rain on the Roof", "Nashville Cats", "[[Darling Be Home Soon]]", and "Six O'Clock".<ref name="RRHOF" /><ref>Bogdanov, Vladimir, et al., ed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=xR7MdpuSlAEC&pg=PT213 ''All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music'', 4th ed.] Backbeat Books, 2001, p. 240.</ref>

The band, however, began to implode after [[The Lovin' Spoonful's drug bust|a 1966 marijuana bust]] in [[San Francisco]] involving Yanovsky, a Canadian citizen. Facing [[deportation]], he revealed the name of his dealer to police, which caused a fan backlash and added to the internal tension already created by the diverging interests of the band members. Neither Sebastian nor Butler were involved in the matter, both being away from San Francisco at the time. Yanovsky subsequently left the band and was replaced by [[Jerry Yester]], after which the band's musical style veered away from its previous eclectic blend and became more pop-oriented.<ref name="Sony">{{cite web |url=http://sonylegacy.iventastage.com/The-Lovin-Spoonful/Biography.aspx|title=The Lovin' Spoonful - Biography |website=Sony BMG Music|author1= Unterberger, Richie |format=All Music Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116015159/http://sonylegacy.iventastage.com/The-Lovin-Spoonful/Biography.aspx |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |access-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name=boone>Boone, Steve, with Tony Moss. ''Hotter Than a Match Head: My Life On the Run with The Lovin' Spoonful''. ECW Press, 2014. {{ISBN|1-77041-193-3}}.</ref><ref name=kiersh>Kiersh, Edward. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5-OjW6joAc0C&pg=PT36 ''Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley? The Artists Who Made Us Rock and Where They Are Now.''] Doubleday, 1986, p. 36–37. {{ISBN|0-385-19448-X}}.</ref>

Sebastian would reunite with the band in 1980 and appear in the film ''[[One-Trick Pony (film)|One-Trick Pony]]''. He would later be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, this was the last time Sebastian would play with the original line up.

In 2020 Sebastian reunited with Lovin Spoonful members Joe Butler and Steve Boone.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2020-03-01 |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/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>