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In addition to Sebastian and Boone, the original band members (Mark was too young) were Zal Yanovsky on guitar and Joe Butler on drums. Their producer, Erik Jacobsen, helped shape their 1965...
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Jul 7, 2022 · A lovin’ tribute to one of the unsung Jewish heroes of rock ‘n’ roll. For a time, Zal Yanovsky was an effective foil for John Sebastian, but it was not to last. The Lovin’ Spoonful pose on ...
Zalman Yanovsky (December 19, 1944 – December 13, 2002) was a Canadian folk-rock musician and restaurateur. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky and teacher Nechama Yanovsky (née Gemeril), who died in 1958.
Jul 11, 2023 · The twangy grandeur of Zal Yanovsky’s big guitar riff on the Lovin’ Spoonful’s You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice made it a Top 10 hit in the winter of 1965-’66. The track also caught the ear of Brian Wilson, inspiring him to write the Beach Boys classic, God Only Knows.
The Lovin' Spoonful formed in late 1964 in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. [11] Three of the group's members – John Sebastian, Steve Boone and Joe Butler – were from the New York area, [12] but the fourth – Zal Yanovsky – was originally from Toronto, Canada. [13]
But much of the musical magic onstage and in the studio was actually provided by Zalman Zal Yanovsky, a Canadian Jew of Russian-Polish extraction who also happened to be the Spoonfuls immensely talented and intensely charismatic lead guitarist.
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Dec 12, 2020 · Zal Yanovsky may be the unlikeliest candidate for success ever to emerge from Toronto’s music scene. Before he joined Denny Doherty in the Halifax Three and headed south to serious Sixties fame in the Lovin’ Spoonful, Yanovsky was broke and scuffling around Yorkville and the Annex, learning to play guitar and stealing milk off front porches ...