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Apr 30, 2024 · This sound was created by Lovin’ Spoonful member Zal Yanovsky playing a marimba with a distorted guitar amp mixed in, producing a sound that had never been heard before in pop music. The song is also notable for its complex arrangement, which includes multiple harmonies and instruments like a harmonica, an autoharp, and a jug.
Jul 11, 2023 · A major example of this on Daydream is Jug Band Music, on which Yanovsky is credited with playing “yackety-throw-up guitar.”
The Lovin' Spoonful had hits such as "Do You Believe in Magic", "Summer in the City", "Daydream", "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?", "Darling Be Home Soon", and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice". The group's only number one was "Summer In The City" (which stayed there for 3 weeks in August 1966). [4]
Sadly, lead guitarist 'Zal' Yanovsky passed away on December 13th, 2002 at the young age of 57. Matthew from Toronto, On A very hard song to write, actually: a song about doing nothing at all, but being completely happy doing nothing, and making the listener want to do nothing along with you.
Of the songs recorded for Daydream, Sebastian and Yanovsky hoped that their joint composition "It's Not Time Now" would be issued as a single, but Kama Sutra denied the request out of fear that it was a protest song. [157]
The song's backing track consisted of only two guitars: Sebastian played his 1958 Les Paul electric and Yanovsky borrowed Sebastian's Heritage Gibson acoustic. Due to the song's staccato rhythm, the two musicians struggled to keep in sync.
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Jun 7, 2021 · “Pretty soon, everything changed. We went to California to play our first West Coast gigs. The moment we got in our rent-a-car, the song came blaring over the radio. Yanovsky just started hitting me – 'Listen to that!’ It was brilliant.” “You Didn't Have to Be So Nice” – The Lovin’ Spoonful, Daydream (1966)
