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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 Lovin’ Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky is one of the Sixties' most overlooked guitarists – here's how he fearlessly blended genres to forge the 'Americana' guitar sound
Jul 7, 2022 · Zal (pronounced “Zaul”) inherited both his humor and his unconventional approach to life from his father Avrom Yanovsky, a Russian-born artist who worked as a cartoonist for various ethnic...
Dec 16, 2002 · Zal Yanovsky, guitarist and co-founder of the Lovin’ Spoonful, died of a heart attack at his home near Kingston, Ontario, on Friday. He was fifty-eight years old.
May 5, 2023 · Zalman “Zal” Yanovsky, guitarist, songwriter, restaurateur (born 19 December 1944 in Toronto, ON; died 13 December 2002 in Kingston, ON). A product of the Yorkville and Greenwich Village folk music scenes of the early 1960s, Zal Yanovsky was best known as the lead guitarist in the folk-rock band The Lovin’ Spoonful. Formed in 1965, the ...
The co-founders of the Lovin' Spoonful – John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky – met on February 9, 1964, at the apartment of Cass Elliot, a mutual friend and fellow musician. [4] [nb 1] Elliot was holding a party that night to watch the English rock band the Beatles make their American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. [7]
Dec 22, 2002 · ZAL YANOVSKY, who has died six days before his 58th birthday, was the guitarist and most extrovert member of The Lovin' Spoonful, which enjoyed hits in the late 1960s with Daydream and...
