“None of the musicians who got caught up in the early-‘60s folk boom was better situated than Sebastian to become immersed in it. His father, also named John, was a noted classical harmonica player who was open to a wide variety of music. While the elder Sebastian didn’t teach his son to play the haromonica (one of the many instruments Sebastian has played well over the years), he did help introduce him to some of his early influences… ‘I had a wonderful early life, which included people like Sonny Terry, Josh White and Burl Ives, who was an old friend of my dad. Woody Guthrie sleep on our floor. Burl said, I’ve got this friend and he’s in from Oklahoma and he doesn’t have a place to stay’” (Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times, 2 April 1993).
The Lovin’ Spoonful “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice”
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