Very few songs capture real magic.
In 1965 John Sebastian asked, “Do You Believe in Magic?” and the world responded. The first single released by The Lovin’ Spoonful was an infectious two-minute pop anthem that soared up to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and put the new electric group on the map.
At just 21 years old, frontman Sebastian was already deeply entrenched in the thriving Greenwich Village folk scene. Born and raised in New York City by a noted classical harmonica player and a writer of radio programs, his young life was surrounded by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Burl Ives, whose purely expressed and masterfully-crafted songs instilled in Sebastian an appreciation for the art…