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John Sebastian

(1944) Guitarist United States

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John Sebastian is a guitarist from the United States, best known for The results of secondary suture of peripheral nerves.

Quick Facts About John Sebastian

Born: March 17, 1944
Nationality: United States
Profession: Guitarist
Notable works: The results of secondary suture of peripheral nerves

About John Sebastian

John Benson Sebastian is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964 with Zal Yanovsky. During his time in the Lovin' Spoonful, Sebastian wrote and sang some of the band's biggest hits such as "Do You Believe in Magic", “Summer in the City”, "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind", and "Daydream". Sebastian left the Spoonful after the 1968 album Everything Playing to focus on a solo career, releasing John B. Sebastian in 1970.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by John Sebastian

First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to…

Centers

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You have to remember now, I was not being terribly successful at going solo.

Remember

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I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

Certain

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Now, I was the Summer Concert guy. I played every Summer concert there was.

Concert

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It might be thematic work. It might be theatrical. I enjoy that kind of work.

Enjoy

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...after using your stuff on a jug band full of instruments, all I can say is Thank You Dr. Duck !...

Band

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To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that…

Art

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I'm seeing and hearing lots of B to B instruments, and everybody isn't, you know, using them... a lot of these guys…

Conventional

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My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18 that was an early equivalent of…

Afternoon

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In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

Copying

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Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't…

Bunch

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Well, I did a harmonica instruction tape for Homespun tapes.

Did

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First of all I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the comeback that you do have to…

Ends

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I certainly hear the Trombones Unlimited version of "Daydream" in a lot of elevators.

Daydreaming

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But, what did happen is I went to Woodstock as a member of the audience. I did not show up there with…

Audience

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My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

Classical music

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Sometimes you really dig a girl, the moment you kiss her, And then you get distracted by her older sister.

Distracted

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When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of…

Am

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I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly…

Company

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The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea.

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