Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Online Program: Live at the Hall: John Sebastian

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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Online Program: Live at the Hall: John Sebastian

John Sebastian is best known as founder, front man and principal songwriter of the Lovin’ Spoonful, whose 1960s pop hits include “Do You Believe in Magic,” “Daydream” and “Summer in the City.” Based in Woodstock, NY, Sebastian plays autoharp and several other instruments, frequently combining folk, rock, country and jug band music. In the Lovin’ Spoonful’s 1966 song “Nashville Cats,” Sebastian extolled the talent of the city’s musicians, and the title became a widely accepted catchphrase for Nashville studio professionals. In 2015, the museum incorporated the song title into the name of its major exhibition, Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City. This year the museum published a version of that exhibit for online audiences, free-to-access here. In this program, Sebastian discusses his career and performs with guitarist Arlen Roth. The duo is set to release the album John Sebastian and Arlen Roth Explore the Spoonful Songbook on Oct. 22.

Live at the Hall is underwritten in part by the Ford Motor Company Fund.