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John Sebastian – Cambridge Folk Festival 1981

Since the archives is fairly bulging with posts we’ve done 10-15 years ago, I thought it might be a good idea to stop having them collect dust and reissue some of them in case you missed them the first time.

So this one is from 2013, when Past Daily was just a few months old. It is from a concert given by Folk/Pop/Soundtrack legend John Sebastian during the 1981 Cambridge Folk Festival in the UK and recorded by the venerable BBC.

Sebastian has a history pretty much synonymous with the growth of Popular Music from the 1960s, well into the 70s. Starting off  heavily involved in the Folk scene as a member of the  Mugwumps, who later morphed into elements to be known as The Mamas & Papas in the mid-1960’s, to becoming a founding member of Lovin’ Spoonful, enjoying a string of hits from the mid-60s until their breakup around 1969. Followed by  Sebastian’s solo work , one of the highlights being writing and performing the theme to the hit TV series Welcome Back, Kotter. Sebastian has enjoyed a long and celebrated career.

Here is John Sebastian performing a string of familiar hits in 1981 for a suitably ecstatic Cambridge Folk Festival crowd.

I suspect there will be a few “ah-ha’s” of recognition in the course of the show.

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