TORONTO Eric Mercury's raw and soulful vocals pushed the boundaries of rock music so successfully that the late musician's 1969 solo debut "Electric Black Man" earned him the nickname of its title.
Donovan, who turns 75 today (May 10th)!!! Donovan, whose last name is
Leitch, is best known for his string of 1960 s hits including “Mellow Yellow,” “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” “Jennifer Juniper,” “Atlantis,” “Catch The Wind,” “Colours,” “Riki Tiki Tavi,” “Wear Your Love Like Heaven,” and the 1966 chart-topper “Sunshine Superman.” In 2019, Donovan s documentary
Donovan & The Beatles premiered on Sky Arts in the UK.
Donovan recently discovered a track, “Still Waters,” from his 1969 sessions featuring
Nils Lofgren, which is featured on his new vault release,
Lunarian. Donovan recalled the future E Street Band guitarist, saying, “When we met, I realized Nils was like me: a one-off guitar player, with his piece of fabric nailed to his Telecaster a road gypsy boy.”
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By 1968, despite, or maybe because of, their huge popularity and success, the Beatles found themselves spiritually exhausted. “We’d been the Beatles, which was marvelous,” Paul McCartney later recalled in
The Beatles Anthology. “We’d tried for it not to go to our heads and we were doing quite well – we weren’t getting too spaced out or big-headed – but I think generally there was a feeling of: ‘Yeah, well, it’s great to be famous, it’s great to be rich – but what it’s all for? ”