Happy Birthday John Sebastian!

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I've always loved Sebastian's music, both with the Spoonful and as a solo artist. As a kid, I loved hearing his stuff on the radio, (or hearing his album over at Edmund's house). His was the first rock show I ever attended, (back at the old Shady Grove hall in '73). We all left our seats and sat around him while he played, (I was no more than 5 feet from him). It was wonderful, and one of my fondest musical memories. I had the pleasure of seeing him a couple of times since then and it was always great. He managed to combine folk, blues, rock and pop in a beautiful and balanced blend and suffuse it with a happiness that some have described as innocense but that I believe reflects a more mature and almost Buddhist joy with the universe. "Do You Believe in Magic" is his best song, and few can match it in describing what an effect rock had on us. And his ballad, "I Had A Dream Last Night" is still one of the best anthems of the Baby Boomers. So here's to a guy who understood the magic of music to a kid listening on a tinny AM radio and to daydreaming, being awake at 6 o'clock, listening to rain on the roof, and living through a summer in the city, and to never having to tell a stranger about rock'n'roll. Thanks John, you didn't have to be so nice...

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