Redbone (band)

I played bass. Recently, he has played with John Sebastian and the J-Band, a jug band including Fritz Richmond from the Even Dozen Jug Band, Yank Rachell, an original jug-band leader, and Geoff Muldaur. Now led by Pat Vegas alone (Lolly left in 1995, Tony Bellamy sometimes after that), Redbone is still active.What happened to drummer George Spanos? George and I played together in Detroit in the early 70s. In the '70s, Sebastian had a hit with the theme song to the Welcome Back, Kotter TV show, which found new life decades later when a sample from it became the hook for rapper Mase's 2004 hit "Welcome Back". The line-up of Redbone was not constant, but Tony Bellamy (guitar, piano and vocals) was a part of the core. The Lovin' Spoonful became part of the American response to the British Invasion and was noted for such folk-flavored hits as "Jug Band Music", "Do You Believe in Magic," "Summer In the City," "Daydream," "Nashville Cats," "Did You Ever have to Make Up Your Mind," "Six O'Clock," and "Younger Girl." The chart-topping band were originally to perform on the TV show that became The Monkees and also gained an added bit of publicity when Butler replaced Jim Rado in the role of Claude for a sold-out four-month run with the Broadway production of the rock musical Hair. Playing pretty commercial rock music with latin roots, with similiaritations to the likes of Santana and War, they saw their breakthrough with the single Maggy in 1970, and had two other single hits - The Witch-Queen of New Orleans (with its characteristic wao-wao-wao-wao backing vocals) in 1971 and Come and Get Your Love in 1975. The band also featured popular drummer-vocalist Joseph Campbell Butler.

The band was formed in Los Angeles, California by the brothers Pat Vegas (bass and vocals) and Lolly Vegas (guitar and vocals), two Native Americans, in 1968. Sebastian was joined by Zal Yanovsky in the Spoonful, which was named after a Mississippi John Hurt song. Redbone was an American rock group in the 1970s. He came up through the Even Dozen Jug Band and the Mugwumps, which split to form the Lovin' Spoonful and the Mamas and Papas. The Essential Redbone (compilation, 2003). He grew up surrounded by music and musicians, including Burl Ives and Woody Guthrie and hearing such players as Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt in his own neighborhood. Redbone and Wet Willie: Take Two (2002). His father, also named John Sebastian, was a noted classical harmonica player and his mother was a radio script writer.

To the Bone (compilation, 1998). Sebastian was born in Greenwich Village in New York City. Golden Classics (compilation, 1996). He is best known as a founder of the Lovin' Spoonful, a band named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Great Songs (Come and Get Your Love) (compilation, 1995). John Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American songwriter and harmonica player. Redbone Live (1994).

Cycles (1978). The Best of Redbone (compilation, 1976). Come & Get Your Redbone (compilation, 1975). Wovoka (1974).

Beaded Drums Through Turquise Eyes (1974). Message From a Drum (1972). Already Here (1972). Redbone (1970).

Potlash (1970).