Music Nibbs

I first discovered Donovan via my Mother when I was still a young boy growing up in Milwauke, WI banging my head to Metallica and Guns & Roses.  Little did I know at the time the sweet cool melodies and groovadelic bliss that wait for me in the other room stashed away in my Mom's vinyl collection.  She had told me about the song "Atlantis" and it really did not hook me, it was a bit too bizarre for me at the time, and sounded very spooky.  It took "Mellow Yellow" to draw me in and peak an interest.  Then I really got into "Rikki Tikki Tavi" which took me back to the "Jungle Book" short story I had loved.  

I soon found myself making mix tapes (yes cassette tapes, not Cd's or play lists) that included "Sunshine Superman", "Wear Your Love Like Heaven", "There is a Mountain", "Catch the Wind", "Epistle To Dippy", and "Hurdy-Gurdy Man".  I of course had no clue at all to all the drug references.  I just loved the music.  Before long I was jamming out to the Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, The Beatles, The Animals, The Doors, The Who, Cream, .... just really diving in to the music that had defined a generation that was well before my time.

Donovan was ahead of his time and is still a major influence to many musicians the world over and that's why Donovan is the Throwback Spotlight of the day on this inconspicuous blog that will some day change the world.