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Steve Boone
John Stephen Boone (born September 23, 1943) is an American bass guitarist and music producer, best known as a member of the American folk-rock group the Lovin' Spoonful. Boone co-wrote two of the groups' biggest hits, "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" and "Summer in the City". He was the owner of Blue Sea Studios, a recording studio used by Little Feat, Robert Palmer and many other artists.
Boone joined the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964, played bass and keyboards for the band and wrote songs with John Sebastian. He stayed with the band until it broke up in 1969. In 1991 Boone rejoined the Lovin' Spoonful with founding member Joe Butler upon its reformation, and has remained in the band since. Boone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the band in 2000, Boone played with the original line up once more, when he was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006.
Boone has produced several albums by many artists including Forq, Irish Times and the Oxpetals.
Boone was born to a military family in Camp Lejeune, the Marine base where his father served during the Second World War, and grew up in North Carolina, St. Augustine, Florida, and Westhampton, New York. His older brother, Skip, was also a musician, who played with Autosalvage.
His mother bought him a Gibson acoustic guitar as a teenager in 1960, after he was injured in a car crash:
I was in a very bad car crash on the last night of my junior year of high school in East Hampton. I was out celebrating with one of my friends and we hitchhiked home. We dropped my friend off at his house, and on the way to my house the driver crashed into a tree. My injuries were so severe that I was going to be laid up on a sofa for at least 18 months where I wouldn’t be able to do any of my normal activities, so my mom bought me a guitar.
While he and his brother Skip were in the Air Force, they met Joe Butler, with whom Steve later performed in the Lovin' Spoonful. The three formed a group called the Kingsmen (not the group of the same name known for "Louie Louie"). Steve was originally the group's rhythm guitarist, but switched to bass after their bass player moved to Louisiana.
In Greenwich Village, Manhattan, John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky formed the Lovin' Spoonful. Boone first met Sebastian and Yanovsky in December 1964:
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Steve Boone
John Stephen Boone (born September 23, 1943) is an American bass guitarist and music producer, best known as a member of the American folk-rock group the Lovin' Spoonful. Boone co-wrote two of the groups' biggest hits, "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" and "Summer in the City". He was the owner of Blue Sea Studios, a recording studio used by Little Feat, Robert Palmer and many other artists.
Boone joined the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964, played bass and keyboards for the band and wrote songs with John Sebastian. He stayed with the band until it broke up in 1969. In 1991 Boone rejoined the Lovin' Spoonful with founding member Joe Butler upon its reformation, and has remained in the band since. Boone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the band in 2000, Boone played with the original line up once more, when he was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006.
Boone has produced several albums by many artists including Forq, Irish Times and the Oxpetals.
Boone was born to a military family in Camp Lejeune, the Marine base where his father served during the Second World War, and grew up in North Carolina, St. Augustine, Florida, and Westhampton, New York. His older brother, Skip, was also a musician, who played with Autosalvage.
His mother bought him a Gibson acoustic guitar as a teenager in 1960, after he was injured in a car crash:
I was in a very bad car crash on the last night of my junior year of high school in East Hampton. I was out celebrating with one of my friends and we hitchhiked home. We dropped my friend off at his house, and on the way to my house the driver crashed into a tree. My injuries were so severe that I was going to be laid up on a sofa for at least 18 months where I wouldn’t be able to do any of my normal activities, so my mom bought me a guitar.
While he and his brother Skip were in the Air Force, they met Joe Butler, with whom Steve later performed in the Lovin' Spoonful. The three formed a group called the Kingsmen (not the group of the same name known for "Louie Louie"). Steve was originally the group's rhythm guitarist, but switched to bass after their bass player moved to Louisiana.
In Greenwich Village, Manhattan, John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky formed the Lovin' Spoonful. Boone first met Sebastian and Yanovsky in December 1964: