#Donovan singer tv#

#Donovan singer tv#

I mean, these are the kind of covers I like, yeah.Įvery three weeks there’s a call for one of my songs for TV and film. And “Happiness Runs” is being used in schools for children to be in singing in community.

Covers are obviously so satisfying to me… when you write a song that becomes seminal, meaning “Season of the Witch,” and it becomes something that bands can play for three days… nonstop! (laughs) Zeppelin used to warm up their rehearsals with it to get into the mood. I love that version, and “There Is A Mountain” by the Allman Brothers, which has become a staple of their shows. How about the Al Kooper version of “Season of the Witch”?ĭonovan: Of course. And then another version of “Hurdy Gurdy Man” by Eartha Kitt was enormously, extraordinarily unsuccessful. Is that just because you like to say “Butthole Surfers?”ĭonovan: It’s a completely hilarious version I love it.

Who would you say did the best Donovan cover?ĭonovan: Well, I guess The Butthole Surfers doing “Hurdy Gurdy Man.” Very New York, very jumpy, and I looked very calm and very laid back. He was very hyper and very up and very hip and very city. I had asked him to sing “It’s All Over Now,” but it was in that room. In that clip, it’s very obvious Bobby is listening and not once taking a drag from his cigarette - two folk singers meeting. Donovan: Joan Baez evidently took great delight in introducing me to Bobby, and I needed to meet Bobby.