![]() ![]() She also currently plays in the Burlington, VT supergroup, Steady Betty. In addition to her fiery vocals, Linda provides the guitar parts that round out the Mellow Yellow sound, and serves as the band’s one-woman horn section. She finally picked up a guitar at the age of 19 and has never looked back. The multi instrumentalist began reading music shortly after learning to read words, playing the clarinet and baritone horn for many years in a competitive marching band in the Boston area. Linda Bassick (aka “Dusty Love”): Vocals, guitars, flute, trombone, tambourine, maraca. Currently, David produced the debut CD by A2VT called “Africa, Vermont,” featuring local singers/rappers from the refugee community newly arrived in the US from various African nations. His training and talents allow him to focus with incredible attention to every detail of the music. Upon arriving in Burlington, VT in 2007, he went about putting together Mellow Yellow with the goal of creating the ultimate 60’s tribute band. David is also the co-author of Captain Gravy’s Wavy Navy, a wacky children’s stage musical that was featured in both the NY Fringe Festival and the NY Musical Theatre Festival. As a founding member of the band 46bliss, David co-wrote and co-produced their numerous CD’s, whose songs have been featured on CSI:NY, Veronica Mars, Joan of Arcadia, and many other television shows. Thanks to the five versatile band members, the music – and the spirit – lives on!ĭavid Cooper (aka “Brad Daddy-O”): Vocals, keyboardsĭavid grew up in Brooklyn, NY and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston. With groovy costumes, go go dancers and big screen visuals, it’s a full-on, far-out experience of the songs that defined an era. Single: ‘Mellow Yellow’-Donovan/ Written by Donovan/ Record Company- Epic/ Time: 3:42/ Produced by Mickie Most/ Recorded October 1966- Released Octoin US-February 1967 in UK/ Peaked at #2 in US Billboard Hot 100, #8 in UK Singles Chart.Mellow Yellow pays tribute to the Summer of Love with songs by The Beatles, The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, and of course, Donovan, that embody the cultural revolution of 1967. And that’s what the song’s about.” This definition was re-affirmed in an interview with NME magazine: “it’s about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene – which were ladies’ vibrators.” “Really, you know the ‘electric banana’ was right in there and gave it away. Donovan stated, “I was reading a newspaper and on the back there was an ad for a yellow dildo called the mellow yellow,” he said. And then there is this- concerning the ‘electrical banana’ reference in the song.Īccording to The Rolling Stone Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, he admitted later the song made reference to a vibrator an “electrical banana” as mentioned in the lyrics. ![]() ![]() I wonder how many people tried doing that back in the mid to late 60’s? Donovan of course was hanging out with The Beatles and Dylan at this time- he had a small part in helping with the lyrics to “Yellow Submarine’- and Paul McCartney- appeared on this song- you can hear him in the background- and he played some bass on the Yellow Mellow album. There was a rumor at the time that smoking dried banana skins-had hallucinogenic effects- it turns out that it was a rumor made up by County Joe McDonald. ![]() Donovan’s follow up single to his only #1 hit in the US- “Sunshine Superman’- nearly went to #1 itself. 100 Great Songs From The British Invasion: 1963-1966. ![]()
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