I’m Just Mad About Donovan.
Anyone who likes the music of the sixties will have at least one Donovan album in their record collection. He was at the forefront of the Hippy scene for a number of years and was popular with many different people. ‘Donovan’ is one of those names which will always go hand in hand with memories of the sixties scene.
But Donovan was not limited to writing music on one particular level. He could pen just as good a protest song as Bob Dylan or create something truly psychedelic. His talents spanned many different genres and he was quite at home making music with strong Jazz undertones or catchy Pop tunes.
His first achievement, that was to catch the attention of the masses, was his 1966 album, ‘Sunshine Superman’. If you have never listened to the music of Donovan then this is a great place to start off. ‘Sunshine Superman’ is a brilliant showcase of his song-writing skills and it has some beautiful tracks on it. For me, songs such as ‘Guinevere’, ‘Celeste’, Season of the Witch’ and the album’s title track are still amongst his best work. Other songs from his repertoire that are worth hunting down include; ‘Hurdy Gurdy Man’, ‘Catch the Wind’, ‘Mellow Yellow’ and ‘Lalena’.
He may now be 63 years old, but Donovan shows no signs of calling it a day. He still goes out on tour regularly and is involved in several different projects, both with other musicians and people such as David Lynch.
They do not make singer-songwriters like Donovan Leitch anymore. Whichever segment of his 46 year recording career you choose to look into you can be guaranteed to find some amazing and truly beautiful songs. Whoever it was that dubbed him as being ‘The Poor Man’s Dylan’ all those years ago was incredibly narrow minded and irrefutably tone deaf.
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