My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18, that was … - John Sebastian

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John Sebastian

My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18, that was an early equivalent of educational television. Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show.

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I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen.

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You have to remember now, I was not being terribly successful at going solo.

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My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

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