Donovan- The inventor of psychedelic sound
“In 1965, it was clear that Dylan, Donovan and The Beatles would have to meet,” says the iconic folk and psychedelic singer. “When I met The Beatles, it turned out we had very similar books on our shelves.”
Donovan speaks of himself in the third person and is not slow to stake a claim as one of the primary influencers of mid-20th century popular music. This might reek of hubris, except in Donovan’s case it may be stating the obvious: he was one of the first British folkies to crash the pop market, while his 1965 hit, ‘Sunshine Superman’, is regarded as a foundation stone of the psychedelic movement.
