He is the shaman. Donovan in the David Lynch-directed video for 'I am the Shaman' Despite the hiccups Donovan was established and, ultimately, his ascendancy was about the songs rather than any ...

Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan helped usher in the trippy and mesmerizing musicality of the psychedelic era. His album, Sunshine Superman, receives major props for its efforts in that space. While ...

During a 2016 interview with Songfacts, Donovan was asked where the imagery from his trippy track “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” originated. He responded by comparing it to The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky ...

In the early 1970s, Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan wrote and recorded songs for the English version of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli’s film “Brother Sun, Sister Moon,” about the early years ...

Just as Jean Girard so memorably noted in “Talladega Nights,” “God needs the Devil. The Beatles needed the Rolling Stones, even Diane Sawyer needed Katie Couric,” one could add that “Bob Dylan needed ...

The best classic rock songs often have sad backstories. For example, Donovan’s “Season of the Witch” was inspired by the dark side of the 1960s. The tune wasn’t actually a hit at the time, but it’s ...