Zalman Yanovsky (1944 - 2002)

Born 19 Dec 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Died 13 Dec 2002 at age 57 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Zal Yanovsky is Notable.

Zal Yanovsky was featured in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2000.

Canadian folk-rock musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, restaurateur. Inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2000, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of 4 members of The Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964 and in which he played lead guitar and sang.

Zalman Yanovsky was born December 19, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of political cartoonist, Avrom Yanovsky and Nechama Gemeril.^[1]Zal's mother died when he was still a child. He was a self-taught musician and dropped out of school at the age of 16 and began playing folk songs in coffeehouses. After a time living on a kibbutz in Israel and busking on the streets of Tel Aviv, he returned to Canada.

His 1st marriage was to Jackie Burroughs in 1961 before he began his music career. They were the parents of 1 daughter and divorced in 1968.

Zal was a member of 3 music groups:

The Halifax Three - Zal active 1963-64 ^[2]

toured with The Journeymen and played Carnegie Hall in New York City

The Mugwumps - Zal active 1964 ^[3]

Yanovsky and Denny Doherty formed The Mugwumps with Cass Elliot and Jim Hendricks.

The Lovin' Spoonful - Zal active 1965-67 ^[4]

Yanovsky, with John Sebastian formed The Lovin' Spoonful

He co-wrote Do You Believe in Magic? and the band broke up following Zanovsky's arrest for marijuana in 1966. There's been more than a little controversy about that arrest. He returned to Canada, left music and became a restaurateur.

His 2nd marriage was to Rose Richardson and the two of them established Chez Piggy restaurant in 1979 and Pan Chancho Bakery in 1994, both in Kingston, Ontario. Because of the success of Chez Piggy a companion cookbook was published in 1998 and although working on another cookbook at the time of his death, it was finally completed and published in 2006 as The Pan Chancho Cookbook. (Rose died in 2005)

Zal died at the age of 57 of a heart attack on December 13, 2002 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.jewishindependent.ca/tag/avrom-yanovsky/
2. ↑ Wikipedia:The_Halifax_Three
3. ↑ Wikipedia:The_Mugwumps_(band)
4. ↑ Wikipedia:The_Lovin'_Spoonful

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7016870/zal-yanovsky: accessed 20 November 2023), memorial page for Zal Yanovsky (19 Dec 1944–13 Dec 2002), Find A Grave: Memorial #7016870; Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend; Maintained by Find a Grave.
• Wikipedia:Zal_Yanovsky
• Music of Zal Yanovsky
• Music of Halifax Three
• Music of the Lovin' Spoonful

SEE ALSO:

• Canadian Music Hall of Fame Zal Yanovsky, 1996
• Zal Yanovsky The Lovin' Spoonful's Magic Ingredient
• Aunt Hetty, The Lovin' Spoonful and the Mamas and Papas
• Obituary of Zal Yanovsky