Woods was in on the joke when he named Big Hurt Boy. dates to be announced in the coming weeks.
Woods will head out on tour across Canada in support, with U.S.
Today, JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter Donovan Woods has released a new single, “I Won’t Mention It Again” to announce his latest effort, the Big Hurt Boy EP, for a March 18 release via his own End Times Music. Framed vinyl singles and framed CDs with a personalised plaque, make unique presents or original gifts for a special celebration / special occasion ie a Wedding ( Wedding First Dance Song ), an Engagement Party ( Our Song ), a House Warming Party ( New Home ), a 21st, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th Birthday ( How about the No1 song on the day of birth? ), a Silver, Ruby or Golden Wedding Anniversary, Father’s or Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day!! THE PERFECT PERSONALISED PRESENT!! ORDER NOW……. You can also personalise it with an inscribed / engraved plaque…… Which is your favourite Donovan song and why? Let us know in the Reply Box below.Ĭelebrate your love of Donovan in your home or office, by ordering your favourite Donovan song in a vinyl single or CD single format framed and mounted as a picture disc souvenir. For our part, Record Press would like to mark Donovan’s 50th anniversary with this Top 5 Best Donovan Songs – To celebrate Donovan’s 50th anniversary, a DOUBLE CD ANTHOLOGY – ‘DONOVAN RETROSPECTIVE’ will be released on the 8th June, including a brand new single ‘ONE ENGLISH SUMMER’. Infact George Harrison in 1968 was quoted as saying “Donovan is all over The White Album“. Pepper, whilst teaching John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison to finger pick the guitar during their infamous trip to India to study Transcendental Meditation. It is said he inspired the Beatles to create their 1967 album Sgt. His album ‘Sunshine Superman’ (1965/1966) introduced “Flower Power” and the “Hippie” movement to the world and just as importantly he influenced contemporaries like the Beatles. Thousands of cover versions of his songs attest to his importance as a songwriter and recording studio innovator.ĭonovan’s unique and highly original output continues to influence new bands and singers, but he has form as an innovator as far back as the 1960s. And he is surely the first and only artist to have influenced both Led Zeppelin and Belle and Sebastian, not to mention numerous other artists. He was also the first solo artist to sell out Madison Square Garden. In addition to creating the first psychedelic album, ‘Sunshine Superman’ in 1966, he was the first ‘Rolling Stone Interview’ in the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine in 1967.
Donovan songs series#
In many ways Donovan’s career has been a series of firsts.
A hit song in the charts would have been enough for most teenagers, but Donovan won an Ivor Novello Award for the song as well.ĭonovan ( born Donovan Leitch in Scotland in 1946 ) arrived in the wake of folk legend Bob Dylan, but quickly set himself apart from him with quirky, psychedelic hit singles like ‘Colours’, ‘Universal Soldier’, ‘Sunshine Superman’, ‘Mellow Yellow’, ‘The Hurdy Gurdy Man’, ‘Lalena’, Jenifer Juniper’, ‘There is a Mountain’ Wear Your Love Like Heaven’, ‘Barabajagal’ and ‘Atlantis ’.Īfter many years of neglect by the music business, albeit without a leaking roof, Donovan in recent years has been recognised by his peers, inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 and The Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014. Folk singer Donovan is marking his 50th anniversary this year………He got off to a great start in 1965 when as an 18 year old, he had his first hit single ‘Catch The Wind’.