The Sixties come alive in the excellent and compelling documentary, “Sunshine Superman – The Journey Of Donovan.” Donovan was originally labeled a Dylan wannabe, but it was hearing the Beatles for the first time that set him on his musical journey, and the direction he took was decidedly British. Donovan connects the dots from the Bohemians to the Beatniks to the Folkies to the Hippies, and to the post-Hippie heavy-hitters Led Zeppelin. Here are a few highlights.
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The video has a bit of “Sunny South Kensington” in which Donovan mentions fashion designer Mary Quant, who is a friend of Prue Bury. And note: Donovan’s song “Jennifer Juniper” is about Pattie Boyd’s younger sister Jenny.