Steve Boone

Steve Boone
Boone, 1967
Background information
Birth name	John Stephen Boone
Born	(1943-09-23) September 23, 1943 (age 81) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States
Genres	Rock, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Instrument(s)	Bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Years active	1964–present
Member of	The Lovin' Spoonful
Website	https://www.steveboone.net/index.html

Steve Boone (born John Stephen Boone, September 23, 1943^[1][2]) is an American bass guitarist and music producer, best-known as a member of the American folk-rock group the Lovin' Spoonful. Boone co-wrote two of the groups' biggest hits, "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" and "Summer in the City". Besides the Spoonful, Boone is also a record producer, he produced albums by several artists. He also was the owner of Blue Sea Studios, a recording studio that recorded albums by Little Feat, Robert Palmer and many other artists.^[3]

Joining the Lovin Spoonful in 1964, Boone played bass and keyboards and wrote songs for the band along with John Sebastian and co-wrote some with Sebastian. Boone would stay with the band until they broke up in 1969; shortly after the band broke up Boone briefly worked on a solo album, which was never finished. In 1991 the band reunited, and Boone has played in the Lovin Spoonful since its reformation with founding member Joe Butler. Boone was inducted as a member of the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000,^[4] Boone would play with original line up one final time, he was later inducted as a member into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006.^[5]

Boone has also produced several albums by many artists including Forq, Irish Times and the Oxpetals, Boone has owned a recording studio in the 1970s called Blue Seas Studios. Boone would start working in the studio recording albums, he would eventually sell the studio. In 2014 Boone published a book called Hotter than a Match Head: Life on the run with the Lovin Spoonful; the book is about Boone's time in the band and the history of the Lovin Spoonful.