In Donovan’s opinion, “Season of the Witch” and its parent album, Sunshine Superman, inspired The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Like Donovan’s music, Sgt. Pepper ...

“Well, most of the bands up until ’66 were quite ... Indian, folk music, poetry, jazz, and rock — ‘Season of the Witch.'” Donovan said his decision to combine genres happened naturally.