Greenbaum was born in Malden, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household and attended Hebrew school at Congregation Beth Israel. His early musical interests were shaped by southern blues and the folk music popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He performed with various bands during high school and studied music at Boston University for two years. While in college, he played in local coffeehouses before leaving school and moving to Los Angeles in 1965. In the late 1960s, Greenbaum led and wrote for Dr. West’s Medicine Show and Junk Band, which recorded the novelty hit “The Eggplant That Ate Chicago”. The group’s psychedelic and eccentric style limited its mainstream appeal, and its name reinforced the perception of a novelty act. Greenbaum later pursued a solo career as a folk‑oriented artist and submitted his original song “Spirit in the Sky” to Reprise Records. His demo featured only acoustic guitar and vocals, but producer Erik Jacobsen reworked the arrangement extensively for the final recording.
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