Lovin’ Spoonful salute to feature (get this) reunited members of the Lovin’ Spoonful

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Back in the day: From left, the Lovin' Spoonful's Steve Boone, John Sebastian and Joe Butler with the late bandmate Zal Yanovsky

What better way to salute a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band than to have actual members of that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band participate in the salute?

That’s what will happen on Feb. 29 at the Alex Theatre when the Wild Honey Orchestra, pays tribute to ’60s hitmakers and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Lovin’ Spoonful at their annual benefit show.

John Sebastian, Joe Butler and Steve Boone — three members of the Lovin’ Spoonful who were there at the beginning — will share the stage for the first time in decades when they join the Wild Honey Orchestra at the fundraiser for the Autism Think Tank.

The orchestra, the collective of artists that form the musical arm of the Wild Honey Foundation and led by musical director Rob Laufer, has also announced a slew of other special guests for the night, including Micky Dolenz, Peter Lewis (Moby Grape), Dave Alvin, Mark Sebastian, Dennis Diken (Smithereens), Susan Cowsill, Marshall Crenshaw, Carnie Wilson & Rob Bonfiglio, Iain Matthews, Claudia Lennear, Thomas Walsh, Eleni Mandell, Bill Lloyd, Don Dixon & Marti Jones, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Carla Olson, John Easdale, Kathy McCarty, Bill Mumy, Skylar Gudasz, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Elliot Easton, Nick Guzman, Darian Sahanaja, the Three O’Clock, Dead Rock West, Annette Zilinskas and Wednesday Week.

Tickets are on sale now.