A chorus capable of explaining the youth revolution of the sixties better than any essay. That was ‘Get Together’ of the Youngbloodsone of the most beautiful songs that have been written in the history of pop, an instant evocation of the flower power that, sound bands through, has been installed in the cultural consciousness of entire generations.
Your singer and guitarist, Jessie Younghe has died at age 83 at his home in Aiken (South Carolina), with the satisfaction of having left a huge footprint in the world. This has been confirmed by his wife, Connie Young, without giving details about the causes of death.
‘Get Together’ was written in 1963 by the American singer -songwriter Chet Powers, of the Quicksilver Messenger Service psychedelic rock band, but it was the version of the Youngbloods, included in his 1967 ‘The Youngbloods’ debut album, which became an international success that reached the number 5 in the Billboard Hot 100. Initially the song went unnoticed, but after being broadcast a couple of weeks on the radio it became a quintesencial hymn of hippism, and part of its lyrics was also adapted by some Christian movements.
After their publication, innumerable versions were made by artists and bands such as The Dave Clark Five, Kingston Trio, Jefferson Airplane, Richie Havens, Joni Mitchell or Carol Burnett and Nancy Wilson; appeared in countless soundtracks, and in 1991, Nirvana included the letter of the chorus (“Come on People Now, Smile on Your Brother. Everybody Get Together, Try To Love One Another Right Now”) in the introduction of ‘territorial pissings’ of the album ‘Nevermind’.
After the success of his first album, the Youngbloods, formed by Jesse Colin Young (voice, bass, guitar), Jerry Corbitt (voice, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Lowell “Banana” Levinger (guitar and electric piano) and Joe Bauer (drums), took a second album in 1967 called ‘Earth music’ Mountain (1969), ‘Good and Dusty (1971) and’ High on a Ridge Top ‘(1972).
In 1971, Jerry Corbitt and the old producer of the Youngbloods, Charlie Daniels, formed a band called Corbitt & Daniels and went on tour. Young, Levinger and Bauer followed solo races, but only Young succeeded. Levinger, Bauer and Kane were part of another group, Noggins, and Bauer died of a brain tumor in September 1982, at 40.
Jesse Colin Young (born Perry Miller on November 22, 1941 in Queens, New York) was the son of passionate about classical music who encouraged him to learn to play the piano from a young age. In 1959 he won a scholarship to attend the Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts, where he studied classic guitar; However, he was expelled and after finishing the institute, he enrolled in the Ohio State University, where he expanded his musical tastes living behind a record store
After a semester, Young returned to his parents in Pennsylvania and in 1961 he moved to the University of New York, where he combined his studies with performances in the folk premises of the Greenwich Village neighborhood; until he decided to leave the university and devote himself to full -time music. It was then that he chose his artistic name, Jesse Colin Young, mixing the names of the outlaw Jesse James and Cole Younger.
In 1963, being a recognized folk singer on the scene and with two albums (‘Soul of a City Boy’ and ‘Youngblood’) published, he met another singer -songwriter and former Bluegrass musician from Cambridge (Massachusetts), Jerry Corbitt. In 1965 they began acting in the Canadian circuit as a duo, finally adopting the name of The Youngbloods.
After the separation of the group seven years later, Jesse Young launched a series of albums through Warner Bros. Records, such as ‘Song for Juli’ (1973), ‘Light Shine’ (1974), ‘Songbird’ (1975) and the album live ‘On The Road’ (1976). Young continued to publish music in the 1980s with Elektra Records and Cypress Records, formerly self -managed by throwing music through its personal seal, Ridgetop Music, in 1993. After the Mount Vision fire in 1995, Young moved with his family to a coffee plantation in Hawaii, where he published music by his own media.
Young was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease in 2012, and decided to retire from music. He began acting again in 2016 with his son Tristan, launching a new album called ‘Dreamers’ in 2019 through BMG.
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