Jesse Colin Young, Youngbloods’ Frontman and “Get Together” Vocalist, Passes Away at 83 

Jesse Colin Young, the vocalist, songwriter and establishing member of the Youngbloods, the 1960s group best understood for their leading 10 hit “Get Together,” has actually passed away. He was 83.

Young passed away Sunday in his home in Aiken, South Carolina, his other half and supervisor, Connie Young, revealed.

As the frontman of the Youngbloods, Young came up with the perfects of the Woodstock generation with atrioventricular bundle’s variation of Chet Powers’ “Get Together.” The tune, which required peace and brotherhood, came off their launching album in 1967 and peaked at No. 5 on the Signboard Hot 100 2 years later on.

After the group’s break up in 1972, Young grew as a solo artist, launching albums that combined socially mindful lyrics with impressive guitar work and warm tenor vocals. He likewise was understood for such other tunes as “4 in the Early morning,” “Sunshine,” “Darkness, Darkness,” “Quicksand” and “Peace Tune.”

Born Perry Miller in 1941 in Queens, Young was raised on Long Island. He participated in Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, Ohio State University and New York City University before leaving school to end up being a full-time entertainer in the early 1960s.

He launched his very first 2 albums in 1964 and ’65, The Soul of a City Kid and Young Blood, respectively, before he and folk singer-guitarist Jerry Corbitt formed the Youngbloods with guitarist-pianist Lowell “Banana” Levinger and drummer Joe Bauer. They quickly ended up being your house band at the Greenwich Town bar Coffee shop Au Go Go.

Their performance of “Get Together” ended up being a global hit after it was utilized in a civil service commercial for the National Council of Christians and Jews in 1969 and rereleased by RCA Records.

As a solo artist at Warner Bros. Records, Young remained top of mind with such albums as 1972’s Together, 1973’s Tune for Juli, 1974’s Light Shine, 1975’s Songbird, the 1976 live LP On the Roadway and 1977’s Love on the Wing

All showcased Young’s interest in the environment and social advocacy, as did his 1979 look with Crosby, Stills & & Nash, James Taylor, Jackson Browne and others at Madison Square Garden for a No Nukes demonstration show.

Young launched such albums as 1982’s The Perfect Complete Stranger, 1987’s The Highway Is for Heroes, 1993’s Makin’ It Genuine and 1994’s Swept Away before the 1995 Mount Vision wildfire damaged his home in Northern California.

His more current albums consisted of 2003’s Stroll the Talk, 2004’s Residing In Paradise and 2019’s Dreamers, which he tape-recorded with his child, bassist Tristan Young.