- Jesse Colin Young
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Jesse Colin Young Born November 22, 1941
Queens, New York[1]Occupation lead vocalist, guitarist, Solo & Celtic Mambo Spouse Connie Jesse Colin Young (born Perry Miller; November 22, 1941[1]) is an American singer / songwriter / folksinger and a founding member of the group The Youngbloods.
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Early life
Young was born and raised in Queens, New York City. His mother was a violinist and his father was an accountant with a strong interest in classical music. At the age of 15 years old, Young received a scholarship to the Phillips Academy in Andover Massachusetts and was later expelled.[2]
Career
During the 1960s, while living in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, Young released two solo albums, The Soul of a City Boy and Young Blood. He then formed the group called The Youngbloods which included guitarist Jerry Corbitt, keyboardist/guitarist Lowell "Banana" Levinger, and drummer Joe Bauer. Their first album contained the song "Get Together", written by Chet Powers, which was re-released as a single in 1969 and used as an advertising theme for television. Young and his band, the Youngbloods, founded a record label called Raccoon Records, and released four additional albums.[3]
Young left the group in 1972 and released a solo album called Together. His fourth solo album, Song for Juli, had four singles and remained on the Billboard Top 200 chart for several months. In 1978, Jesse recorded the album American Dreams, which was followed by the album The Perfect Stranger in 1982. In 1987 he released the album The Highway Is for Heroes.[4]
He continued touring and re-formed the Youngbloods band for a time before going back to a solo recording career in 1987. He has since begun re-issuing older material.[2]
In 1993 he began his own recording company called Ridgetop Music.[2]
Personal
In the 1970s Young performed in the "No Nukes" concert.[4]
His recording studio and house in Inverness, California, were destroyed in the Mount Vision fire in 1995.[5] Young, his wife, Connie, and their two children spent the next ten years living in Hawaii, where they maintained a coffee plantation. In 2006, Young moved his family to South Carolina.[2]
Discography
Albums
Album Release Date Chart The Soul of a City Boy April 1964 172 Young Blood March 1965 Together March 25, 1972 157 Song for Juli October 6, 1973 51 Light Shine April 20, 1974 37 Songbird March 22, 1975 26 On the Road March 27, 1976 34 Love on the Wing April 2, 1977 64 American Dreams December 9, 1978 165 The Perfect Stranger 1982 -- The Highway is for Heroes 1987 -- Makin' It Real 1993 -- Swept Away 1994 -- Sweetwater 1996 -- Walk The Talk 2001 -- Living in Paradise 2004 -- Celtic Mambo 2006 -- References
- ^ a b "Jesse Colin Young - Official website". jessecolinyoung.com. http://www.jessecolinyoung.com/personal.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ a b c d jessecolinyoung.com. "Jesse Colin Young: a biography". http://www.jessecolinyoung.com/downloads/jcy_bio.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ^ [1] Jesse Colin Young Bio at Blue Desert Records, Retrieved March 4, 2011
- ^ a b [2] Jesse Colin YoungBio at Blue Desert Records, Retrieved March 4, 2011
- ^ Eric Brazil (1995-10-05). "Residents return to find homes lost, homes saved". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/10/05/NEWS5112.dtl.
External links
Categories:- American bass guitarists
- American folk singers
- Mercury Records artists
- 1941 births
- Living people
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