The Youngbloods were an American folk rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young (Vocals, bass), Jerry Corbitt (lead guitar), Lowell Levinger (rhythm guitar), and Joe Bauer (drums). Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was "Get Together".
Jesse Colin Young (b, Perry Miller, November 11, 1941, Queens, New York City) was a moderately successful folk singer with two LPs under his ...
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The Youngbloods were an American folk rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young (Vocals, bass), Jerry Corbitt (lead guitar), Lowell Levinger (rhythm guitar), and Joe Bauer (drums). Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was "Get Together".
Jesse Colin Young (b, Perry Miller, November 11, 1941, Queens, New York City) was a moderately successful folk singer with two LPs under his belt - Soul of a City Boy (1964) and Youngblood (1965) - when he met fellow folk singer and former bluegrass musician from Cambridge named Jerry Corbitt (b. Tifton, Georgia). When in town, Young would drop in on Corbitt, and the two played together exchanging harmonies.
Beginning in January 1965, the two began performing on the Canadian circuit as a duo, eventually adopting the name 'The Youngbloods'. Young played bass, and Corbitt played piano, harmonica and lead guitar. Corbitt introduced Young to a bluegrass musician, Lowell Levinger (b....
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