Jesse Colin Young, Who Sang Youngbloods' 1960s Anthem ‘Get Together' Before Going Solo, Dies at 83Jesse Colin Young, who sang one of the signature songs of the 1960s counterculture, the Youngbloods "Get Together," before moving into a solo career in the '70s, has died at age 83.
His wife and manager, Connie Young, announced that her husband had died at home in Aiken, South Carolina on Sunday afternoon. No cause of death was given.
Young was a founding member of the Youngbloods, whose "Get Together" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969, when it was re-released two years after it appeared on the band's self-titled debut album. None of the group's other songs made a significant chart impact, and after releasing five albums between 1967-72, they broke up. He recorded seven albums over the subsequent decade - five for Warner Bros. Records, two for Elektra - before moving on to independent labels.
Young did not write "Get Together," but he had a hand in penning much of the Youngbloods' other catalog songs, like "Darkness Darkness" (which was covered by Robert Plant, decades later, on his 2016 "Dreamland" album), "Sugar Babe" and "Quicksand."
He revisited some of those early songs when he recorded his final album, 2021's "Highway Troubadour," which also included ""Tripping on My Roots," a theme song for his podcast.
Young said he was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease in 2009, for the better part of 20 years, after he'd "probably had it for 20 years before that. I had to take some time off and get better and it was a slow process." The condition impacted his life and career until the mid-2010s, when he found a treatment that allowed him to become symptom-free.
The singer-songwriter toured actively, including an opening spot on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young reunion tour in stadiums in 1974. He continued to do dates through October 2023, when he made an appearance at L.A.'s Grammy Museum.
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