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Jesse Colin Young Dies: Youngbloods Frontman Who Sang ‘Get Together’ Was 83


Jesse Colin Young, The Youngbloods frontman and bassist who sang the counterculture classic "Get Together" and had a long solo career, died March 16 at 83.

Jesse Colin Young, The Youngbloods frontman and bassist who sang the counterculture classic “ Get Together ” and went on to a long solo career, died March 16 at his home in Aiken, SC. Over the decades, “Get Together” has been featured in dozens of films and TV shows including This Is Us, Supernatural, Baywatch, The Simpsons, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Ken Burns’ Baseball and The Vietnam War. Born Perry Miller on November 22, 1941, in New York City, Young released a pair of folky solo albums during the British Invasion before co-founding The Youngbloods with JErry Corbit, Loweel “Banana” Levinger and Joe Bauer.

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