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(October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994)
Chester (Chet) William Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter.
Chet Powers had already become “Dino Valenti” long before arriving in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Before serving in the Air Force and spending time developing his style in the coffeehouses of Boston and Provincetown, Mass., he performed as Dino Valenti with small rock bands in New England lounges, the logic being “Dino Valenti” had considerable more appeal than “Chester William Powers”.
During his years in Greenwich Village, Dino performed in coffeehouses such as Manny Roth’s Cock ‘n’ Bull and Cafe Wha?, often with fellow singer-songwriter Fred Neil, and friends like blues singer Karen Dalton, a young Bob Dylan, Lou Gossett, Josh White, Len Chandler, Paul Stookey, and others. He worked his way through the basket-houses and crash pads over the next couple of years and came closer than anyone to earning a rep as the “underground Dylan” (as characterized by Ben Fong-Torres in Rolling Stone years later). A popular and charismatic performer, Dino influenced a number of other performers at the time, including Richie Havens, who continues to perform some of Dino’s early “train songs”. He was limited by an earlier arrest from acquiring a cabaret license, a requirement that was beginning to be imposed on Village entertainers at the time. Many performers left for greener pastures, feeling that the requirement of a legal license to perform was too restrictive, as well as un-American.
Chet Powers had already become “Dino Valenti” long before arriving in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Before serving in the Air Force and spending time developing his style in the coffeehouses of Boston and Provincetown, Mass., he performed as Dino Valenti with small rock bands in New England lounges, the logic being “Dino Valenti” had considerable more appeal than “Chester William Powers”.
During his years in Greenwich Village, Dino performed in coffeehouses such as Manny Roth’s Cock ‘n’ Bull and Cafe Wha?, often with fellow singer-songwriter Fred Neil, and friends like blues singer Karen Dalton, a young Bob Dylan, Lou Gossett, Josh White, Len Chandler, Paul Stookey, and others. He worked his way through the basket-houses and crash pads over the next couple of years and came closer than anyone to earning a rep as the “underground Dylan” (as characterized by Ben Fong-Torres in Rolling Stone years later). A popular and charismatic performer, Dino influenced a number of other performers at the time, including Richie Havens, who continues to perform some of Dino’s early “train songs”. He was limited by an earlier arrest from acquiring a cabaret license, a requirement that was beginning to be imposed on Village entertainers at the time. Many performers left for greener pastures, feeling that the requirement of a legal license to perform was too restrictive, as well as un-American.
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First time I ever heard this oft-covered hippie chestnut done by its original writer. Valenti delivers a version that is not without its charm, although both Jefferson Airplane's and the Youngblood's versions were huge improvements.
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