The Youngbloods

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One of classic rock’s true, “one-hit-wonders”, The Youngbloods had a brief, but interesting career.

Jesse Colin Young got his start as a solo act on the folk circuits of Boston and New York, and had already cut a couple of unsuccessful albums before deciding to form a band with guitarist Jerry Corbitt. After a failed single called “My Babe”, they hired aspiring jazz drummer Joe Bauer and guitarist/pianist Lowell Levinger III, better known simply as “Banana”. Young began playing bass when several candidates, including Felix Pappalardi and Harvey Brooks (later of The Electric Flag), proved incompatible, and the quartet took the name ‘Youngbloods’ from the singer’s second solo album.

The group was eventually selected as the house band at New York’s famed Cafe Au Go Go, and established itself as a leading folk rock / good time attraction. Their sound would temper their blues and jugband influences with gentle California psychedelia, particularly after they moved to the San Francisco Bay area.

While Young was always the focal point of the band, their first two albums also had songwriting contributions from Jerry Corbitt. Their first single, “

Grizzly Bear” was a local hit and their second attempt, “

Get Together” didn’t do much better when it was first released. This Dino Valenti song had previously been recorded by the Jefferson Airplane, but The Youngbloods’ slow, soulful interpretation of “Get Together” was definitive. The record faded quickly but suddenly rocketed to the Top 10 when it was re-released in 1969, after it had been used in a television public service ad.

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theKinks67 wrote:
last month

I discovered "Get together" recently and it flashed my mind. A valuable piece of music from the already rich 60's

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r_m wrote:
November 2009

...and highly recommended to anyone. One of my favorite bands of all time.

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Lord_Krichian wrote:
October 2009

not so essential but very good

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Hiigg wrote:
October 2009

Sooo old. <3

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Dani_Gabarrot wrote:
May 2009

Great band

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r_m wrote:
April 2009

Got the original Earth Music vinyl today, what a great album!

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juggalettegurl4 wrote:
March 2009

you can make mountains ring, or make the angels cry. another amazing song :-)

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ultimeciaweapon wrote:
January 2009

thanks to nirvana, and "territorial pissings" that I found 'em. sweet!

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r_m wrote:
December 2008

Zapoppin; where did you see Banana play? I'd love to see him too

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r_m wrote:
November 2008

You should. Check out their self titled album, it's amazing.

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Ciacchi wrote:
November 2008

they are two-way one-hit wonders... probably a lot of people (like me) only know Sugar Babe because it's on Zabriskie Point... never heard this Get Together. Maybe I'll check out some of this

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Zapoppin wrote:
October 2008

I saw Banana play last night and he's still great and clearly loves what he's doing. He also seems to have a bottomless pit of banjo jokes.

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r_m wrote:
September 2008

One-hit-wonders or not, I still love the whole first album!

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Aqueronte wrote:
January 2008

They may be one-hit-wonders, but I think their albums are quite interesting. Specially Elephant Mounain which I think is awesome. Overall very good band.

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PinkDot83 wrote:
October 2007

I see there are fans of Darkness, Darkness...I join you:)

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star_shaped_man wrote:
December 2006

I agree Darkness, Darkness is a great tune!

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le_hamster wrote:
November 2006

They deserved more than to just be one hit wonders. Darkness, Darkness and Four in the Morning are brilliant.

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