Jesse Colin Young, who sang one of the signature songs of the 1960s rock band The Youngbloods `Get Together`, passed away at the age of 83, reported Variety.
Jesse`s 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” song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969, when it was re-released two years after it appeared on the band`s debut album, reported Variety.
None of the group`s other songs made a significant chart impact, and after releasing five albums between 1967-72, they broke up.
According to Variety, the singer then 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 hit 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, reported Variety
In 2009, Young said he was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, 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.”, as per the outlet.
The health condition of the singer impacted his life and career until the mid-2010s when he found a treatment. It allowed him to become symptom-free, reported Variety.
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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