Jesse Colin Young
Young's public relations worker Michael Jensen confirmed to Times Monday that the 83-year-old musician died of a heart attack.
Jansen said that Yang Gang wrote his autobiography, was writing a children's book, and completed a song for future youth records.
“He's a very active guy,” said Jensen. “He's been a client for years, but more importantly, he's one of the best people on the entire planet. He's a great guy and I'm heartbroken.”
Young started his debut in the New England music scene in the 1960s and released his first solo record, The Soul of the City Boy. He began performing at 47 Club, which was then known as the center of the folk music revival, which he attributed to DJ's career breakthrough in playing his song “Four in the Morning” and caught his attention.
While playing the Boston Club scene, he met guitarist Jerry Corbitt and the two decided to start the band The Youngbloods.
In 1967, Youngbloods released their album of the same name, which ranked No. 131 on the Billboard 200. Two years later, the single “Gelebration” was shown in the Public Service Announcement of the National Christian and Jewish Conference.
Young told Art Fuse in a 2018 interview that he knew he had to record the “party” after hearing performer and songwriter Buzzy Linhart sing in Café AuGo Go Go Go in Greenwich Village.
“Get together” calls for peace and unity with the choir, “Come on, people now/to your brothers/everyone gets together/try to love each other”, which has become very popular in turbulent times.
“I rushed backstage and said, 'Oh, I need lyrics. I like that song. I want to rehearse it with Youngbloods. The rest is history,” Young told the media.
Over the past few decades, the song has been filled with a message of hope. It was featured in the TV show The Simpsons and even the movie Forrest Gump in the Wal-Mart commercial.
Although Young didn't write “Gate”, he played many other songs from Youngbloods, including “Sugar Babe”, “Quicksand” and “Darkness Darkness”, which was later covered by LED Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant.
Youngbloods moved from New York to Northern California in 1967, and Young eventually settled in Marin County until 1995 when a fire burned in his home in Point Reyes that ripped the area apart. Young wrote the pop song “Ridgetop” about his beloved home.
In 2023, the young documentary “High on Ridgetop” filmed in the Bay Area in the early 1970s was screened at the Grammy Museum.
When Youngbloods broke up in 1972, Young started his solo career and continued to record 15 albums. He stopped performing while fighting Lyme's disease in 2012, but eventually returned to the stage. His last album, “Dreamers”, was released in 2019.
He told Peninsula Daily News in a 2018 interview that his acting desire was rekindled when he headed to Boston to see his son Tristan's senior concert at Berklee Music.
“It shocked me,” he told the newspaper. “Any light burst out in my heart. I thought, “I have to play with some of these young people before leaving the planet.” ”
Young's wife and manager Connie Darden-Young, as well as children Tristan Young, Jazzie Young, Juli Young and Cheyenne Young survived.
