Jesse Colin Young

Best known as a founding member of the '60s folk-rock outfit the Youngbloods, Jesse Colin Young is a literate singer/songwriter with a warm tenor voice. Based in California since the late '60s, Young has distinguished himself as a broadly influenced performer with songs that touch upon jazz, blues, and country, and often incorporate themes of environmental and anti-war activism. Initially gaining fame with the Youngbloods' 1967 peace anthem "Get Together," he went on to a fruitful solo career, issuing albums like 1973's Song for Juli and 1975's Songbird. Despite a 1995 wildfir...