THE YOUNGBLOODS
The Youngbloods were an American rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young (vocals, bass), Jerry Corbitt (guitar), Lowell Levinger, nicknamed "Banana" (guitar and electric piano), and Joe Bauer (drums). Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was "Get Together". (More from Wikipedia)
The Stone Poneys album, Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Volume III included "Let's Get Together" and "Stoney End" – several years before those songs became big hits for the Youngbloods and Barbra Streisand, respectively.
(October 2013)
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The final song on "Side 1" of Each One Heard in His Own Language is a rocking rendition of the well-known "Get Together", though this was before the Youngbloods made a hit of the song in 1969. The song dates from the early 1960's and had been recorded by We Five (it was the follow-up to the 1965 hit song "You Were on My Mind" by this band, who as I recall style themselves as the first band in San Francisco to go electric). Other versions were made by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, Jefferson Airplane, Hamilton Camp, Carpenters, the Dave Clark Five, H. P. Lovecraft, and many others.
(September 2014)
