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The singer-songwriter enjoyed a long solo career as well, dabbling in folk, rock, blues, jazz, and country over many albums

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Jesse Colin Young, the frontman and co-founder of the seminal Sixties group the Youngbloods, died Sunday, March 16. He was 83.

Young’s wife and manager, Connie Young, confirmed his death, saying the musician died at his home in Aiken, South Carolina. A cause of death was not revealed.

The Youngbloods were best known for their 1969 hit, “Get Together,” a singular folk-rock anthem, written by Chet Powers (a.k.a. Dino Valenti), that epitomized the utopian dreams of the Sixties counterculture as the decade came to its tumultuous end. It’s unforgettable hook, sung by Young, remains a symbol of the era: “Come on, people now/Smile on your brother/Everybody get together/Try to love one another right now.”

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