His most famous song has become synonymous with the 60s.
Written by Chet Powers, the song transports the listener back to a very specific time in music history.
The tune reached No.
Youngbloods members Jesse Colin Young, Lowell “Banana” Levinger, Jerry Corbitt and Joe Bauer in 1967.Credit:Michael Ochs Archives/Getty
5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969.
Jensen did not respond to EW’s request for comment.
He was playing regular gigs in Greenwich Village by the 1960s, and he cranked out two solo albums.
Jesse Colin Young performs in 2018.Bobby Bank/Getty
The musician released several more albums, one notably featuring Carly Simon, as a solo artist.
He and his wife, Connie, formed an independent record label, Ridgetop Music, in 1993.
When a fire ravaged their property in 1995, they temporarily relocated to Hawaii.
He released hisDreamersalbum, which would be his last, in 2019.
Throughout his career, Young always held a special place in music history for the band’s signature hit.
During a 2019 interview withNPR, he recalled its powerful effect on him the instant he heard it.
“That song just stopped me in my tracks,” Young said, noting the powerful lyrics.
“‘Love is but a song we sing / Fear’s the way we die.’
Wow the human condition in two lines.”
Young was the father of two children, Juli and Cheyenne Young, from his previous marriage.
