Custom Clothes: The Youngbloods

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

The Youngbloods

The Youngbloods was an American folk rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young(vocals, bass), Jerry Corbitt (guitar), Lowell Levinger, nicknamed "Banana," (guitar andelectric piano), and Joe Bauer (drums). Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was "Get Together".Beginning in January 1965, the two began performing on the Canadian circuit as a duo, eventually adopting the name "The Youngbloods". Young played bass, and Corbitt played piano, harmonica and lead guitar. Corbitt introduced Young to a bluegrass musician, Lowell Levinger (b. Lowell Levinger III, 1946, Cambridge, Massachusetts). Levinger, known as "Banana", could play the piano,banjo, mandolin, mandola, guitar and bass; he had played in the Proper Bostoners and the Trolls, and played mainly piano and guitar in the Youngbloods. He knew of a fellow tenant who could flesh out the band, Joe Bauer (b. September 26, 1941, Memphis, Tennessee), an aspiring jazz drummer with experience playing in society dance bands.