Jesse Colin Young got his start as a solo act on the folk circuits of Boston and New York and had already cut a couple of unsuccessful albums before deciding to form a band with guitarist Jerry Corbitt. After a failed single called “My Babe”, they hired aspiring jazz drummer Joe Bauer and guitarist/pianist Lowell Levinger III, better known simply as “Banana”. Young began playing bass when several candidates— including Felix Pappalardi and Harvey Brooks (later of The Electric Flag)—proved incompatible...
These are photos from concerts where Youngbloods played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Joe Cocker / Jefferson Airplane / Youngbloods / Hot Tuna May 2, 1970 New Paltz, New York, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Mothers of Invention / Chicago / Youngbloods Jun 13 - 14, 1969 New York, New York, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
