Results for The YoungbloodsAlthough they had a jazzy, mellow West Coast sound, the Youngbloods' roots were in Boston and New York. Inspired by the Beatles, Jesse Young decided to form a group in 1965. From the same folk/blues scene as the Lovin' Spoonful, the Youngbloods moved to San Francisco in 1967 and went Top Five in 1969 with "Get Together." "Darkness, Darkness" is their masterpiece, a full recognition of the dark side absent from the rest of their work, given a total authenticity by one of San Francisco's great guitar solos.“more
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by Ben Westhoff•November 26, 2008•
Hmmm… accessible songs that work both as rock and club tracks, full of confusing, even shocking, lyrics… sound like anyone you know? Oh yeah, Morrissey. Not surprisingly, Black Kids frontman (and principal songwriter) Reggie Youngblood acknowledges a debt to Moz’s “funny, but heartbreaking” songwriting style. The band’s drummer Kevin Snow said in an interview with MTV Liverpool Music Week
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by The Editors•May 14, 2008•
Read shared stories from Paul and other writers and editors who worked on the original Crawdaddy! (plus our own Denise Sullivan who writes quite eloquently on the Crawdaddy! spirit). As we take time this issue to pay homage to the original, as our own one-year anniversary wouldn’t even be remotely possible without it, we hope you enjoy them as they recount their insightful tales.
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by Denise Sullivan•March 12, 2008•
When I set out to take on the matter of cover songs, I thought I'd be seeking uncomplicated answers to simple questions like: Is there such a thing as a definitive version of a song? Who decides these things? And why do we care?
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by Paul Williams•February 27, 2008•
But San Francisco—the Fillmore, the Avalon, the Trips Festivals, the Diggers, Owsley’s acid, Haight Street and Ashbury and Masonic and Golden Gate Park, the Straight Theater, Herb Caen, the Barb, the communication company—these have been and are and will be the environment
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by Matt Gewolb•February 6, 2008•
"set out to correct the historical record"
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11/14/2007
Yes, thank you for the great concerts this week. In the notes for the Chicago Transit Authority shows, it mentions that...
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11/11/2007
another group that's impossible to find live audio on is the youngbloods. if you have anything, i'd love to hear it.
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6/28/2007
Would like to see some vintage shows by Spirit from the late 1960s, also some from the Youngbloods would be most...
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3/8/2007
Where is(are) Jessis Colin Young/The Youngbloods concert tape ? I saw them "out on Kingston Pike" in the early 70's ...
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1/31/2007
I'm listening to the concert that was just posted. Quicksilver was overlooked and rally undiscovered by the mainstream...
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