My band actually opened for them at the short-lived Ambassador Theater in Washington, DC in 1967. There were already tensions in the band then. Perry Miller, already going by the name "Jesse Colin Young," was very distant, Joe Bauer, the drummer and Lowell Levinger ("Banana" ), were downright nasty, and Jerry Corbitt was just the nicest guy you could ever want to meet. He died about 3 years ago. We played and then I had to hide, as I was only 15--WAY underage.
Old folkie at heart, I still consider "Earth Music" one of my favorite sixties albums along with Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Strange Days and Younger Than Yesterday.
At age 75 or so, Jesse Colin Young is touring again with a band he put together from graduating students from Boston's Berkleee School of Music. They are great, and well worth going to see if you get the chance. I couldn't believe it when I saw they were going to play the Payomet Music Tent in Truro, MA (Cape Cod) last July while I was there. I saw them, Graham Nash and Arlo Guthrie during the time I was there on vacation. Three fabulous concerts for 60s and 70s music fans out in the middle of absolutely nowhere (sold out, all of them. People came from FAR away).
And, yes, he DID sing "Get Together." How could he not? He knew we would have barred the exits if he didn't.
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