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Jesse Colin Young fu uno dei cantautori piu` originali dei primi anni '60.
Il suo primo disco, The Soul Of A City Boy (Capitol, 1964) e`
piu` moderno e creativo dei primi lavori di Bob Dylan
(per non parlare degli altri).
Su Young Blood (1965),
al suo fianco c'erano il giovane John Sebastian (armonica) e una sezione
ritmica di jazzisti.
Lullaby, Little Suzie e Green Hill Mountain Home
sono brani che trascendono il folk, il blues, il country, il jazz.
Il problema e` che sarebbe rimasto il suo insuperato capolavoro.
Nel 1967 Young si lascio` convincere a formare, a Boston, gli Youngbloods, subito trasferitisi a San Francisco, un complesso che i discografici presentarono come un surrogato della British Invasion, ma che invece continuava gli esperimenti folk-jazz di Young in un contesto elettrico invece che acustico (Get Together, Grizzy Bear). Il gruppo diede il proprio capolavoro con Elephant Mountain (RCA, 1969), un album stralunato di folk psichedelico urbano (in particolare la sinistra Darkness Darkness, ma anche Sunlight e Ride The Wind). Quando giunse il momento del riflusso, Jesse Colin Young se ne torno` alla sua casta concezione della musica, al disinvolto qualunquismo di Nashville, ritrovandovi la sua vera personalita` e pubblicando almeno un disco interessante, Song For July (1973), e componendo almeno una suite di rilievo, American Dreams (1978). Get Together (RCA, 2002) is a Youngbloods anthology. |
(Translated by Ornella C. Grannis) Jesse Colin Young was one of the most original singer songwriters of the early 60s. His first record, The Soul Of A City Boy (Capitol, 1964) was already more modern and creative than the albums by other folksingers of the era, including Dylan's early work. It included two of his most lyrical songs, Four In The Morning and Rye Whiskey. On Young Blood (1965), recorded in early 1965, at his side were a young John Sebastian on harmonica, and a rhythm section of jazz men. Lullaby, Little Suzie and Green Hill Mountain Home are songs that transcend folk, blues, country and jazz. The only problem is it would remain his unsurpassed masterpiece. In 1967 Young allowed himself to be talked into forming, in Boston, the Youngbloods, soon related to San Francisco, a band that although introduced by the industry as a surrogate for the British Invasion, continued the folk-jazz experimentations of Young, in an electric context instead of an acoustic one (Get Together, Grizzly Bear). The group's best work Elephant Mountain (RCA, 1969), is a bewildering album of psychedelic urban folk. Of particular note are the sinister Darkness Darkness, Sunlight, Ride The Wind. When the industry's infatuation ended, Jesse Colin Young returned to his chaste conception of music, to a sort of Nashville flavored cavalier indifference. He found his true vocation as solo artist, releasing the interesting Song For July (1973), and a suite of distinction, American Dreams (1978). Get Together (RCA, 2002) is a Youngbloods anthology. |
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