Jesse Colin Young

**Perry Miller** (22 ga Nuwamba, 1941 - 16 ga Maris, 2025), wanda aka fi sani da **Jesse Colin Young**, mawaki ne kuma mawaƙi ɗan Amurka. Ya kasance memba na farko kuma babban mawaƙin ƙungiyar Youngbloods ta shekarun 1960.  Bayan rushewarsu a 1972, Young ya fara aikin solo, yana fitar da jerin kundin waƙoƙi ta hanyar Warner Bros. Records, ciki har da *Song for Juli* (1973), *Light Shine* (1974), *Songbird* (1975), da kuma kundin waƙoƙi kai tsaye *On the Road* (1976). Young ya ci gaba da fitar da kiɗa a shekarun 1980 tare da Elektra Records da Cypress Records, kafin ya yanke shawarar fitar da kiɗa ta hanyar kamfaninsa na kansa, Ridgetop Music, a 1993. Bayan Mount Vision Fire a 1995, Young ya ƙaura tare da iyalinsa zuwa wani gidan kofi a Hawaii, yana fitar da kiɗa lokaci-lokaci. An gano Young yana da cutar Lyme mai tsanani a 2012, kuma ya yanke shawarar yin ritaya daga kiɗa. Ya fara sake yin wasa a shekarar 2016 tare da ɗansa Tristan, inda ya fitar da sabon kundin wakoki *mai suna Dreamers* a shekarar 2019 ta hanyar BMG .

Waƙar Young mai suna "Sunlight" ta ƙunshi Three Dog Night a cikin kundin waƙoƙinsu na Naturally (1970), da kuma " Darkness, Darkness " na Robert Plant a shekarar 2002, wanda ya sami zaɓen zama gwarzon kyautar Grammy don Mafi Kyawun Waƙar Male Rock .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Perry Miller a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1941, kuma ya girma a Queens, New York,  ga iyayensa na kiɗa, waɗanda asalinsu daga Lynn, Massachusetts ne .  Mahaifiyarsa, Doryce (Van Sciver), ƙwararren mai goge ne kuma mawaƙi mai cikakken salon magana, yayin da mahaifinsa, Fredrick Miller, akawu ne mai ilimin Harvard .   Iyayensa biyu suna da sha'awar kiɗan gargajiya kuma ya koyi piano tun yana ƙarami.  A shekarar 1959, Young ya sami tallafin karatu don halartar Kwalejin Phillips da ke Andover, Massachusetts, inda ya yi karatun guitar ta gargajiya; duk da haka, an kore shi daga makarantar sakandare mai tsauri.   Bayan kammala makarantar sakandare, Young ya yi rajista a Jami'ar Jihar Ohio, inda ya faɗaɗa sha'awarsa ta kiɗa ta hanyar zama a bayan shagon rikodin.  Bayan wani zangon karatu, Young ya koma gidan iyayensa da ke Pennsylvania,  daga baya ya koma Jami'ar New York a 1961.  Young ya daidaita karatunsa da wasan kwaikwayo a Greenwich Village ; duk da haka, daga baya ya yanke shawarar barin kwaleji ya zama cikakken mawaƙi.  A wannan lokacin, ya zaɓi sunan dandamali Jesse Colin Young a matsayin gaurayen sunayen 'yan fashi Jesse James da Cole Younger, da kuma injiniyan ƙira na Formula One kuma mai ƙungiyar Colin Chapman, domin yana jin kamar wannan shine sunan da ya fi dacewa da waƙar da ya rera.  

Young ya haɗu da furodusa Bobby Scott a farkon shekarun 1960, wanda ya taimaka wa Young wajen samun lokacin studio. An fitar da kundin wakokin Young na farko, The Soul of a City Boy, a shekarar 1964, sakamakon zaman rikodi na tsawon sa'o'i huɗu da aka yi tare da gitar acoustic. [1] Murfin Young na waƙar George Remaily mai suna "Four in the Morning" ya sami wasu shirye-shiryen rediyo, kuma a shekarar 1965 Young ya fitar da kundin wakoki na biyu wanda Scott ya shirya, Young Blood .

Young ya haɗu da ɗan wasan guitar Jerry Corbitt, wani mawaƙin gargajiya daga Cambridge, Massachusetts, kuma su biyun sun yanke shawarar kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa a matsayin 'yan biyu da ake kira Youngbloods (wanda aka sanya wa suna bayan kundin waƙoƙin Young na biyu  ), inda suka yi rangadin Kanada tare. Daga ƙarshe abokin Corbitt Lowell "Banana" Levinger (gita da piano na lantarki) da mai buga ganga Joe Bauer aka ƙara su cikin ƙungiyar, kuma ƙungiyar ta zama ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta gida don ƙungiyar dare ta Greenwich Village Cafe Au Go Go .  A wannan lokacin, Young ya sauya daga yin guitar zuwa yin bass, saboda ƙungiyar ta riga ta sami 'yan wasan guitar biyu.  Bayan sun shiga RCA Records, ƙungiyar ta fitar da waƙar farko ta "Grizzly Bear" a 1966, da kuma kundin waƙoƙinsu na farko *The Youngbloods* a 1967.  Kundin farko na ƙungiyar ya ƙunshi waƙar " Get Together ", wadda Chet Powers ya rubuta, kuma an sake shi a matsayin waƙa ɗaya a 1967 zuwa nasara mai matsakaici; duk da haka, bayan an yi amfani da shi a cikin wani tallan hidimar jama'a na Majalisar Kasa ta Kiristoci da Yahudawa a shekarar 1969, ya zama sanannen shahararriyar waƙa a duniya.  written by Young kaɗan daga cikin waƙoƙin farko na ƙungiyar &#x5B; ** &#x5D; : kawai "Tears Are Falling" da "Foolin' Around (The Waltz)" daga kundin waƙoƙinsu na farko, da kuma huɗu a kan kundin waƙoƙinsu na Felix Pappalardi - wanda aka shirya a baya, *Earth Music* (1967) (duk da haka, ɓangarorin B na fitowar "Get Together" sun nuna waƙoƙin da Young ya rubuta). 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Asalin Young ya auri Suzi Young, wanda ya haifi 'ya'ya biyu da su: Juli (an haife shi a shekarar 1966  ) da Cheyenne.  Waƙar Young mai suna "Song for Juli" an rubuta ta ne tare da Suzi game da Juli, yayin da Young ya rubuta "Morning Sun" daga *Song for Juli* (1973) bayan haihuwar ɗansa Cheyenne.  A shekarar 1967, Young da abokan aikinsa na ƙungiyar Youngbloods sun ƙaura zuwa Marin County, California,  kuma a shekarar 1971 ya gina gida a kan wani tudu a Inverness, California .  Gidan rikodi na gidan Young's Inverness, wanda Young ya gina a shekarar 1972, gobarar daji ta shekarar 1995 ba ta taɓa shi ba,  kuma a halin yanzu ƙungiyar ɗansa Cheyenne mai suna Beso Negro tana amfani da shi azaman ɗakin rikodi. 

Young ya haɗu da matarsa ta biyu, Connie Darden, a shekarun 1980.  Tare suka haifi 'ya'ya biyu, Tristan da Jazzie.  Tristan ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Berklee a shekarar 2016. Ya yi rangadin yawon buɗe ido tare da mahaifinsa a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar mawakansa na baya, kuma ya haɗa kai da shirya kundin waƙoƙin Young mai *suna Dreamers* (2019).  Jazzie (an haife shi a shekarar 1994   ) mawaƙi ne wanda ya fara fitar da kiɗa da kansa a shekarar 2017. 

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