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Show C-2 The Park Record 434 Main Street, Park City Utah 435.655.9505 www.purplesageparkcity.com Wed/Thurs/Fri, October 17-19, 2018 Singer-songwriter would like the country to ‘Get Together’ Fall Special! Buy 1 Entrées and receive the 2nd free! Come enjoy dinner in the heart of historic Main Street with this coupon and one of your dinners is on us! Open Tuesday to Saturday at 5:30pm A Fine print: Limit 3 coupons per table. Entrée of equal or lesser value will be discounted. Coupons must be present to receive discount. A gratuity of 18% will be added prior to discount. Dine in only. a Expires 10/20/18 PHOTO BY BRENT CLINE wattsmart is registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young, known for singing the hit “Get Together,” while in his band The Youngbloods in the late 1960s, continues to tour and perform his songs about unity and love. His new album, “Dreamers,” will be released in early 2019. 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Jesse Colin Young, whose band The Youngbloods hit paydirt with the single “Get Together,” in 1969, is back on tour because he feels his country needs him. “I don’t think the country was as polarized (in the 1960s) as it is now,” said Young, who will perform three nights starting Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Egyptian Theatre. “It’s so polluted today.” Young says those words carefully, even as he had spent that time in the relative bubble of San Francisco. “The thing was, I didn’t attend many of the violent anti-Vietnam War protests,” he said. “I didn’t see the race riots, and I didn’t see the race riots. Even the white nationalists were so far back in the shadows that those of us who lived in San Francisco weren’t aware of them.” What Young did see was how The Youngbloods’ “Get Together,” which he said sparked a movement with an ideal of peace that spread across the country. “I was lucky to find that song, ‘Get Together,’ because it became a path for me,” he said. “In 1967, we played in San Francisco for the first time. People loved the music in a different way in San Francisco than they did in New York, where we were based. They loved the music totally and the music was interwoven in their politics and in their lives.” People Banking With People It’s All About Relationships At “Get Together” was originally released in 1967, and it became a hit only in San Francisco and Seattle. Two years later, the song gained momentum with the Flower Power movement and spread nationally as people started turning against the war, Young said. “I’m back singing ‘Get Together’ today because people want to hear it,” he said. “I think there are a lot of resisters in my audience who aren’t OK with what’s going on. I think they want to hear music about family and loving the Earth, because like me, they feel like our country is coming apart at the seams.” Young pointed to the recent confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as evi- I’m sure to get trolled, but with a government full of lawyers, we all need facts...” Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter dence. The conservative judge’s road through the Senate to the highest court in the land was beset by multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The televised saga divided the nation and was highlighted when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her 30 years ago, an allegation that was followed by an explosive rebuttal by Kavanaugh.“I think she’s absolutely telling the truth as she remembers it, and she’s a hero for putting herself through hell to do this for her country,” he said. “You saw how she was on the verge of tears through every second, but she stuck it out and persevered. It takes a lot of nerve to put yourself out there.” Young doesn’t feel Kavanaugh deserved his seat on the What: Jesse Colin Young When: 8 p.m. from Thursday, Oct. 18, through Saturday, Oct. 20 Where: The Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Cost: Thursday tickets range from $29-$45. Friday and Saturday tickets are $35-$55. Web: parkkcityshows.com Supreme Court, and while he understands Kavanaugh’s claim of memory loss he doesn’t think it excuses the actions described in Ford’s allegations. “After all the things I have read about him, and all the things that I know about people who drink so much they black out or don’t remember what they do — I had a guitar player like that — Kavanaugh seems like he really doesn’t remember,” Young said. “I don’t want young men to think they can get away with things like this. And in my opinion, that’s what’s happening. They’re telling young men if you drink enough not to remember what you did, then you can do it. And that’s a terrible message.” Young was also appalled that both Kavanaugh and Ford’s families have received death threats. “The fringe lunatics on both sides feel free to do this to scare the people into silence,” he said. “That’s not right in any case, whether you believe her or him.” The singer admires Ford for sticking to her guns. “As hard as it was for Dr.S Ford, she brought a lot of wom-t en out with her,” he said. “I bet tens of thousands of women are telling their friends, neighbors and families that they went through the same thing.” Young will address this issue during his Park City performances with a new song called “For My Sisters,” which he will release as a single at the end of October. The song is culled from Please see Young, C-4 There is a difference in Karate Schools. Train with the best! 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