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Lead vocalist/guitarist of the folk-rock group The Youngbloods that peaked on the American Billboard charts at # 5 in September 1969 with "Get Together." The song was written in 1964 by Chet Powers and several versions had been recorded before the Youngbloods did so. Their version was actually recorded in 1966, then released in July 1967, but only reached #62 on the Billboard Top 100 and #40 in Canada. The same recording was re-released in 1969 to much greater popularity reaching #6 in Canada and #5 on Billboard.

Attended Ohio State University.

Kicked out of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts for incessantly playing guitar and singing Everly Brothers songs with his roommate.

Came up with his name by mashing up the names of two outlaws, Jesse James and Cole Younger of the James-Younger gang, and in the middle, he added Formula One race car designer and driver Colin Chapman.

Was attending NYU when he joined the Greenwich Village folk scene.

Has a daughter Juli, and son Cheyenne by his first wife Suzi.

Has a son Tristan and a daughter Jazzie by his second wife Connie.

He was the son of Doryce (Van Sciver), a violinist and singer, and Frederick Miller, an accountant. His parents were from Massachusetts. His ancestry included English/Colonial New England, German, Dutch, and Irish. His paternal grandmother was from Nova Scotia, Canada.