1. James Yester was born on November 24,1939 and is an American musician.
28 Facts About Jim Yester
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Jim Yester was a core member of the Modern Folk Quartet when they reformed in the 1980s.
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Jim Yester is the older brother of former Lovin' Spoonful member Jerry Yester, and he played briefly with that band in the 1990s.
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Since 2007, Jim Yester has remained a member of the Association, co-leading alongside original member Jules Alexander and Del Ramos.
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Jim Yester was born in Birmingham, Alabama to Lawrence and Martha Yester.
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Jim Yester's family moved to Burbank, California when he was three because his father wanted to get involved in the film industry.
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Jim Yester's father was a local Birmingham radio broadcaster, who played the part of a band member in the 1948 film Fort Apache, and was a freelance piano player and author of numerous books based around the accordion.
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The first concert Jim Yester attended was a Fats Domino concert at the Olive Recreation Center.
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Jim Yester first learned how to play the harmonica while walking to and from elementary school.
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Jim Yester started playing the piano in clubs when he was 13.
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Jim Yester enlisted in the army in 1961 and was based in Germany.
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In 1966, Jim Yester was asked to join the group The Association when their original rhythm guitarist Bob Page left two weeks after the band formed:.
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Jim Yester sang lead on "Along Comes Mary", a controversial song reputedly about marijuana.
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The band is known for their harmonies and multiple lead vocalists, with Jim Yester contributing on Tenor vocals, that can be heard on "Cherish".
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Jim Yester composed the title song for the movie Goodbye Columbus, which earned the Association a nomination for Best Original Song at the 1969 Golden Globe Awards.
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Jim Yester left the group again in 1976 and shortly after, the band temporarily split up in 1978.
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In 1981, the band appeared on American Bandstand, and in 1983, Jim Yester left the Association.
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Jim Yester returned to the Association in 2007, and has been touring with founding member Jules Alexander since then.
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Jim Yester played in the reformed Modern Folk Quartet, from 1985 to 1991, and contributed to the albums;.
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In 1991, after a long-awaited settlement with their record company, Joe Butler and Steve Boone, of the Lovin' Spoonful, decided to start the group up again with Jerry Jim Yester, who had joined the band later on, in 1967.
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Jim Yester left this new grouping in 1994, and was replaced by guitarist Randy Chance.
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Jim Yester co-wrote the song Raven In A Cage with Lovin' Spoonful member Zal Yanovsky for Yanovsky's 1968 solo album Alive And Well In Argentina.
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In 1978, Jim Yester opened for Robin Williams as a solo artist at the Ice House.
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Jim Yester later joined with Bruce Belland of The Four Preps, and The Diamonds' Dave Somerville, to form YBS, who bill themselves as the Three Tenors of Rock.
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Jim Yester still continues to perform in clubs as a solo artist, albeit less often than he did earlier in his career.
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Jim Yester married his current wife, Kathy, on March 2,2017.
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Jim Yester has used a variety of Guitars during his career.
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Jim Yester played a Gibson ES-335, Fender Telecaster, and a Fender Stratocaster on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.