Out Now: Jesse Colin Young Returns to His Roots with New Acoustic Album, ‘Highway Troubadour’ (Listen/Buy)

Highway Troubadour is a new album of reimagined songs from throughout the heralded career of singer/songwriter Jesse Colin Young, and the record is out today.

The project provides a fresh take on some of the material that put him on the map years ago with the Youngbloods and beyond, and is his first truly acoustic solo album since his 1964 debut, The Soul of a City Boy.

Click here to pre-order Highway Troubadour from our Rock Cellar Store.

“Highway Troubadour is not only a return to my roots, but the beginning of a surprise adventure of solo performing,” said Jesse Colin Young in a statement about the album’s release. “I have begun to take guitar playing to a whole new level while revisiting my decades of musical catalogue.”

The Highway Troubadour track listing:

1. Trippin’ On My Roots
2. Ridgetop
3. Cast A Stone
4. Four in the Morning
5. Barbados
6. Sugar Babe
7. Euphoria
8. Song for Juli
9. Quicksand
10. Cruisin’
11. Darkness, Darkness

Listen to Highway Troubadour below, via Spotify:

While on the topic of Jesse Colin Young, be sure to watch the Project Kids-Care live stream telethon on Saturday, Nov. 28, a fundraiser aimed at helping underserved kids in the Los Angeles area this holiday season. Young is a featured artist in the show:

All-Star Telethon is Tomorrow! – Saturday – 3 pm PST

The GET TOGETHER FOUNDATION & ROCK CELLAR present Project Kids-Care, a live stream telethon / concert event benefitting under-served kids at the holidays!

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— Rock Cellar Magazine (@RockCellarMag) November 27, 2020

This six-hour telethon event will feature video performances and appearances from celebrities of all kinds (actors, musicians/recording artists, sports celebrities, TV personalities, and more), with the music theme featuring songs and inspirational messages about Peace, Love & Understanding and the holidays.

Project Kids-Care will feature three MCs: singer/songwriter Dan Navarro, award-winning actor David Arquette and musicians Micky Dolenz (of the Monkees) and drummer Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers).

The telethon will be live-streamed on Saturday, Nov. 28 through Alert the Globe (www.alerttheglobe.com), Facebook Live on Rock Cellar Magazine’s page, and on ABC7.com.

In October 2019, Jesse Colin Young paid a visit to Rock Cellar HQ for an edition of our RockCellarTV one-on-one interview series. Here’s our exclusive video interview: