Jerry Yester

An important behind-the-scenes figure in rock and folk during the '60s and '70s, Jerry Yester was born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 9, 1943. Yester grew up in Burbank, California, and in his teens he developed a passion for folk music. Jerry teamed up with his brother Jim Yester to form a folk duo called the Yester Brothers, who played coffeehouses and folk clubs until 1960, when Jim joined the Army. Looking to expand his career, in 1961 Yester joined the popular pop-folk group the New Christy Minstrels. Two years later, Yester left the Minstrels to join the Modern Folk Q...