Chet Powers
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Chester William Powers, Jr. (7 October 1943–16 November 1994), better known as Dino Valente (or Valenti), and credited sometimes as Jesse Oris (or Orris) Farrow, was an American singer/songwriter.
He was born in New York City, and died in Santa Rosa, California.
In the early 1960s, while a member of the Greenwich Village folk scene, he wrote "Get Together", a quintessential 1960s love-and-peace anthem, later recorded by Jefferson Airplane, The Youngbloods, and many others. While in Greenwich Village, he played often with singer-songwriter Fred Neil. He was an original member of the Quicksilver Messenger Service, but his career was blighted by frequent drug busts.
Powers (or one of his pseudonyms) is sometimes erroneously credited as the author of the rock standard "Hey Joe" (q.v. for further information).
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- Dino Valente
[edit] Quicksilver Messenger Service
see Quicksilver Messenger Service.
