Chip Young

Chip Young (May 19, 1938 – December 20, 2014), was an American session guitarist, and later record producer who worked primarily out of Nashville, Tennessee.

Biography

He was born Jerry Marvin Stembridge in Atlanta, Georgia and was famous for his thumb-style guitar picking. Young played on records by Eddy Arnold, Bobby Bare, J. J. Cale, Guy Clark, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Louvin, Charlie McCoy, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson, The Oak Ridge Boys, Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Charley Pride, Leon Russell, Earl Scruggs, Nancy Sinatra, Tanya Tucker, Tony Joe White, and many more.[1][2]

Discography

Jesus Was a Capricorn, Kris Kristofferson, 1972
Breakaway, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, 1974
Jolene, Dolly Parton, 1974
Night Things, Ronnie Milsap, 1975
Joe Ely, Joe Ely, 1977
Honky Tonk Masquerade, Joe Ely, 1978
Feel the Fire, Reba McEntire, 1980
Heart to Heart, Reba McEntire, 1981
One of a Kind, Moe Bandy, 1982
Unlimited, Reba McEntire, 1982
Bobbie Sue, The Oak Ridge Boys, 1982
Behind the Scene, Reba McEntire, 1983
American Made, The Oak Ridge Boys, 1983
Just a Little Love, Reba McEntire, 1984
Island in the Sea, Willie Nelson, 1987
Just One Love, Willie Nelson, 1995
Twistable, Turnable Man, a tribute album to Shel Silverstein, 2010

Producer and engineer discography

I Can Help, Billy Swan, 1974
I Came To Hear The Music, Mickey Newbury, 1974
Joe Ely, Joe Ely, 1977
Honky Tonk Masquerade, Joe Ely, 1978
Gene Summers in Nashville, Gene Summers, 1980
Hard Country, Michael Martin Murphey, 1981

References

"Chip Young, Legendary Nashville Session Guitarist and Producer, Dies at 76". nashvillescene.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
"Guitarist and Producer Chip Young Dies at 76". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

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