Tue 22 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: REGGIE YOUNG “Memphis Grease.”
Posted by Steve under Music I'm Listening To[3] Comments
From Wikipedia:
“Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys,and was a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with artists such as Elvis Presley, Merrilee Rush, B.J. Thomas, John Prine, Dusty Springfield, Herbie Mann, J.J. Cale, Dionne Warwick, Roy Hamilton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the Box Tops, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard, Joey Tempest, George Strait, and The Highwaymen.”
From Reggie Young’s only solo album, Forever Young, released in 2017:
January 23rd, 2019 at 8:24 am
Thanks! It gave a lift to my whole day.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:46 pm
I had never heard of him until he passed away last week and either NPR or WXPN announced it, along some of the artists he worked with and some of the solos he did on their albums. He had an amazing career. He did the sitar solo at the beginning of BJ Thomas’ “Hooked On A Feeling” among his other work.
January 23rd, 2019 at 12:51 pm
Quite a career, indeed. And to think that almost no one knew his name until he died, including myself.