Reggie Young
1936-2019
Until I learned of his death on a Podcast earlier in the week, I, like I suspect many of you, had never heard of Reggie Young, who died last week at the age of 82, but after looking up and reading his obituary, I can definitely say that I had definitely heard Reggie Young many, many times over the course of my life.
Young was a session and back up musician out of Memphis who recorded with and backed up numerous well known recording artists over the course of his lifetime. Here are just a few of the many, many familiar recordings that featured Reggie Young on guitar:
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield
The Letter by The Boxtops
Skinny Legs by Joe Tex
Drift Away by Dobie Gray
Hooked On A Feeling by BJ Thomas
Luckenbach, Texas by Waylon Jennings
You Were Always On My Mind by Willie Nelson
You get the idea. Reggie Young was never a "star" in the conventional sense of the word, but there are a lot of stars out there in the music world who wouldn't be where they are today without people like Reggie Young.
RIP Reggie Young.
That's Young, third from right with arms crossed,
in a studio recording session. You might recognize the
guy seated on the stool in the middle.
In 1964, Young, second from right in back row,
toured with The Beatles in America. The story is that a
young George Harrison sought and received
guitar playing tips from Reggie Young.
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