Chip Young
Chip Young was an American session guitarist, and later record producer who worked primarily out of Nashville, Tennessee.
Biography
Chip Young 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.
Young 'Un Sound
In 1968, Young built his own recording studio, Young 'Un Sound, on the outskirts of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, about 35 miles southeast of Nashville. In 1975, Young established a Nashville studio for Young 'Un Sound when he purchased the Monument Recording Studios. The Young 'Un Sound studios in Nashville were operational until 1988, then were purchased by Albert Jolson, Jr., to become Masterlink Studios.
Discography
Jesus Was a Capricorn, Kris Kristofferson, 1972Breakaway, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, 1974Jolene, Dolly Parton, 1974Night Things, Ronnie Milsap, 1975Joe Ely, Joe Ely, 1977Honky Tonk Masquerade, Joe Ely, 1978Feel the Fire, Reba McEntire, 1980Heart to Heart, Reba McEntire, 1981One of a Kind, Moe Bandy, 1982 Unlimited, Reba McEntire, 1982Bobbie Sue, The Oak Ridge Boys, 1982Behind the Scene, Reba McEntire, 1983American Made, The Oak Ridge Boys, 1983Just a Little Love, Reba McEntire, 1984Island in the Sea, Willie Nelson, 1987Just One Love, Willie Nelson, 1995Twistable, Turnable Man, a tribute album to Shel Silverstein, 2010
I Can Help, Billy Swan, 1974I Came to Hear the Music, Mickey Newbury, 1974Joe Ely, Joe Ely, 1977Honky Tonk Masquerade, Joe Ely, 1978Gene Summers in Nashville, Gene Summers, 1980Hard Country, Michael Martin Murphey, 1981