Chip Young (born Jerry Marvin Stembridge, May 19, 1938 – December 20, 2014) 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, 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
External links at NAMM Oral History Library