Session guitarist Reggie Young has died at the age of 82. He passed away last night at his home outside Nashville.
Young enjoyed a seven-decade career, playing on records by artists as varied as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Joe Cocker, B.B. King, Sinead O’Connor, Elvis Presley, John Prine, J.J. Cale, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Cat Stevens and more.
Amongst his most famous contributions are guitar parts on Dusty Springfield’s Son of a Preacher Man, Presley's Suspicious Minds and In the Ghetto, and the iconic intro to Dobie Gray's Drift Away.
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