A session musician whose career spanned seven decades, Reggie Young was a white kid drawn to the sound of Black music whose musicianship shaped the reputation of many Southern recording centers. Young got his break as guitarist in Eddie Bond and the Stompers, cutting a hit called "Rockin' Daddy." At the age of 20, Young found himself touring alongside Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison. Throughout the mid-'60s Young did session work at Royal Studio in Memphis, FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and in New York at Atlantic Records, playing guitar for Don Covay and Solomon Burke. He was also a member of the Goldwax Records house band, backing up James Carr and O.V. Wright. This led Young to become part of the house band at Chips Moman's American Studios, where between 1967 and 1971 he appeared on an unparalleled run of 120 hit records.