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Chip Young (born Jerry Marvin Stembridge May 19, 1938- December 20, 2014) was an American record producer, song writer and guitarist

Early Life
Young was born in a small area in Atlanta known as Hapeville, GA. He was one of 6 boys and 1 girl born to Frank and Xavier (Bonnie) Stembridge. His father passed away when he was 9 years old.

Chip (Jerry) played his fathers fiddle, a banjo and a ukulele before convincing his neighbor and childhood friend, Kenny Gresham to sell his guitar for $10 after they both discovered he had a knack for it. He was later mentored by thumb-picking guitarists, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed.

As a teenager, he found his way to Bill Lowery along with Felton Jarvis, Jerry Reed Joe South and Ray Stevens. While at Lowery, he wrote songs, learned the art of engineering and published demos. After being discharged from the army, he moved to Nashville and was introduced to producers like Jerry Kennedy and Fred Foster by Jerry Reed.

Early Years
He became a first call session musician after moving to Nashville in 1963 and began working with Elvis Presley's studio band in 1965 His distinctive thumb-picking guitar style was used with many artists in Nashville throughout his career including Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” Elvis Presley’s “Guitar Man,” and Charley Pride’s “Kiss an Angel Good Morning.” As well as many Statler Brother works, in addition to Waylon Jennings, Ann Margaret, Eddy Arnold, and many  Tom T. Hall hits including "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine." As a producer, Chip worked with recordings by acts such as Delbert McClinton, Jerry Reed, Gary Stewart (“Your Place or Mine”), and Billy Swan (“I Can Help”).

He continued his producing career after he converted a long cabin on his property into a studio he named Young'un Sound where he produced artists not limited to Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Mathis, Jerry Reed, Kris Kristopherson and Rita Coolidge. He later purchased the former Monument studio previously owned by Fred Foster and moved his studio to Nashville studio in 1978, where he recorded artists such as Joe Ely, Larry Gatlin, Tom T. Hall, Reba McEntire, Johnny Rodriguez and the Statler Brothers.