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Alabama's Music Achievers
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MUSIC ACHIEVERS
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RUAL YARBROUGH-- Muscle Shoals, Alabama
-Original member of the Dixie Gentlemen
-Worked with Jimmy Martin, Tommy Ajackson, and Bill Monroe
-Session work on banjo for Mac Davis, Hank Williams, Jr. and others
JIM YESTER-- Birmingham, Alabama
-Guitar, keyboards, saxophone, and vocals for the 1960's Pop group Association
-Hits included "Along Comes Mary," "Cherish," and "Windy"
JESS YOUNG-- Flat Rock, Alabama
-Influential fiddler during the 1920's
-Recorded hits, "Maybelle Rag," "Bill Bailey" and "Are You From Dixie"
STEVE YOUNG-- Gadsden, Alabama
-Songwriter of such hits as "Lonesome, Orn'ry and Mean" by Waylon Jennings, "Montgomery In The Rain" by Hank Williams, Jr. and his biggest hit "Seven Bridges Road" by the Eagles
| Achiever | Style | Instrument | Worked With | Date Of Birth | Date Of Death | Place Of Birth | Home |
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| Yarbrough, Dorsey C. | Gospel, Shaped Note | Songwriter | 5/1/1913 | 3/9/2002 | Woodland, AL | ||
| Yarbrough, Roy | Jazz | Performer, Educator | 3/1/1952 | Opp, AL | |||
| Yarbrough, Rual | Bluegrass | Banjo | The Dixie Gentlemen | 1/13/1930 | Lawrenceburg, TN | Florence, AL | |
| Yelverton, Gerald | Jazz | Clarinet, Saxophone | Glenn Miller Band | 6/13/1916 | 2/1/1997 | Montgomery, AL | |
| Yester, Jim | Rock, Folk | Guitar, Keyboards, Sax, V | The Association | 11/24/1939 | Birmingham, AL | ||
| York, Herbert "Lum" | Country | Bass Fiddle | Drifting Cowboys | 11/16/1918 | Elmore, AL | ||
| Young, Doug | Gospel | Bass Vocals | Hovie Lister & The Statesmen | Huntsville, AL | |||
| Young, Jess | Country | Fiddle | 10/23/1883 | 12/31/1938 | Flat Rock, AL | ||
| Young, Steve | Rock, Country, Pop | Songwriter | Eagles | 7/12/1942 | Gadsden, AL | ||
| Young-Wesley, Gertie Lee | Jazz, R&B | Manager, Songwriter | Fred Wesley | 6/24/1942 | Mobile, AL |