On Jimmy's legendary cover of the Lord Buckley classic- ' God's Own Drunk', Buffett references a 'Reggie Youngin commode huggin drunk'.Īfter playing on the sessions for the Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson) in 1984, Young joined their touring show for a five-year stretch (1990–1995). In the early 1970s, Young backed Jimmy Buffett as a member of the first three Coral Reefer Bands on ' A White Sport Coat & a Pink Crustacean', Living and Dying in 3/4 Time and A1A. He took part in the July 1973 Presley sessions at Stax Records in Memphis which produced the albums Raised On Rock and Good Times. When the studio closed in late 1971, Young moved to Nashville as an independent session player. Young played on the January/February 1969 Elvis Presley sessions that included 'Suspicious Minds', 'Kentucky Rain', 'Don't Cry Daddy', and 'In the Ghetto'. The Memphis Boys were responsible for around 120 hit singles, pop, country, rock, or soul, between 19. After the death of leader Bill Black (Elvis Presley's original bass player) in October 1965, Young concentrated on being a staff musician at Hi Studio in Memphis until 1967, winding up at American Sound Studio at the request of Chips Moman later that year. Subsequently, they invited the Combo over to England for another month-long tour. In February 1964, the Beatles requested that the Bill Black Combo open for them during their first U.S. Billboard Magazine listed the Combo as the No. 1 instrumental band three years in a row, 1960–1962. 1 & 2', 'White Silver Sands,' and an instrumental version of 'Don't Be Cruel,' released on Hi Records.

in 1959 and the early '60s, the most successful being 'Smokie, Pts. He was an original member of Bill Black's Combo, which had several instrumental hits in the U.S. By 1958, Young was with singer Johnny Horton, making several appearances on the popular Louisiana Hayride radio show in Shreveport. at the funeral home.Born December 12, 1936, in Caruthersville, Missouri, and raised in Osceola, Arkansas, Young's first band was Eddie Bond & the Stompers, a rockabilly band from Memphis, Tennessee, that toured with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison during the mid-'50s. Thursday at Hardy & Son Funeral Home, Bowling Green Chapel with burial in Icy Sink Cemetery. His survivors include his mother, Betty Hadley his grandmother, Eugenia Hadley one aunt, Joyce Boards one great uncle Billy Allen two great aunts, Mary Jo Johnson and Dorothy Foster and several cousins.įuneral service will be held at 11 a.m. He is preceded in death by his grandfather James Hadley his maternal grandparents, Earl D and Aline Houchins Boards two great grandmothers, Odessa Whitney and Nella V Allen three uncles Gregg Hadley, Henry Thomas Boards and Finis Boards three aunts, Dorenda Hadley, Ada Boards and Margaret Barber two great uncles, Thomas 'Buster' Allen and George Earl Allen and his best friend Jason McChesney. He was loved by everyone and had numerous friends. He loved tinkering on vehicles and racing cars. He had a computer mind and met no strangers and would give you his last dime.

He was a member of Icy Sink Baptist Church and attended Oakland Christian Church. Reggie attended Warren East High School and was employed by Larry's Trucking Company as a mechanic. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Rodney Thomas Hadley and Betty Sue Boards Hadley who survives. Reginald 'Reggie' Hadley, 41 of Smiths Grove departed this life and went home to be with God on Saturday, at his residence.

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