HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMES JY YOUNG! Born James Vincent Young on November 14th 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. He is a multiinstrumentalist, guitarist, singer and songwriter who is best known for playing lead guitar in the American rock band, Styx. Young began playing keyboard and piano at the age of five. He attended Calumet High in Chicago and learned to play clarinet and guitar during those years. In 1970, Young joined the band TW4 while a student at Illinois Institute of Technology, from which he graduated with a bachelors degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering. That band later became the first incarnation of Styx. He tended to write the harder rocking Styx songs, while Dennis DeYoung wrote the more ballad songs. After Styxs initial breakup in 1983, Young released the solo albums City Slicker (1985 with Jan Hammer), Out on a Day Pass (1988), and Raised by Wolves (1995 with James Young Group). He was the only original member of Styx that has appeared on all Styx albums. Tommy Shaw is touring with Styx again, as is Chuck Panozzo as a guest bass guitarist for most concerts. He is best known for Miss America and Snowblind. A glance at the album, Best of Styx shows that his songs were more popular in the bands early days than during its years of more mainstream popularity. Heres JY singing lead and playing lead guitar on Miss America during the reunion tour of Styx most popular line up, in 1997 ....Enjoy!
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:59:05 +0000
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