In-Studio Interview with Red Young
Pegasus News 
By Cindy Chaffin & Alan Cohen
Alan and I had the great honor of sitting down with Blues/Jazz legend Red Young this week.
"Red Young was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Growing up with a classical background and listening to everyone from Van Cliburn (whom he met at age 11), Ray Charles, B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ft. Worth natives Delbert McClinton, Ray Sharpe, King Curtis, Freddy King and many other Texas Blues and Jazz Players. He accompanied vocalists, choirs, played in bands and in general grew up with a well-rounded musical education. Upon leaving high school, he first went to North Texas State in Denton, then on the road with trumpeter Clyde McCoy's band (who recorded Sugar Blues in 1927 and worked thoughout the Big Band era), whom among other things alternated sets with the Supremes at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City and performed on the Johnny Carson show from New York"....Read More.
January 4, 2006
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