Paul Yandell

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Paul Yandell | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|6}} | birth_place = [[Mayfield, Kentucky]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|11|21|1935|9|6}} | death_place = [[Hendersonville, Tennessee]], U.S. | genre = [[Country music|Country]], [[Fingerstyle guitar|fingerstyle]] | occupation = Guitarist | instrument = [[Guitar]] | years_active = 1955-2011 | label = | past_member_of = [[The Louvin Brothers]] | website =  }} '''Paul Yandell''' (September 6, 1935 – November 21, 2011)<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tennessean/obituary.aspx?n=paul-t-yandell&pid=154735547&fhid=14210 Obituary] in ''[[The Tennessean]]''</ref> was an American guitar player from [[Mayfield, Kentucky]]. Yandell played [[Fingerstyle guitar|fingerstyle]], a style he learned to play from his neighbors, influenced by [[Chet Atkins]] and [[Merle Travis]]. In 1955 he was hired by [[The Louvin Brothers]] and performed and recorded with them. From 1959 to 1961 he served in the US Army and on his return was a touring musician with [[Kitty Wells]], [[Johnnie Wright]], [[George Hamilton IV]], and [[Jerry Reed]].

From 1975 until the late 1990s, Yandell worked with Chet Atkins doing shows, recordings, and TV appearances, and produced an instructional video called ''Fingerstyle Legacy''. After Atkins died in 2001, Yandell recorded seven CDs and was a consultant for guitars for [[Gretsch]], most notably the limited edition stereo version of the [[Gretsch 6120]], a model used by Atkins in the 1950s. He died in [[Hendersonville, Tennessee]], of cancer, at age 76.<ref name="kienzle">{{cite news|title=In Memoriam: Paul Yandell|last=Kienzle|first=Rich|date=March 2012|work=[[Vintage Guitar (magazine)|Vintage Guitar]]|page=16}}</ref>

In 2011, Atkins' daughter Merle Atkins Russell bestowed the light-hearted [[C.G.P. | Certified Guitar Player]] degree on Yandell. She then declared no more CGPs would be allowed by the Atkins estate.<ref>{{cite web | last = Freeman | first = Jon | title = A Guitarist Paul Yandell Passes | url = http://www.musicrow.com/2011/11/guitarist-paul-yandell-passes/ | publisher = Music Row | date = November 22, 2011 | accessdate = July 6, 2012}}</ref>

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