James Burton, 85, has played guitar with an impressive list of country and rock stars, including Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Everly Brothers, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, the Monkees, and Elvis Costello. In 1991 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; his induction ceremony was presented by Keith Richards. He developed a style of playing, using a straight pick and a finger pick on his middle finger, along with re-arranging the strings on his guitar and substituting some with banjo strings, that is called "chickin' pickin'."
He played guitar on Marshall Chapman's version of Waylon Jennings' "You Asked Me To" (co-written by Jennings and Billy Joe Shaver) that was the final cut on Marshall's second album, Jaded Virgin (1978). At the song's close, she gives him credit (video above). I've had the pleasure of knowing Marshall for many years, and whenever possible tune in to her Saturday afternoon livestream.
