Yul Anderson (April 23, 1958 – November 21, 2021) was an American pianist, guitarist, singer and inventor, who played a blend of gospel, blues, and soul, as well as European classical music of the 18th and 19th century.

[1] He taught himself to play the guitar when he was 8 years old, at age of 12 he was the youngest guitarist to open for groups such as Earthquake, Eddie Money and Ray Charles.

During the 1980s, Anderson went to Europe and took the initiative to establish a "Multi-Cultural Entertainment Circuit" inside Amnesty International while living in Florence, Italy.

The first project was carried through by Yul Anderson, who via a very close coordinating working relationship with the organization's British Press Chief Richard Reoch,[2] organized a long roll of successful benefit concerts in different European countries including extensive tours of Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

[3] In 2002 John Malkovich used Anderson's solo piano version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" in his directorial debut movie The Dancer Upstairs featuring Oscar winner Javier Bardem.