Guitar Legend-Rca Years (Bonus Tracks) CD

MUSIC

COUNTRY

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Canned Heat ~ Chet Atkins

2. Nashville Jump, The ~ Chet Atkins

3. Dizzy Strings ~ Chet Atkins

4. Tellin' My Troubles To My Old Guitar ~ Chet Atkins

5. Dance Of The Goldenrod ~ Chet Atkins

6. Galloping On The Guitar ~ Chet Atkins

7. Centipede Boogie ~ Chet Atkins

8. Main Street Breakdown ~ Chet Atkins

9. Indian Love Call ~ Chet Atkins

10. Mountain Melody ~ Chet Atkins

11. Jitterbug Waltz ~ Chet Atkins

12. Rainbow ~ Chet Atkins

13. Nobody's Sweetheart - (previously unreleased) ~ Chet Atkins

14. Chinatown, My Chinatown ~ Chet Atkins

15. Fiddle Patch - (with The Country All Stars) ~ Chet Atkins

16. Darkness On The Delta, (When It's) - (with The Country All Stars) ~ Chet Atkins

17. High Rockin' Swing ~ Chet Atkins

18. Guitars On Parade - (previously unreleased) ~ Chet Atkins

19. Oh By Jingo! ~ Chet Atkins

20. Bells Of St. Mary's, The ~ Chet Atkins

21. Country Gentleman ~ Chet Atkins

22. Memphis Blues ~ Chet Atkins

23. Downhill Drag ~ Chet Atkins

24. Ballin' The Jack - (previously unreleased) ~ Chet Atkins

25. Silver Bell - (with Hank Snow) ~ Chet Atkins

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Mister Sandman ~ Chet Atkins

2. New Spanish Two Step - (previously unreleased) ~ Chet Atkins

3. Poor People Of Paris, The (Jean's Song) ~ Chet Atkins

4. Tweedlee Dee ~ Chet Atkins

5. Dance With Me, Henry, (The Wallflower) ~ Chet Atkins

6. Blue Ocean Echo ~ Chet Atkins

7. Trambone ~ Chet Atkins

8. Dig These Blues ~ Chet Atkins

9. Yesterdays ~ Chet Atkins

10. Walk Don't Run ~ Chet Atkins

11. Hot Toddy ~ Chet Atkins

12. Slinkey ~ Chet Atkins

13. Frankie And Johnny - (with Nashville All Stars) ~ Chet Atkins

14. Windy And Warm ~ Chet Atkins

15. Early Times ~ Chet Atkins

16. Satan's Doll ~ Chet Atkins

17. So Rare ~ Chet Atkins

18. Yakety Axe ~ Chet Atkins

19. Blue Angel ~ Chet Atkins

20. Steeplechase Lane ~ Chet Atkins

21. Black Mountain Rag ~ Chet Atkins

22. Take Five ~ Chet Atkins

23. Blue Finger ~ Chet Atkins

24. Cascade ~ Chet Atkins

25. Carolina Shout ~ Chet Atkins

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: Chet Atkins (vocals, guitar, bass); "Sister" Billie Rose Atkins (vocals); Jimmy Atkins, Hank Snow, Jerry Reed, Mark Casstevens (guitar); Jerry Byrd (steel guitar); Dale Potter (fiddle); Charlie McCoy (harmonica, vibraphone); Joe Biviana (accordion); Boots Randolph (saxophone); Marvin Hughes (piano, organ, celeste); "Papa" John Gordy, Floyd Cramer, Hargus Robbins (piano); Kossie Gardner (organ); Charles R. Green, Holly Swanson, Johnny Johnson (bass); Buddy Harman, Larrie Londin (drums).
	Producers: Stephen H. Sholes, Charles R. Grean, Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson.
	Compilation producers: Rob Santos, Rich Kienzle.
	Recorded between 1947 and 1978. Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.
	Digitally remastered by Elliott Federman (SAJE Sound, New York, New York).
	It's safe to say that Chet Atkins invented what we know as the country guitar style. But this brilliantly programmed retrospective shows that Atkins was equally fluent in scores of other styles. There's not a dud to be found on GUITAR LEGEND: THE RCA YEARS. Each of these tracks, recorded between 1947 and 1978, is a delight. And Atkins makes it all look so easy.
	GUITAR LEGEND? is nothing but highlights, though Atkins' stunning solo-guitar transcription of Dave Brubeck's signature piano tune "Take Five" stands out. So does "Centipede Boogie," featuring an up-the-neck solo that scores of rockabilly guitarists (and later George Harrison) were quick to appropriate. And the lightly swinging, tongue-in-cheek instrumental "Satan's Doll" suggests something a diabolical Duke Ellington might have composed.
Musical Guests
	Jerry Reed
	Hank Snow
	Floyd Cramer
	Boots Randolph

Artist Overview

Among fingerstyle country guitar players, perhaps only Merle Travis can rival Chet Atkins, whose distinctive sound defined an entire generation of Nashville country. Atkins has played an equally important role as a record producer. As RCA's chief Nashville producer in the '50s and '60s, Atkins oversaw sessions for Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Jim Reeves, Don Gibson, and countless others. He was one of the chief architects of the polished country style that came to be known as the "Nashville sound," but his own productions were more tasteful and appealing than those for which the genre is frequently lambasted. Atkins remained active into the '90s, but succumbed to cancer in 2001.

Compilation Appearances

	20 Greatest Hits
	Tribute To Music Of Bob Wills
	Dim Lights Thick Smoke Hillbil 1957

Associated Artists and Works

	Almeida, Laurindo
	Bogguss, Suzy
	Breau, Lenny
	Coleman, Jim
	Cramer, Floyd
	Ears, Rabbit
	Rabbit Ears
	Watson, Doc

Technical Info

	Release Date : 04/04/2000
	Original Release Date : 2000
	Catalog ID : 74465996732
	Label : Buddha Records
	Number of Discs : 2
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Mixed
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00744659967320

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