Chet Atkins - The Essential Chet Atkins [7/24] *

Artist:

Atkins, Chet

UPC:

886970767729

See Also:

Acuff, Roy Holly, Buddy

Description:

Additional personnel: Jerry Reed, Lenny Breau, Les Paul, Mark Knopfler, Merle Travis.
THE ESSENTIAL CHET ATKINS is a solid two-disc overview of one of country music`s true pioneers. Chet Atkins, as an artist, session guitarist, and producer, is one of the key figures in country music, the man most responsible for the development of the pop-oriented "countrypolitan" sound in the 1960s. This 40-track anthology covers all of Atkins`s career and includes such canonical Atkins favorites as "Guitar Blues (Pickin` the Blues)" and "Country Gentleman," which provided the guitarist with his nickname. The set also includes comparative rarities such as a collaboration with Mother Maybelle Carter on the old folk standard "Root Hog Or Die" and the late-1950s stab at rock & roll, "Teen Scene." This is an ideal starting point for novices.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Guitar Blues (Pickin` the Blues)
2. Bug Dance
3. Dizzy Strings
4. Centipede Boogie
5. Mainstreet Breakdown
6. Root, Hog or Die
7. Jitterbug Waltz
8. Third Man Theme, The
9. Black Mountain Rag
10. Country Gentleman
11. City Slicker
12. Mister Sandman
13. Poor People of Paris, The (Jean`s Song)
14. Big D
15. Trambone
16. Should We Tell Him
17. Hidden Charm
18. Oh Lonesome Me
19. I`m Forever Blowing Bubbles
20. Slinkey

DISC 2:

1. Boo Boo Stick Beat
2. Hot Mocking Bird
3. Slop, The
4. Man of Mystery
5. Wheels
6. Teen Scene
7. Freight Train
8. Satan`s Doll
9. Yakety Axe
10. Taste of Honey, A
11. Drive In
12. Get on With It
13. Cannonball Rag
14. Take Five
15. Is Anything Better Than This
16. It`s Been a Long Time
17. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
18. Poor Boy Blues
19. Sneakin` Around
20. Big Foot

Album Information

Release Date:

07/24/2007

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Nashville Sound

Label:

Columbia Nashville

Producer:

Mark Knopfler; Chet Atkins; Lenny Breau; Archie Bleyer; Anita Kerr; Jim Bullet; Chester B. Atkins; Stephen H. Sholes; Bob Ferguson; Charles Grean; Bob Irwin (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

88697076772

Original Release Year:

2007

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

103 : 3

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