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Me and Chet

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Released
  
1972

Me & Chet (1972)
  
American Salute (1972)

Release date
  
1972

Genre
  
Country music

Length
  
27:00

Artists
  
Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins

Label
  
RCA Victor

Producers
  
Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed

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Recorded
  
RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Similar
  
Chet Atkins albums, Country music albums

Me & Chet is the title of the follow-up to Me & Jerry, the successful duet recording by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. It was nominated for the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance but did not win. Chet's solo release Chet Atkins Picks on the Hits was also nominated in the same category. It reached No. 24 on the Billboard Country Album charts.

Contents

Reissues

  • In 1998, Me & Jerry and Me & Chet were reissued on CD by One Way Records.

    • Side one

    1. "Jerry’s Breakdown" (Jerry Reed) – 2:09
    2. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 2:34
    3. "Liebestraum" (Franz Liszt) – 2:41
    4. "Serenade to Summertime" (Palito) – 2:33
    5. "Nashtown Ville" (Atkins) – 2:04

    Side two

    1. "Mystery Train" (Junior Parker, Sam Phillips) – 2:49
    2. "The Mad Russian" (Jerry Reed, Paul Yandell) – 2:13
    3. "Flying South" (Walker) – 2:32
    4. "Good Stuff" (Reed) – 2:42
    5. "All I Ever Need is You" – 2:05
    6. "I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams) – 3:20

    Personnel

  • Chet Atkins – guitar
  • Jerry Reed – guitar
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass
  • Stephen Schaffer – bass
  • Jimmy Isbell – drums
  • Ralph Gallant – drums
  • Paul Yandell – guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Ray Butts – engineer
  • Tom Pick – engineer

    • Songs

    1Jerry's Breakdown2:12
    2Limehouse Blues2:40
    3Liebestraum2:43

    References

    Me & Chet Wikipedia
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