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Me and My Guitar (Chet Atkins album)

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Released
  
1977

Artist
  
Chet Atkins

Label
  
RCA Camden

Length
  
30:41

Release date
  
1977

Genre
  
Country music

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Recorded
  
RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, TN

Me and My Guitar (1977)
  
Chet Floyd & Danny (1977)

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Me and My Guitar is an album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It was nominated for the Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance Grammy in 1978. Atkins joined Floyd Cramer and Danny Davis that same year to produce Chet Floyd & Danny which was also nominated.

Contents

Lenny Breau appears on "Long, Long Ago" and "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To".

Reissues

  • Me and My Guitar was reissued by One Way Records (35122) combined with First Nashville Guitar Quartet.

    • Side one

    1. "Cascade" (Gene Slone) – 2:23
    2. "West Memphis Serenade" (Bobby Braddock)– 2:35
    3. "Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Bayly) – 2:53
    4. "All Thumbs" (Mark Casstevens) – 2:20
    5. "Vincent (Don McLean) – 3:12
    6. "Me and My Guitar" (James Taylor) – 2:40

    Side two

    1. "Struttin'" (Jerry Reed) – 2:31
    2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 3:10
    3. "David's Dance" (Odell Martin) – 3:07
    4. "A Song for Anna" (Andre Popp) – 2:42
    5. "My Little Waltz" (Atkins, John Knowles) – 2:25

    Personnel

  • Chet Atkins - guitar, resonator guitar, vocals
  • Lenny Breau - guitar, bass
  • John Baker - percussion
  • Paul Yandell – guitar
  • Mark Casstevens – guitar
  • Larrie Londin – drums
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
  • Randy Goodrum – clavinet, synthesizer, Utility keyboard
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Henry Styzelecki – bass
  • Ray Stevens – piano
  • Bobby Wood – piano, organ
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Hayward Bishop – drums
  • John Christopher – guitar
  • Billy Sanford – guitar
  • John Baker – drums
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Dave Kirby – guitar
  • Joe Osborn – bass
  • Jimmy Isbell – drums

    • Production notes

  • Engineered by Bill Vandervort, Bill Harris, Chuck Seitz, Al Pachucki
  • Mastered by Randy King

    • Songs

    1Bells of St Mary's2:14
    2Centipede Boogie2:41
    3Darling - Je Vois Aime Beaucoup2:22

    References

    Me and My Guitar (Chet Atkins album) Wikipedia
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