Sneakin’ Around is a collaborative album by American guitarists Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, released in 1991. Reed and Atkins had done a series of recording collaborations nearly 20 years before this release. It peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Country Albums charts. At the Grammy Awards of 1993, Sneakin’ Around won the Grammy […]
C.G.P. is the fifty-fifth studio album by Chet Atkins. It was released in 1988 by Columbia Records. The initials in the title refer to the Atkins-coined title “Certified Guitar Player”, a moniker he assigned not only to himself but other guitarists he admired and felt contributed to the legacy of guitar playing. Atkins performs a […]
High Times is an album, released in 1981 by country singer Dottie West. This album was built around the title track, “It’s High Time”. The single was released in early 1982 and reached No. 16 on the Billboard Country music charts, West’s last Top 20 hit of her career. Another single from the album was […]
East Tennessee Christmas is the fifty-first studio album and the second Christmas album by guitarist Chet Atkins, issued by Columbia Records in 1983. Atkins had recorded a Christmas with Chet Atkins previously for RCA Victor 22 years earlier. He covers some of the same territory in this release but with a smoother production. Tracks 1 […]
Chester & Lester is a collaborative album by guitarists Chet Atkins and Les Paul released in 1976. It was recorded in the mid-1970s when Atkins was in his fifties and Paul in his sixties. Atkins coaxed Paul out of his decade-long retirement for this recording. The liner notes state there is very little overdubbing and […]
Simpatico is an album by Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins, released in 1994. Atkins and Bogguss were nominated for the 1996 Grammy award for Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration (for the song “All My Loving” on the Beatles tribute album Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles) but did not win. They were also nominated […]
Almost Alone is the fifty-seventh studio album by Chet Atkins. He was 71 at the time of the album’s release. It is almost all solo guitar instrumentals. “Jam Man” won the 1997 Grammy award for Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance. Atkins replaced the E and A normal guitar bass strings on a Gibson Country […]
Work It Out With Chet Atkins is an album by Chet Atkins. After recording for RCA Victor since 1947, Chet left the label to join Columbia. This release is background music for exercising. He was nominated for the 1984 Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance Grammy award for “Tara’s Theme” but did not win. It […]
Sails is an album by Chet Atkins. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records. Sails follows in the 1980s’ vein of Chet Atkins’ releases with a smooth jazz and new age atmosphere. Tracks 1 Sails (Johanna Hall, John Hall) 4:20 2 Why Worry (Mark Knopfler) 6:22 3 Sometime, Someplace (David Hungate, Randy McCormick) 4:58 […]