Guitar Country
1964 studio album by Chet Atkins
Guitar Country | ||||
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Studio album by Chet Atkins | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | RCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 27:49 | |||
Label | RCA Victor LPM 2783 (mono), LSP 2783 (Stereo) | |||
Producer | Bob Ferguson | |||
Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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Guitar Country is the twenty-fourth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. The album was a nominee for the 1964 Best Country & Western Album Grammy award, however it was beat out by Roger Miller's "Dang Me/ Chug-A-Lug".[1] The album stayed on the Country albums charts for 33 weeks, peaking at #1 in May of 1964.[2] Prior to 1964, there was no separate genre chart for Country LPs, thus Chet's previous charting albums were on the Pop charts. Numerous future Atkins releases "crossed over" from the Country and Pop charts.
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Allmusic | [3] |
Reissues
- Guitar Country and More of That Guitar Country were reissued together on CD in 2001 on the Collectibles label.
Track listing
Side one
- "Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten) – 2:03
- "A Little Bit of Blues" (Jerry Reed) – 2:58
- "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:26
- "Dobro" (Atkins, Cy Coben) – 1:59
- "Kentucky" (Karl Davis) – 2:53
- "Vaya con Dios" (Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper) – 2:23
Side two
- "Winter Walkin'" (Jerry Reed) – 2:01
- "Guitar Country" (Johnny Mercer, Willard Robison) – 2:39
- "Sugarfoot Rag" (Hank Garland, Vaughn Horton) – 2:01
- "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) – 2:01
- "Copper Kettle" (Albert F. Beddoe) – 2:10
- "Yes Ma'am" (Jerry Reed) – 2:15
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – Guitar
- Ray Edenton – Rhythm guitar
- Henry Strzelecki – Bass
- Bill Pursell – Piano (Yes Ma'am)
- Floyd Cramer – Electric piano
- Jim Carney – Drums
Production notes
- Bob Ferguson – Producer
- Bill Porter – Recording engineer
References
- v
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- Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
- Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins
- A Session with Chet Atkins
- Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)
- Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
- Finger Style Guitar
- Chet Atkins at Home
- Hi-Fi in Focus
- Chet Atkins in Hollywood
- Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
- Mister Guitar
- Teensville
- The Other Chet Atkins
- Chet Atkins' Workshop
- Christmas with Chet Atkins
- The Most Popular Guitar
- Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
- Caribbean Guitar
- Down Home
- Our Man in Nashville
- Teen Scene
- The Guitar Genius
- Travelin'
- Guitar Country
- Progressive Pickin'
- My Favorite Guitars
- More of That Guitar Country
- Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
- From Nashville with Love
- Music from Nashville, My Home Town
- It's a Guitar World
- Chet
- Picks the Best
- Class Guitar
- Hometown Guitar
- Solid Gold 68
- Solo Flights
- Lover's Guitar
- Solid Gold 69
- Yestergroovin'
- Solid Gold 70
- Pickin' My Way
- For the Good Times
- Picks on the Hits
- Alone
- The Night Atlanta Burned
- Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
- Teen Scene
- Me and My Guitar
- Country After All These Years
- East Tennessee Christmas
- Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
- Stay Tuned
- Street Dreams
- Sails
- Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
- Read My Licks
- Almost Alone
- Solo Sessions
- Chet Atkins and His Guitar
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Nashville String Band |
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compilations
- The Best of Chet Atkins
- The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2
- The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
- Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
- Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- Chet Picks on the Grammys
- The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
- The Essential Chet Atkins
- Eclectic Guitar
- The Early Years 1946–1957