A Session with Chet Atkins
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A Session with Chet Atkins
- Artist: Chet Atkins
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- Release Date: 1954
- Total Time: 33:09
- Genre: Country
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With a roomful of crack Nashville session men, Chet Atkins' first 12-inch album is one joyful, yet sophisticated and controlled compilation of mostly standard pop and jazz tunes all decked out country-style. Some tunes, like "South," "Indiana" and "Caravan," would turn up again and again throughout Chet's career as reference points for jamming. While occasionally doubling back to the country on "Corrine, Corrina," Chet explores the possibilities of tunes like "The Birth Of The Blues," "Old Man River" and "Honeysuckle Rose" within a country framework - and with his finger-picking technique and innate musicality, he makes everything fit. The major soloists are Dale Potter, who takes his country fiddle part of the way into jazz territory, Bud Isaacs' tasty period steel guitar, and John Gordy's straight-ahead piano. On "Caravan," Gordy also breaks a bit of ground, offering what the liner credits as the first use of a celeste on a country record. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi| A Sesame Street Christmas (1996 Album by Sesame Street Christmas) | |
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A Session with Chet Atkins
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| Studio album by Chet Atkins | ||||
| Released | December 1954 | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 33:09 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor LPM-1090 (Mono) | |||
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The 1961 re-issue LP cover.
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A Session with Chet Atkins is the title of a recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It features Atkins' introducing standard pop and jazz melded with country sensibilities. The liner notes state this is the first use of a celeste on a country record. The musicians include Homer and Jethro in the rhythm section. Atkins uses his new EchoSonic amplifier for the first time on his recordings.[1]
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Contents
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Track listing
Side one
- "South" (Ray Charles, T. Hayes, Bennie Moten) – 2:45
- "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:20
- "Alabama Jubilee" (George Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 2:35
- "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" (George Brown, Peter DeRose) – 2:40
- "Red Wing" (Kerry Mills) – 2:22
- "Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:32
Side two
- "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:25
- "Corrine, Corrina" (Chatmon, Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:20
- "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 3:20
- "A Gay Ranchero" (J. J. Espinosa, Francia Luban) – 2:35
- "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 2:35
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:40
A 2-EP gatefold with the red cover was released in 1955. The tracks were:
- "South"
- "Alabama Jubilee"
- "The Birth of the Blues"
- "A Gay Ranchero"
- "Have You Ever Been Lonely"
- "Frankie and Johnny"
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Dale Potter – fiddle
- Bud Isaacs – pedal steel guitar
- Ray Eddington – rhythm guitar
- John Gordy – piano, celesta
- Jerry Byrd – lap steel guitar
- Henry "Homer" Haynes – guitar
- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns – mandolin
- Buddy Harman – drums
- Bob Moore – bass
References
- ^ Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05565-8.
- ^ Ginell, Richard S.. "A Session with Chet Atkins > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r91689. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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