Simpatico

Simpatico
Studio album by Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins
Released	October 18, 1994
Genre	Country (New Traditionalist)
Length	39:07
Label	Liberty
Producer	John Guess, Suzy Bogguss
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Charlton Wiggins (The Pulse) link
Suzy Bogguss chronology
Greatest Hits (1994) Simpatico (1994) Give Me Some Wheels (1996)
Chet Atkins chronology
Read My Licks (1994) Simpatico (1994) Almost Alone (1996)

Simpatico is a 1994 album by Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins.

After the incredible success of her previous two releases, Bogguss shifted gears for her 1994's Simpatico, a very personal, low-key album of duets with long-time friend and guitar legend Chet Atkins. The mood of the album was, no doubt, colored by the fact that he had recently been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Like Bogguss's solo releases, the album offered a fine balance of classic and contemporary stylings. Covers of the 1955 Webb Pierce hit, "In the Jailhouse Now," and Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone" mingle with a beautiful rendition of the Elton John/Bernie Taupin composition "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" and a handful of pop/folk-inflected tracks. Although the album was generally well reviewed, its lone single, the original recording "One More for the Road," did not chart.

Some feel that Simpatico suffered from the ongoing feud between Liberty/Capitol head Jimmy Bowen and the label's biggest star at the time, Garth Brooks. The disagreement ultimately ended with Bowen leaving the label, and Simpatico simply fell through the cracks. The album has since been deleted from the Capitol catalog.

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.

Track listing

1. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:11
2. "When She Smiled at Him" (Joanie Beeson, Michael Johnson) - 3:06
3. "Forget About It" (R. L. Kass) - 4:22
4. "Wives Don't Like Old Girlfriends" (Shane Fontayne, Randy VanWarmer) - 4:12
5. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 3:59
6. "Two Shades of Blue" (Deborah Allen, Bobby Braddock, Rafe VanHoy) - 3:25
7. "One More for the Road" (Atkins, Bogguss, Doug Crider) - 4:26
8. "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) - 3:40
9. "You Bring Out the Best in Me" (Bogguss, Crider, Steve Dorff) - 3:34
10. "This Is the Beginning" (Pat Donohue) - 5:12

Personnel

• Suzy Bogguss - vocals
• Chet Atkins - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Brent Rowan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Pat Bergeson - acoustic guitar, harmonica
• R. L. Kass - acoustic guitar
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle
• Matt Rollings - piano
• Mike Lawler - synthesizer
• Leland Sklar, Roy Huskey, Jr., Glenn Worf - bass
• Carlos Vega, Harry Stinson - drums
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Nashville String Machine - strings
• Harry Stinson, Gerald Boyd, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Sons of the San Joaquin, Vince Gill, Jack Hannah, Carl Atkins, Joe Hannah, Lon Hannah - background vocals

Production

• Producer(s): John Guess, Suzy Bogguss
• Engineer: Derek Bason, John Guess, Doug Crider
• Assistant Engineer: Derek Bason, John Thomas II
• Mixing: John Guess
• Mixing Assistant: Derek Bason
• Mastering: Glenn Meadows
• Conductor, String Arrangements: David Campbell
• Concert Master: Carl Gorodetzky
• Concertina: Flaco Jiménez
• Production Coordination: Janie West
• Design: Jerry Joyner
• Photography: Frank Ockenfels
• Stylist: Claudia Fowler
• Hair Stylist: Earl Cox
• Make-Up: Mary Beth Felts
• Distributor: EMI Music Dist.
• Studio: Emerald Sound and Sound Stage, Nashville, TN.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Release details

External links

• Amazon.com review
• Rate Your Music review