Chet Atkins Chet Atkins - Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop

Running time: 71 minutes • b/w & colorFront cover photo by Tom NeffBack cover photo by Raeanne RubensteinNationally distributed by Rounder Records,One Camp Street, Cambridge, MA 02140Representation to Music Stores by Mel Bay Pub.® 2001 Vestapol ProductionsA division of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, Inc.For more than 40 years, the nameof Chet Atkins has been associatedwith the finest Nashville-basedfingerstyle guitar sounds. Eventhose records he did not play onshowed his influence. Yet his ownartistic growth never ceased, as isevident in this second volume ofVestapol’s chronological documentationof Chet's career. We seethis gentle genius exploring themusic of Bob Dylan (Don’t ThinkTwice It’s All Right), marching bandcomposer John Phillip Sousa (Starsand Stripes Forever), pop standards(Lover Come Back) and progressivefunk (Knuckle Buster). Chet’s tonalpalette draws varied colors fromelectric guitars, nylon-strung classics,and even a resophonic guitar.Foremost in this collection are histraditional strengths as a tastefulsoloist, but we also see him swaplicks with the fiery Jerry Reed andLarry Carlton. The overall impressionmade by these performances isone of a master quietly demonstratinghis continued primacy inhis field and doing so with a calmassurance unabated by needlessgrandstanding.Pop Goes The Country, 1976 I'll Say She Does Pop Goes TheCountry, 1977 Hawaiian Wedding Song Soundstage, 1978Cascade, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, Kentucky, Stars andStripes Forever Pop Goes The Country, 1979 You Needed Me,Dance With Me Pop Goes The Country, 1980 MalaguenaPop Goes The Country, 1982 Sukiyaki, Me and Bobby McGeeAustin City Limits, 1987 Knuckle BusterAustin City Limits, 1991Sunrise, I Still Can't Say GoodbyeMerle Watson Festival, 1992 Rainbow, There'll Be SomeChanges Made, Yankee Doodle Dixie Medley: Windy & Warm/Mr.Sandman/Wildwood Flower/The Bells Of St. Mary's/In The GoodOld Summertime/Freight Train/Yakety Axe, Young ThingAt Chet's Home Studio, 1995Happy Again, Lover Come BackVestapol 13091ISBN: 1-57940-911-30 11671 30913 2