Standard Brands (Atkins/Breau album)

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Standard Brands
Standard Brands cover
Studio album by Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau
Released 1981
Genre Jazz
Length 33:41
Label RCA
Professional reviews
Chet Atkins chronology
Country After All These Years
(1981)		 Standard Brands
(1981)		 East Tennessee Christmas
(1983)
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
Reflections
(1980)		 Standard Brands
(1981)		 Neck & Neck
(1990)


Standard Brands is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins and Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau. Due to Breau's drug problems, the album took nearly two years to complete.[1]

Atkins was instrumental in getting Lenny his first recording contract after hearing one of his (Lenny's) studio tapes. Atkins also produced and recorded two other releases by Breau. Chet said of his longtime friend: "He was a great fingerstylist with fathomless knowledge. His legend will continue to inspire future generations."[2]

The original LP was re-issued on CD by One Way Records in 1994.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Batucada" (Bonfa) – 3:19
  2. "Tenderly" (Gross, Lawrence) – 3:12
  3. "Cattle Call" (Owens) – 2:08
  4. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) – 4:35
  5. "Somebody's Knockin'" (Gillespie, Penney) – 4:21

[edit] Side two

  1. "This Can't Be Love" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:07
  2. "This Nearly Was Mine" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) – 2:39
  3. "Going Home" (Dvorak) – 4:35
  4. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 5:45

[edit] Personnel

  • Chet Atkins – guitar
  • Lenny Breau - guitar

[edit] References

  1. ^ Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05565-8.
  2. ^ Lenny Breau Remembered by Jim Ferguson. Accessed on March 28, 2008.
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