The Essential Chet Atkins

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The Essential Chet Atkins
Compilation album by Chet Atkins
Released	2007
Recorded	1946 - 1995
Label	Legacy
Producer	Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau, Daryl Dybka, Bob Ferguson, Charles Grean, Bob Irwin, Anita Kerr, Stephen H. Sholes, Mark Knopfler
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Chet Atkins chronology
The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years (2004) The Essential Chet Atkins (2007)

The Essential Chet Atkins is a two-disc compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the Legacy label.

The 40 tracks span Atkins' career from "Chet Atkins and the All-Star Hillbillies" ("Guitar Blues") released on Bullet Records to his last solo album Almost Alone ("Big Foot"). The selections include not only Chet's solo recordings and his duets with other guitar players, but also include songs he contribued to as a sideman. Songs with Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters, Eddy Arnold, The Everly Brothers, Don Gibson are represented in this collection. Duets include Jerry Reed, Merle Travis, Lenny Breau, Les Paul and Mark Knopfler.

All Music Guide stated: "It might not be the ultimate Atkins compilation, given the sheer quantity of material the guitarist recorded. But it's a good -- and, more crucially, very listenable -- starting point for surveying his work as a solo artist."

[edit] Track listing

1. "Guitar Blues (Pickin' the Blues)" (Atkins) – 2:50
2. "Bug Dance" (Atkins) – 2:56
3. "Dizzy Strings" (Atkins) – 2:43
4. "Centipede Boogie" (Atkins) – 2:41
5. "Mainstreet Breakdown" (Atkins) – 2:17
6. "Root, Hog or Die" (Carter, Foree) – 2:33
7. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Waller) – 2:37
8. "The Third Man Theme" (Karas) – 2:25
9. "Black Mountain Rag" (Magness) – 2:16
10. "Country Gentleman" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:15
11. "City Slicker" (Atkins) – 2:21
12. "Mister Sandman" (Ballard) – 2:17
13. "The Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)" (Monnot) – 1:59
14. "Big D" (Loesser) – 2:17
15. "Trambone" (Atkins) – 2:13
16. "Should We Tell Him" (Everly, Everly) – 2:08
17. "Hidden Charm" (Rich) – 2:31
18. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Gibson) – 2:34
19. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (Brockman, Kellette, Kennedy) – 1:36
20. "Slinkey" (Atkins) – 2:01
21. "Boo Boo Stick Beat" (Harman, Loudermilk) – 2:10
22. "Hot Mocking Bird" – 2:12
23. "The Slop" (Cogswell) – 2:18
24. "Man of Mystery" (Carr) – 2:05
25. "Wheels" (Petty) – 2:31
26. "Teen Scene" (Atkins, Reed) – 2:00
27. "Freight Train" (James, Williams) – 2:05
28. "Satan's Doll" (Smith) – 3:51
29. "Yakety Axe" (Randolph, Rich) – 2:06
30. "A Taste of Honey" (Marlow, Scott) – 2:41
31. "Drive In" (Reed) – 2:20
32. "Get on with It" (Atkins, Reed) – 2:11
33. "Cannonball Rag" (Travis) – 2:14
34. "Take Five" (Desmond) – 2:44
35. "Is Anything Better Than This" (Silverstein) – 2:30
36. "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (Cahn, Styne) – 3:32
37. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 5:51
38. "Poor Boy Blues" (Kennerly) – 4:04
39. "Sneakin' Around" (Kass) – 4:28
40. "Big Foot" (Atkins) – 1:40

[edit] Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar

[edit] External links

• Listing of single releases by Chet Atkins