category: instrumental country / pop / jazz / easy listening

Album review:
I have several CHet Atkins albums, as I am a guitarist with eclectic tastes and love his style. If I were to own only one Chet Atkins album this would probably be the one. It showcases his wide range of style and virtusity from black mountain rag to the charming ballad duet with Dolly Parton on "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" to "Yakety Axe". Its fun, it moves along, there are a wide variety of selections and it is well engineered. In a day when fewer people know about Chet this a a great way to understand how this man came to influence an entire music industry and style, was able to do so by his instrumnetal virtuosity, yet appealed to everyman. Buy it youll love it. -- A music fan (Englewood, CO)

CD Track Listing

  1. Mister Sandman (Pat Ballard) (2:19)
  2. Black Mountain Rag (Tommy Magness) (2:35)
  3. A Taste Of Honey (Scott / Marlow) (2:41)
  4. Country Gentleman (Chet Atkins / Boudleaux Bryant) (1:56)
  5. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (w/Dolly Parton: vocals) (Dolly Parton) (2:41)
  6. Main Street Breakdown * (Chet Atkins) (2:16)
  7. Yesterday (Lennon / McCartney) (3:11)
  8. Blue Angel (Natalico Lima) (2:24)
  9. Cascade (Gene Sloane) (2:28)
10. Boo Boo Stick Beat (Murray Harmon / J.D.Loudermilk) (2:10)
11. Silver Bell (guitar duet w/Hank Snow) (Wenrich / Madden) (2:16)
12. The Streets Of Laredo (trad. arr. Chet Atkins) (2:41)
13. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (w/Floyd Cramer: piano) (Mills / Ellington) (2:18)
14. Jerry's Breakdown (guitar duet w/Jerry Reed) (Jerry R. Hubbard) (2:11)
15. Yakety Axe (w/Charlie McCoy: harmonica) (Randolph / Rich) (2:03)
16. Over The Rainbow (guitar duet w/Les Paul) (Harburg / Arlen) (2:31)

  * w/Homer Haynes (rhythm guitar) & Jethro Burns (mandolin)

Total timing: 38:49

Label/No: RCA 67019-2

Release date: 2001 reissue