category: instrumental country / jazz / easy listening

[From the CD liner notes]:
"This is my first album of completely solo guitar playing. Although I love to dabble in jazz, bluegrass, and other styles of music, I've always considered myself a 'Fingerstyle guitar' player. Fingerstyle guitar is a fairly broad term which, believe it or not, simply means 'guitar played with the fingers'. Fingerstyle does encompass the classical guitar world, and I do play a bit here and there with classical music, but I certainly don't consider myself a bona-fide classical guitarist (rightfully so!). I've included one original tune on this album, which I wrote with my good friend Pat Bergeson, some requested recordings, and some classical standards that I couldn't help myself from changing just a little. Cheers!" -- Richard Smith, 2007

CD Track Listing

  1. SATURDAY NIGHT SHUFFLE (Travis) (2:29)
  2. REQUIEM OF A MARIONETTE (Theme from 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents') (Gounod) (2:00)
  3. THE RAGTIME DANCE (Joplin) (3:30)
  4. THE CHET SHUFFLE (Bergeson / Smith) (2:40)
  5. SOUND OF THE BELLS (Pernambuco) (2:25)
  6. THE WATKINS MAN * (Atkins) (3:20)
  7. MAZURKA CHORO (Villa-Lobos) (3:07)
  8. THE MASTERPIECE THEATER THEME (from MOURET'S 'RONDEAU') (2:40)
  9. JESU (Bach) (3:19)
10. THE CASCADES (Joplin) (3:22)
11. WINDY & WARM * (Loudermilk) (2:47)
12. CAVATINA (Myers) (3:38)

  * adapted by Richard Smith from an arr. by Chet Atkins

Total timing: 35:20

Label/No: RSJA-102

Release date: 2007