Mister Guitar
1959 studio album by Chet Atkins
Mister Guitar | ||||
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The original LP album cover | ||||
Studio album by Chet Atkins | ||||
Released | October 1959 | |||
Recorded | Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country, pop | |||
Length | 24:43 | |||
Label | RCA Victor LSP-2103 (Stereo) | |||
Producer | Chet Atkins | |||
Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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Alternative Cover | ||||
The LP re-issue of Mister Guitar | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | (4.25/5)[1] |
Mister Guitar is the eleventh studio album recorded by guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1959. That title, as well as "Country Gentleman", became names assigned to Chet.
"Country Gentleman", co-written with Boudleaux Bryant, was a minor hit for Atkins in 1953. That original version was recorded in a garage.[2] The liner notes are by David Halberstam, then writing for The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee.
Reissues
- Mister Guitar was packaged with Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions and released on CD in 1998 by One Way Records.
- In 2002, Mister Guitar was reissued with Chet Atkins' Workshop by Classic Compact Disc (Disc 2103).
Track listing
Side one
- "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 1:53
- "Rainbow" (Alfred Bryan, Percy Wenrich) – 2:27
- "Hello Bluebird" (Cliff Friend) – 2:06
- "Siesta" (Atkins, James Rich) – 2:10
- "Country Style" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:02
- "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 2:06
Side two
- "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (John Kellette, James Kendis, James Brockman, Nat Vincent) – 1:30
- "Backwoods" (James Rich) – 2:09
- "Country Gentleman" (Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) – 1:53
- "Slinkey" (Atkins) – 1:59
- "Jessie" (Traditional) – 1:44
- "Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – 2:27
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
Production notes
- Engineered by Bob Farris and Bill Porter
References
- v
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- Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
- Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins
- A Session with Chet Atkins
- Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)
- Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
- Finger Style Guitar
- Chet Atkins at Home
- Hi-Fi in Focus
- Chet Atkins in Hollywood
- Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
- Mister Guitar
- Teensville
- The Other Chet Atkins
- Chet Atkins' Workshop
- Christmas with Chet Atkins
- The Most Popular Guitar
- Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
- Caribbean Guitar
- Down Home
- Our Man in Nashville
- Teen Scene
- The Guitar Genius
- Travelin'
- Guitar Country
- Progressive Pickin'
- My Favorite Guitars
- More of That Guitar Country
- Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
- From Nashville with Love
- Music from Nashville, My Home Town
- It's a Guitar World
- Chet
- Picks the Best
- Class Guitar
- Hometown Guitar
- Solid Gold 68
- Solo Flights
- Lover's Guitar
- Solid Gold 69
- Yestergroovin'
- Solid Gold 70
- Pickin' My Way
- For the Good Times
- Picks on the Hits
- Alone
- The Night Atlanta Burned
- Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
- Teen Scene
- Me and My Guitar
- Country After All These Years
- East Tennessee Christmas
- Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
- Stay Tuned
- Street Dreams
- Sails
- Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
- Read My Licks
- Almost Alone
- Solo Sessions
- Chet Atkins and His Guitar
Hank Snow | |
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Boston Pops | |
Jerry Reed | |
Country All-Stars | |
Nashville String Band |
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Les Paul | |
Others |
compilations
- The Best of Chet Atkins
- The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2
- The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
- Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
- Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- Chet Picks on the Grammys
- The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
- The Essential Chet Atkins
- Eclectic Guitar
- The Early Years 1946–1957