The Essential Chet Atkins
Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: Disc 1. Guitar blues (Pickin' the blues); Bug dance; Dizzy strings; Centipede boogie; Mainstreet breakdown; Root, hog or die; Jitterbug waltz ; The Third Man theme; Black Mountain rag; Country gentleman; City slicker; Mister Sandman; The poor people of Paris (Jean's song); Big D; Trambone; Should we tell him; Hidden charm; Oh lonesome me; I'm forever blowing bubbles; Slinkey — Disc 2. Boo boo stick beat; Hot mocking bird; The slop; Man of mystery; Wheels; Teen scene; Freight train; Satan's doll; Yakety axe; A taste of honey; Drive in; Get on with it; Cannonball rag; Take five; Is anything better than this; It's been a long, long time; Polka dots and moonbeams; Poor boy blues; Sneakin' around; Big foot.
Alan Bisbort wrote in the Fairfield County Weekly: "On the strength of these 40 cuts, Chet was no less than the re-animated spirit of Django Reinhart [i.e., Reinhardt], especially on his early instrumentals. … The instrumental tracks stand in a class all their own. … It's hard to think of any serious guitar player not influenced by this man's work" ("CD Shorts," 8/2/07, p. 27).
Contents: Disc 1. Guitar blues (Pickin' the blues); Bug dance; Dizzy strings; Centipede boogie; Mainstreet breakdown; Root, hog or die; Jitterbug waltz ; The Third Man theme; Black Mountain rag; Country gentleman; City slicker; Mister Sandman; The poor people of Paris (Jean's song); Big D; Trambone; Should we tell him; Hidden charm; Oh lonesome me; I'm forever blowing bubbles; Slinkey — Disc 2. Boo boo stick beat; Hot mocking bird; The slop; Man of mystery; Wheels; Teen scene; Freight train; Satan's doll; Yakety axe; A taste of honey; Drive in; Get on with it; Cannonball rag; Take five; Is anything better than this; It's been a long, long time; Polka dots and moonbeams; Poor boy blues; Sneakin' around; Big foot.
Alan Bisbort wrote in the Fairfield County Weekly: "On the strength of these 40 cuts, Chet was no less than the re-animated spirit of Django Reinhart [i.e., Reinhardt], especially on his early instrumentals. … The instrumental tracks stand in a class all their own. … It's hard to think of any serious guitar player not influenced by this man's work" ("CD Shorts," 8/2/07, p. 27).
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