Guitar Country Explained

Guitar Country
Type:album
Artist:Chet Atkins
Cover:Guitar_Country.jpg
Released:1964
Recorded:RCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre:Country
Length:27:49
Label:RCA Victor LPM 2783 (mono), LSP 2783 (Stereo)
Producer:Bob Ferguson
Chronology:Chet Atkins
Prev Title:Reminiscing
Prev Year:1964
Next Title:Progressive Pickin'
Next Year:1964

Guitar Country is the twenty-fourth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. The album was a nominee for the 1964 Best Country & Western Album Grammy award, however it was beat out by Roger Miller's "Dang Me/ Chug-A-Lug".[1] The album stayed on the Country albums charts for 33 weeks, peaking at #1 in May of 1964.[2] Prior to 1964, there was no separate genre chart for Country LPs, thus Chet's previous charting albums were on the Pop charts. Numerous future Atkins releases "crossed over" from the Country and Pop charts.

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten) – 2:03
  2. "A Little Bit of Blues" (Jerry Reed) – 2:58
  3. "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:26
  4. "Dobro" (Atkins, Cy Coben) – 1:59
  5. "Kentucky" (Karl Davis) – 2:53
  6. "Vaya con Dios" (Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper) – 2:23

Side two

  1. "Winter Walkin'" (Jerry Reed) – 2:01
  2. "Guitar Country" (Johnny Mercer, Willard Robison) – 2:39
  3. "Sugarfoot Rag" (Hank Garland, Vaughn Horton) – 2:01
  4. "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) – 2:01
  5. "Copper Kettle" (Albert F. Beddoe) – 2:10
  6. "Yes Ma'am" (Jerry Reed) – 2:15

Personnel

Production notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 7th Annual GRAMMY Awards GRAMMY.com . 2024-04-25 . grammy.com.
  2. Web site: Chet Atkins Biography, Music & News . 2024-04-25 . Billboard . en-US.