Chet Atkins at Home

Studio album by Chet Atkins

Released

1957

Recorded

Nashville, TN

Genre

Country, pop, classical

Label

RCA Victor LPM-1744

Producer

Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins chronology

Finger Style Guitar
(1956)

Chet Atkins at Home
(1957)

Hi Fi in Focus
(1957)

Chet Atkins at Home is the title of a recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It contains his clever arrangement of Yankee Doodle played at the same time as Dixie.

Atkins is pictured on the cover in his home studio in Nashville. He was often dissatisfied with his performances in the RCA studios and would take the already recorded rhythm tracks home with him to perfect his guitar part in his own studio.^[1]

An EP with the same title and cover (RCA records #4194) was released including "Say Si Si", "Vilia", "Yankee Doodle Dixie" and "You're Just in Love".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Music critic Richard S. Ginnell, writing for Allmusic, stated that "the record still sounds timeless for its musical beauty and taste, as well as a catholic repertoire that now falls completely outside the boundaries of Nashville country."^[2]

Reissues

Chet Atkins at Home was released as Chet Atkins at Home... Plus with nine bonus tracks on the Universe label in March 2008.

Track listing

Side one

"Say "Si Si"" (Ernesto Lecuona, Francia Luban, Al Stillman)
"Vilja" (Franz Lehár)
"Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish)
"Ay Ay Ay" (Traditional)
"Nagasaki" (Mort Dixon, Harry Warren)
"Yankee Doodle Dixie" (Atkins)

Side two

"April in Portugal" (Raul Ferrao, Gilbardo, Jimmy Kennedy)
"Jungle Drums" (Lima)
"In the Chapel in the Moonlight" (Billy Hill)
"Martha" (Traditional)
"Czardas" (Vittorio Monti)
"You're Just in Love" (Irving Berlin)

Chet Atkins at Home... Plus bonus tracks:

"Don't Blame Me"
"Muskrat Ramble"
"Yankee Doodle Dixie" (EP version)
"Asleep in the Deep"
"Out of Nowhere"
"Even Tho'"
"When the Day is Done"
""I'll be with You in Apple Blossom Time"
"Swanee River"

Personnel

Chet Atkins – guitar

References

↑ Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05565-8.
1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "Chet Atkins at Home > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.

Chet Atkins

Studio albums	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 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

Collaborations	Reminiscing The Pops Goes Country C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops Me & Jerry Chet Floyd & Boots Me & Chet American Salute Superpickers The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed Chester & Lester Chet Floyd & Danny Guitar Monsters First Nashville Guitar Quartet Reflections Standard Brands Neck and Neck Sneakin' Around The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat Simpatico The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

Live albums	After the Riot at Newport In Concert And Then Came Chet Atkins The Best of Chet on the Road — Live

With The Country All-Stars	String Dustin' Jazz from the Hills

With The Nashville String Band	The Nashville String Band Down Home Strung Up Identified! The Bandit World's Greatest Melodies

Selected 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

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