Standard Brands (album)
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| Studio album by Chet Atkins and Lenny Breau | |||||
| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 33:41 | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
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Standard Brands is an album by Chet Atkins and Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1981.
History
Due to Breau's drug problems, the album took nearly two years to complete.[1]
Atkins was instrumental in getting Lenny his first recording contract after hearing one of his (Lenny's) studio tapes. Atkins stated in an interview for Frets magazine: "Paul Yandell first brought Lenny to my attention around 1966. I immediately knew that here was one of the great players of this world. He had taken some of my fragmentary ideas, and gone on and on into musical areas I had never dreamed of."[2]
Atkins also produced and recorded two other releases by Breau. Chet said of his longtime friend: "He was a great fingerstylist with fathomless knowledge. His legend will continue to inspire future generations."[3]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [4] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Robert Taylor wrote of Standard Brands: "The pairing of these two guitar legends for a series of guitar duets was long overdue, but thankfully was well preserved and finally reissued... The interplay between the duo is a fascinating lesson in the old teaching the new and vice versa... A wonderful piece of guitar history."[4]
Reissues
- The original LP was reissued on CD by One Way Records in 1994. It is now out of print.
Track listing
Side one
- "Batucada" (Luiz Bonfá) – 3:19
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:12
- "Cattle Call" (Tex Owens) – 2:08
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 4:35
- "Somebody's Knockin'" (Jerry Gillespie, Ed Penney) – 4:21
Side two
- "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07
- "This Nearly Was Mine" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 2:39
- "Going Home" (Antonín Dvořák) – 4:35
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:45
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Lenny Breau – guitar
References
- ↑ Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05565-8.
- ↑ Atkins, Chet. "The Genius of Lenny Breau". Frets Magazine. July 1986.
- ↑ Lenny Breau Remembered by Jim Ferguson. Accessed on March 28, 2008.
- 1 2 Taylor, Robert. "Standard Brands > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
External links
- The Genius of Lenny Breau (PDF document) Retrieved July 3, 2009.