The Essential Chet Atkins

Greatest hits album by Chet Atkins

Released

2007

Recorded

1946 - 1995

Country, jazz

Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau, Daryl Dybka, Bob Ferguson, Charles Grean, Bob Irwin, Anita Kerr, Stephen H. Sholes, Mark Knopfler

Chet Atkins chronology

The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
(2004)

The Essential Chet Atkins
(2007)

Eclectic Guitar
(2007)

The Essential Chet Atkins is a two-disc compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the Legacy label.

History

The 40 tracks span Atkins' career from "Chet Atkins and the All-Star Hillbillies" ("Guitar Blues") released on Bullet Records to his last solo album Almost Alone ("Big Foot"). The selections include not only Chet's solo recordings and his duets with other guitar players, but also include songs he contributed to as a sideman. Songs with Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters, Eddy Arnold, The Everly Brothers, Don Gibson are represented in this collection. Duets include Jerry Reed, Merle Travis, Lenny Breau, Les Paul and Mark Knopfler. This marked the first licensed US release of "Guitar Blues."

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Allmusic stated: "It might not be the ultimate Atkins compilation, given the sheer quantity of material the guitarist recorded. But it's a good — and, more crucially, very listenable — starting point for surveying his work as a solo artist."

Track listing

"Guitar Blues (Pickin' the Blues)" (Atkins) – 2:50
"Bug Dance" (Atkins) – 2:56
"Dizzy Strings" (Atkins) – 2:43
"Centipede Boogie" (Atkins) – 2:41
"Mainstreet Breakdown" (Atkins) – 2:17
"Root, Hog or Die" (Carter, Foree) – 2:33
"Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) – 2:37
"Third Man Theme" (Anton Karas) – 2:25
"Black Mountain Rag" (Magness) – 2:16
"Country Gentleman" (Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:15
"City Slicker" (Atkins) – 2:21
"Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:17
"The Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)" (Rene Rouzaud, Marguerite Monnot) – 1:59
"Big D" (Frank Loesser) – 2:17
"Trambone" (Atkins) – 2:13
"Should We Tell Him" (Phil Everly, Don Everly) – 2:08
"Hidden Charm" (Rich) – 2:31
"Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:34
"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (Brockman, Kellette, Kennedy) – 1:36
"Slinkey" (Atkins) – 2:01
"Boo Boo Stick Beat" (Buddy Harman, John D. Loudermilk) – 2:10
"Hot Mocking Bird" – 2:12
"The Slop" (Cogswell) – 2:18
"Man of Mystery" (Carr) – 2:05
"Wheels" (Petty) – 2:31
"Teen Scene" (Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed) – 2:00
"Freight Train" (James, Williams) – 2:05
"Satan's Doll" (Smith) – 3:51
"Yakety Axe" (Boots Randolph, Rich) – 2:06
"A Taste of Honey" (Marlow, Scott) – 2:41
"Drive In" (Jerry Reed) – 2:20
"Get on with It" (Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed) – 2:11
"Cannonball Rag" (Merle Travis) – 2:14
"Take Five" (Paul Desmond) – 2:44
"Is Anything Better Than This" (Shel Silverstein) – 2:30
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:32
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:51
"Poor Boy Blues" (Paul Kennerley) – 4:04
"Sneakin' Around" (Kass) – 4:28
"Big Foot" (Atkins) – 1:40

Personnel

Chet Atkins – guitar

References

↑ "The Essential Chet Atkins > 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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