Me and My Guitar (Chet Atkins album)

Me and My Guitar

Studio album by Chet Atkins

Released

1977

Recorded

RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, TN

Genre

Country

Length

30:41

Label

RCA Victor APL1-2405

Chet Atkins chronology

The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
(1976)

Me and My Guitar
(1977)

Chet Floyd & Danny
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Me and My Guitar is an album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It was nominated for the Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance Grammy in 1978. Atkins joined Floyd Cramer and Danny Davis that same year to produce Chet Floyd & Danny which was also nominated.

Lenny Breau appears on "Long, Long Ago" and "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To".

Reissues

Me and My Guitar was reissued by One Way Records (35122) combined with First Nashville Guitar Quartet.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

"Cascade" (Gene Slone) – 2:23
"West Memphis Serenade" (Bobby Braddock)– 2:35
"Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Bayly) – 2:53
"All Thumbs" (Mark Casstevens) – 2:20
"Vincent (Don McLean) – 3:12
"Me and My Guitar" (James Taylor) – 2:40

Side two

"Struttin'" (Jerry Reed) – 2:31
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 3:10
"David's Dance" (Odell Martin) – 3:07
"A Song for Anna" (Andre Popp) – 2:42
"My Little Waltz" (Atkins, John Knowles) – 2:25

Personnel

Chet Atkins - guitar, resonator guitar, vocals
Lenny Breau - guitar, bass
John Baker - percussion
Paul Yandell – guitar
Mark Casstevens – guitar
Larrie Londin – drums
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
Randy Goodrum – clavinet, synthesizer, Utility keyboard
Bob Moore – bass
Henry Styzelecki – bass
Ray Stevens – piano
Bobby Wood – piano, organ
Tommy Cogbill – bass
Hayward Bishop – drums
John Christopher – guitar
Billy Sanford – guitar
John Baker – drums
Floyd Cramer – piano
Dave Kirby – guitar
Joe Osborn – bass
Jimmy Isbell – drums

Production notes

Engineered by Bill Vandervort, Bill Harris, Chuck Seitz, Al Pachucki
Mastered by Randy King

References

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

Related articles	Discography

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