The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
- The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
Infobox Album
Name = The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
Type = compilation album
Artist = Chet Atkins
Released = 1976
Recorded =
Length =
Label = RCA
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3jfixql5ldse link]
Last album = "Chester and Lester"
(1976)
This album = "The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends"
(1976)
Next album = "Me and My Guitar"
(1977)
"The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends" is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1976. It peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Country Albums charts in 1977.
Atkins collaborated with a number artists and this 1976 LP release contains a broad spectrum, including previously unreleased songs with Dolly Parton and Boots Randolph. Other guests include Johnny Gimble, Arthur Fielder, Lenny Breau, Jerry Reed, Merle Travis, Les Paul and Hank Snow.
It was re-released on CD in 1995 by RCA.
Track listing
ide one
# "Terry on the Turnpike" (Atkins) (with Boots Randolph)
# "Sail Along Silv'ry Moon" (Harry Tobias, Percy Wenrich)
# "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) (with Lenny Breau)
# "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva,Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) (with Les Paul)
# "The Ballad of New Orleans/Sugarfoot Rag" (Driftwood) (with the Boston Pops Orchestra)
ide two
# "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (Dolly Parton) (with Dolly Parton)
# "Frog Kissin'" (with Ray Stevens)
# "Twichy" (Jerry Reed Hubbard) (with Jerry Reed)
# "Fiddlin' Around" (Johnny Gimble) (with Johnny Gimble)
# "Poison Love" (Elmer Laird) (with Hank Snow)
# "I'll See You in My Dreams" – (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) (with Merle Travis)
Personnel
*Chet Atkins – guitar
*Dolly Parton – vocals
*Boots Randolph – sax
*Charlie McCoy – harmonica
*Lenny Breau – guitar
*Hank Snow – guitar
*Jerry Reed – guitar
*Ray Stevens – vocals
*Les Paul – guitar
*Merle Travis – guitar
*Danny Davis and The Nashville Brass – trumpet, brass section
*Johnny Gimble – fiddle
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