The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show

Infobox Album
Name = The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
Type = album
Artist = Chet Atkins, Merle Travis


Released = 1974
Recorded = January 15-16, 1974, Los Angeles, California
Genre = Country, bluegrass
Length = 29:56
Label = RCA
Producer = Jerry Reed
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifyxqrgldke link]
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Chet Atkins
Type = album
Last album = "Superpickers"
(1974)
This album = "The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show"
(1974)
Next album = "Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed"
(1974)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Chet Atkins Collaborations
Type = album
Last album = "Superpickers"
(1974)
This album = "The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show"
(1974)
Next album = "Chester & Lester"
(1976)

"The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show" is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. The two musical legends team up on 11 songs, earning the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Rehearsed in Nashville, this album was recorded in California.Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05565-8.]

Originally released on RCA, it was re-issued on CD by BMG in 2002.

Track listing

ide one

# "Down South Blues" (Atkins, Travis) – 4:36
# "Mutual Admiration" (Shel Silverstein) – 2:10
# "Muskrat Ramble" (Gilbert, Ory) – 2:33
# "If I Had You" (Campbell, Connelly, Shapiro) – 3:07
# "Cannonball Rag" (Travis) – 1:22
# "Boogie For Cecil" (Atkins, Travis) – 2:29

ide two

# "Is There Anything Better Than This" (Shel Silverstein) – 2:30
# "Dance of the Golden Rod" (Travis) – 1:53
# "Who's Sorry Now?" (Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 2:10
# "Nine Pound Hammer" (Travis) – 2:53
# "I'll See You in My Dreams" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:51

Personnel

*Chet Atkins – guitar, vocals
*Merle Travis – guitar, vocals

References