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| Me and My Guitar | ||||
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| Studio album by Chet Atkins | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | RCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 30:41 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor APL1-2405 | |||
| Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Rolling Stone Record Guide | |
Me and My Guitar is the forty-eighth studio 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.
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
- AllMusic review
- The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 13.
- AllMusic entry for reissue of Me and My Guitar and First Nashville Guitar Quartet.