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Chester & Lester (CD)

By: Chet Atkins (Artist) and Les Paul (Artist)

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Chet Atkins Artist Snapshot:

Among fingerstyle country guitar players, perhaps only Merle Travis can rival Chet Atkins, whose distinctive sound defined an entire generation of Nashville country. Atkins has played an equally important role as a record producer. As RCA's chief Nashville producer in the '50s and '60s, Atkins oversaw sessions for Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Jim Reeves, Don Gibson, and countless others. He was one of the chief architects of the polished country style that came to be known as the "Nashville sound," but his own productions were more tasteful and appealing than those for which the genre is frequently lambasted. Atkins remained active into the '90s, but succumbed to cancer in 2001.

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DISC 1 for Chester & Lester (CD) Album By Chet Atkins (Artist) and Les P...
1   It's Been a Long, Long Time
2   Moonglow / Picnic (Theme From 'Picnic')
3   Caravan
4   It Had To Be You
5   Out Of Nowhere
6   Avalon
7   Birth Of the Blues
8   Someday Sweetheart
9   Deed I Do
10   Lover Come Back To Me
11   World Is Waiting For the Sunrise, The - (previously unreleased, Bonus Tracks)
12   You Brought a New Kind Of Love To Me - (previously unreleased, Bonus Tracks)
13   Caravan - (previously unreleased, alternate take, Bonus Tracks)
14   Moonglow / Picnic (Theme From 'Picnic') - (previously unreleased, Bonus Tracks/Rehearsal Version)
 

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Personnel includes: Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Paul Yandell (guitar); Randy Goodrum (piano); Henry Strzelecki, Bob Moore (bass); Larrie London (drums).

Recorded in 1976.

Digitally remastered by Denny Purcell & Jonathan Russell (Georgetown Masters, Nashville, Tennessee).

Personnel: Bobby Thompson (guitar); Paul Yandell, Ray Edenton (guitar); Randy Goodrum (piano); Henry Strzelecki, Bob Moore (bass guitar); Larrie Londin (drums).

Les Paul is known not only for his contributions to the development of the electric guitar, but for his wizardry in the studio as well (he was a pioneer in the use of multi-track recordings). Part of what makes CHESTER AND LESTER such a treat, however, is the straightforward, easy feel of the session, which seems leagues removed from Paul's painstakingly meticulous experiments. A duo date with Chet Atkins (who was greatly influenced and inspired by Paul), CHESTER AND LESTER showcases two guitar icons playing together as friends.

There is a heavy country flavor to these proceedings, but that doesn't keep either guitarist from flinging around stylistic references to jazz and other genres. Atkins' laid-back fingerpicking style is the perfect counterpoint to Paul's fretboard flurries. The sheer mythic weight created by these two innovators playing side by side is almost enough in itself to recommend the album, but--not surprisingly--the music is wonderful too.

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