Identified!

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Identified!
Identified Nashville String Band.jpg
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedRCA "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length24:41
Label RCA Victor LSP-4472 (Stereo)
Producer Bob Ferguson, Chet Atkins
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Identified! is an album by The Nashville String Band, released in 1971. The band consisted of Chet Atkins and Homer and Jethro.

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The musicians are pictured unmasked with their instruments on the back cover. The trio made six albums together.

Reception

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Writing for Allmusic, critic Ken Dryden wrote of the album "Although the session is a tad overproduced with a stingy length of just 24 minutes, and it doesn't sufficiently focus on the solo capabilities of each man, this long out of print RCA LP still has great appeal." [1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Colonel Bogey" (F. J. Ricketts) – 2:12
  2. "White Silver Sands" (Charles 'Red' Matthews, Gladys Reinhart) – 2:30
  3. "Red Wing" (Kerry Mills, Thurland Chattaway) – 2:24
  4. "The Three Bells" (Jean Villard, Marc Herrand, Bert Reisfeld) – 2:37
  5. "Oklahoma Hills" – 2:26

Side two

  1. "Strollin'" – 2:09
  2. "Sweet Dreams" – 2:17
  3. "Rocky Top" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:35
  4. "Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)" (Eddie Miller, Dub Wilson) – 2:54
  5. "Green Green Grass of Home" (Curly Putman) – 2:37

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. "Identified! > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.