Me & Jerry

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Me & Jerry
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedRCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country, pop
Length26:08
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Ferguson, Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops
(1969)
Me & Jerry
(1970)
Down Home
(1970)

Me & Jerry is the first duet studio album by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, released by RCA Records in 1970. Consisting of pop, country and standards, this collaboration won the 1971 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

Contents

It was followed by Me & Chet in 1972.

Reception

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In his review for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album; "virtuosity is always more appealing when it doesn't call attention to itself, a trap Atkins and Reed always avoid here. The two simply lay back and play, trading lines and licks with an easy grace, having so much fun that it's impossible to not share in their joy." [1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Tennessee Stud" (Jimmy Driftwood) – 3:05
  2. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon) – 3:06
  3. "MacArthur Park" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:45
  4. "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:52
  5. "Nut Sundae" (Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 2:37

Side two

  1. "Cannonball Rag" (Merle Travis) – 2:13
  2. "Wreck of the John B" – 2:55
  3. "Stumpwater" (Hubbard) – 2:15
  4. "The January February March" (Hubbard) – 2:48
  5. "Something" (George Harrison) – 2:14

Personnel

Production notes

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References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Me & Jerry > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. AllMusic entry for reissue of Me & Jerry and Me & Chet.