More of That Guitar Country

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More of That Guitar Country
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Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released 1965
Recorded RCA "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre Country, country-pop, Nashville sound
Length27:22
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
My Favorite Guitars
(1964)		More of That Guitar Country
(1965)		 Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
(1966)

More of That Guitar Country is the twenty-seventh studio album by US country musician Chet Atkins. It is a follow-up to his Guitar Country release and was more successful. His rendition of "Yakety Sax" by Boots Randolph earned Atkins a hit on the country singles charts. A mix of traditional fingerpicking, country-flavored pop and traditional country, the album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Country charts.

Chet Atkins American guitarist and record producer

Chester Burton Atkins, known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, who along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, among others, created the country music style that came to be known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily known as a guitarist. He also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele.

Yakety Sax 1963 song composed by Boots Randolph performed by Boots Randolph

"Yakety Sax" is a pop novelty instrumental jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph. Saxophonist Randolph popularized the selection in his 1963 recording, which reached number 35 on the rock charts. UK comedian Benny Hill later made it more widely known as the closing theme music of The Benny Hill Show. The piece is considered Randolph's signature song.

Boots Randolph American musician

Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax". Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville sound" for most of his professional career.

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More of That Guitar Country and "Yakety Axe" were nominated for four 1965 Grammy awards but did not win any.

Reception

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In an Allmusic review, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "... one of Atkins' least-cluttered, mostly reined-in, and most musical albums of the mid-'60s, searching for good material wherever he can find it, even outside the cloistered world of Nashville." [1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Yakety Axe" (Boots Randolph, James Rich) – 2:04
  2. "Back Up and Push" (Traditional; arranged by Chet Atkins) – 2:13
  3. "Cloudy and Cool" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:19
  4. "Alone and Forsaken" (Hank Williams) – 2:41
  5. "Old Joe Clark" (Traditional; arranged by Chet Atkins) – 2:08
  6. "Catch the Wind" (Donovan) – 2:03

Side two

  1. "How's the World Treating You" (Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:39
  2. "Understand Your Man" (Johnny Cash) – 2:02
  3. "Letter Edged in Black" (Traditional) – 2:06
  4. "My Town" (Atkins) – 2:20
  5. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) – 2:24
  6. "The Last Letter" (Rex Griffin) – 2:23

Personnel

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Charlie McCoy American musician

Charles Ray McCoy is a Grammy-winning American session musician noted mainly for his harmonica performance, but also for his skill on a wide variety of instruments. In 2009, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Based in Nashville, McCoy's playing is heard on recordings by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings and Loretta Lynn. He has recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records. Thirteen of his singles have entered the Billboard country charts. He was a member of Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry. In 2007, McCoy was inducted into the International Musicians Hall of Fame as a part a group of session musicians dubbed "The Nashville A-Team".

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "More of That Guitar Country > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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