Sneakin' Around

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Sneakin' Around
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1991
RecordedChet Atkins Workshop, Nashville, TN
Genre Country, pop
Label Columbia
Producer Darryl Dybka, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed
Chet Atkins chronology
C.G.P.
(1988)
Sneakin' Around
(1991)
Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
(1993)
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
Neck and Neck
(1990)
Sneakin' Around
(1991)
Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
(1993)

Sneakin' Around is a collaborative album by American guitarists Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, released in 1991. Reed and Atkins had done a series of recording collaborations nearly 20 years before this release. It peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Country Albums charts.

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At the Grammy Awards of 1993, Sneakin' Around won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Chet was also nominated that year for his work with The Chieftains' "Tahitian Skies".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic music critic Richard S. Ginell called the album a "most welcome" encore and wrote; "the old Atkins/Reed country ways filter in, the rapport and good humor between the two intact and bubbling..." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
  2. "Cajun Stripper" (Doug Kershaw / Rusty Kershaw)
  3. "Vaudville Daze" (Chet Atkins / Jerry Reed)
  4. "Here We Are" (Chet Atkins / Billy Edd Wheeler)
  5. "The Claw" (Jerry Reed)
  6. "First Born" (Jerry Reed)
  7. "Major Attempt at a Minor Thing" (Jerry Reed)
  8. "Gibson Girl" (Wayne Simmons)
  9. "Sneakin' Around" (R. L. Kass)
  10. "Nifty Fifties" (Rocky Stone)
  11. "Here Comes That Girl" (Chet Atkins / Darryl Dybka)

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums68

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References

  1. 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "Sneakin' Around > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.