Down Home (Chet Atkins album)

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Down Home
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1962
Recorded	Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	28:55
Label	RCA Victor LSP-2450 (Stereo)
Producer	Chet Atkins
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Chet Atkins chronology
Caribbean Guitar (1962) Down Home (1962) Our Man in Nashville (1962)

Down Home is a recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins.

After releasing the smooth pop and easy listening albums Chet Atkins' Workshop and The Most Popular Guitar, Chet returned to his roots with Down Home. The album peaked at number 31 and returned Atkins to the Top 40. It includes two of Chet's signature tunes, "Windy and Warm" and "Trambone".

It was re-released on CD by One Way Records along with The Most Popular Guitar in 1995.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Salty Dog Rag" (Crows, Gordy) – 2:10
2. "I Am a Pilgrim" ((Travis) – 3:03
3. "Trambone" ((Atkins) – 2:15
4. "Steel Guitar Rag" ((McAuliffe, Stone, Travis) – 1:54
5. "Little Feet" – 2:27
6. "Blue Steel Blues" ((Daffan) – 2:19

[edit] Side two

1. "Windy and Warm" ((Loudermilk) – 2:26
2. "I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" ((Atkins, Louvin) – 2:32
3. "Never on Sunday" ((Hadjidakis, Towne) – 3:01
4. "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" ((Dubin, Mercer, Warren) – 2:15
5. "Give the World a Smile" ((Deaton, Yandell) – 2:04
6. "Tuxedo Junction" ((Dash, Feyne, Hawkins, Johnson) – 2:07

[edit] Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Boots Randolph - sax
• Charlie McCoy - harmonica

[edit] External links

• Windy and Warm Video