Neck and Neck

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Neck and Neck
Neck and Neck cover
Studio album by Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
Released 1990
Genre Country
Label Columbia
Producer Mark Knopfler
Professional reviews
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
Standard Brands
(1981)		 Neck and Neck
(1990)		 Sneakin' Around
(1991)

Neck and Neck is a collaborative album by Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler. It was released on October 9th, 1990 by Columbia Records. The track "Poor Boy Blues" was released as a single. It won the 1991 Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. "So Soft Your Goodbye" won the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Neck & Neck was again nominated for the 1992 Grammy for Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance.

Atkins originally recorded "Yakety Axe", a parody of Boots' Randolph's "Yakety Sax", on his 1965 album "More Of That Guitar Country", This new recording features lyrics and a new arrangement that were composed by Merle Travis. Atkins also previously recorded "I'll See You in My Dreams" on an album with Merle Travis.


[edit] Track listing

  1. "Poor Boy Blues" – (Paul Kennerly) 4.03
  2. "Sweet Dreams" – (Don Gibson) 3.25
  3. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" – (Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet) 6.28 (Lyrics by Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler & Margaret Archer)
  4. "Just One Time" – (Don Gibson) 4.12
  5. "So Soft, Your Goodbye" – (Randy Goodrum) 3.28
  6. "Yakety Axe" – (Boots Randolph, James Rich) 3.24 (Lyrics by Merle Travis)
  7. "Tears" – (Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli) 3.54
  8. "Tahitian Skies" – (Ray Flacke) 3.18
  9. "I'll See You in My Dreams" – (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) 2.58
  10. "The Next Time I'm in Town" – (Mark Knopfler) 3.22

[edit] Personnel

  • Chet Atkins - guitar, vocals
  • Mark Knopfler - guitar, vocals
  • Floyd Cramer - piano
  • Guy Fletcher - bass, drums, bass, keyboards
  • Paul Franklin - dobro, steel guitar, pedabro
  • Vince Gill - vocals
  • Larrie Londin - drums
  • Mark O'Connor - fiddle, mandolin
  • Edgar Meyer - bass
  • Steve Wariner - guitar

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