Guitar Monsters

Guitar Monsters
Studio album by Chet Atkins and Les Paul
Released	1978
Genre	Country, jazz
Length	31:16
Label	RCA APL1-2786
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Floyd & Danny (1977) Guitar Monsters (1978) First Nashville Guitar Quartet (1979)

Guitar Monsters is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins and Les Paul. It is their second collaboration after their Grammy award winning release Chester & Lester.

At the Grammy Awards of 1978, Guitar Monsters was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance.

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Reissues

• Guitar Monsters and Chester and Lester were released on CD in 1989 by Pair Records as Masters of the Guitar: Together with some tracks omitted.^[2]
• Both albums were re-released with the two albums intact on one CD in 1998 by One Way Records.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 2:50
2. "I Want to be Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) - 3:41
3. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) - 2:41
4. "Meditation" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 2:32
5. "Lazy RIver" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin ) - 3:01
6. "I'm Your Greatest Fan" - 3:49

Side two

1. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:58
2. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) - 4:04
3. "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Russell) - 2:41
4. "Give My Love to Nell" (Traditional) - 2:53
5. "Hot Toddy" (Ralph Flanagan) - 3:00

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Les Paul – guitar

References