Mister Guitar

Mister Guitar

The original LP album cover
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released October 1959
Recorded Nashville, TN
Genre Country, pop
Length 24:43
Label RCA Victor LSP-2103 (Stereo)
Chet Atkins chronology

Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
(1959)
Mister Guitar
(1959)
After the Riot at Newport
(1960)
Alternative Cover
The LP re-issue of Mister Guitar
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic (4.25/5)[1]

Mister Guitar is the title of a recording by guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1959. That title, as well as "Country Gentleman", became monikers assigned to Chet.

"Country Gentleman", co-written with Boudleaux Bryant, was a minor hit for Atkins in 1953. That original version was recorded in a garage.[2] The liner notes are by David Halberstam, then writing for The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 1:53
  2. "Rainbow" (Alfred Bryan, Percy Wenrich) – 2:27
  3. "Hello Bluebird" (Cliff Friend) – 2:06
  4. "Siesta" (Atkins, James Rich) – 2:10
  5. "Country Style" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:02
  6. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 2:06

Side two

  1. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (John Kellette, James Kendis, James Brockman, Nat Vincent) – 1:30
  2. "Backwoods" (James Rich) – 2:09
  3. "Country Gentleman" (Atkins, Bryant) – 1:53
  4. "Slinkey" (Atkins) – 1:59
  5. "Jessie" (Traditional) – 1:44
  6. "Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – 2:27

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Atkins, Chet and Neely, Bill. (1974). "Country Gentleman". Chicago. Harry Regnery Company. ISBN 0-8092-9051-0.