Galloping Guitar: The Early Years

Compilation album by Chet Atkins

Released

1993

Recorded

1940-Nov 17, 1954

Stephen H. Sholes, Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins chronology

Sneakin' Around
(1991)

Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
(1993)

Jazz From the Hills
(1994)

Galloping Guitar: The Early Years is a multi-disc box-set retrospective recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1993 on the Bear Family label.

History

This large boxed set (four CDs, 116 songs) focuses on Atkins' earliest recordings from 1940 to 1954. Early in his career, Atkins was signed and marketed mainly as a vocalist who played guitar. The majority of this set includes Chet’s vocal releases as well as guest vocalists. There are a number of instrumentals featured.

The track list is more extensive than Guitar Legend: The RCA Years, covering much of the same material while adding four previously unavailable songs. There are many early Atkins originals and also a large sampling of hard-to-find songs which Atkins co-wrote with Boudleaux Bryant. The biographical essay was written by country music historian Rich Kienzle, known for his expertise on the subject of country guitar.

In 2004, Bear Family released another box set of 214 tracks titled Mr. Guitar: The Complete Recordings 1955-1960.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

CD 1

"Guitar Blues" (Atkins) – 2:50
"Brown Eyes Cryin' in the Rain" (Wally Fowler, Curley Kinsey) – 2:49
"Ain'tcha Tired of Makin' Me Blue" (Jenny Carson) – 2:45
"I'm Gonna Get Tight" (Jerry Irby) – 2:55
"Canned Heat" (Atkins) – 2:35
"Standing Room Only" (Cy Coben, Charles Grean) – 2:54
"Don't Hand Me That Line" (Maurice Kregal, Dallas Turner) – 2:37
"Bug Dance" (Atkins) – 2:57
"(I Know My Baby Loves Me) In Her Own Peculiar Way" (Don Canton, R. Shepard) – 2:27
"The Nashville Jump" (Atkins, Tennis) – 2:32
"My Guitar Is My Sweetheart" (Alfio Bargnesi, David Rhodes) – 2:40
"I'm Pickin' the Blues" (Atkins, Atkins) – 2:50
"Gone, Gone, Gone" (Atkins) – 2:40
"Barnyard Shuffle" (Atkins) – 2:52
"Save Your Money" (Atkins, Atkins) – 2:34
"(I May Be Color Blind But) I Know When I'm Blue" (Atkins) – 2:33
"I've Been Working on the Guitar" (Traditional) – 2:30
"Dizzy Strings" (Atkins) – 2:45
"Money, Marbles and Chalk" (Garner "Pop" Eckler) – 2:54
"Wednesday Night Waltz" (Spencer Williams) – 2:32
"Guitar Waltz" (Zeke Clements) – 3:04
"Tellin' My Troubles to My Old Guitar" (Don Weston) – 2:46
"Dance of the Golden Rod" (Merle Travis) – 2:41
"Galloping on the Guitar" (Atkins) – 2:29
"Barber Shop Rag" (Atkins) – 2:50
"Centipede Boogie" (Atkins) – 2:38

CD 2

"Under the Hickory Nut Tree" (Carter, Carter, Cash) – 2:58
"I Was Bitten by the Same Bug Twice" (Carter) – 2:31
"One More Chance" (Rogers, Taylor) – 2:49
"The Old Buck Dance" (Atkins) – 2:27
"Boogie Man Boogie" (Atkins) – 2:49
"Main Street Breakdown" (Atkins) – 2:18
"Confusin'" (Innis) – 2:14
"Music in My Heart" (Carter) – 2:17
"Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) – 2:39
"Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 2:33
"Mountain Melody" (Atkins) – 2:10
"You're Always Brand New" (Hamblen) – 2:39
"My Crazy Heart" (Atkins, Carter) – 2:41
"Hybrid Corn" (Atkins) – 2:15
"Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) – 2:37
"One Man Boogie [Take H]" (Atkins) – 2:40
"Crazy Rhythm [instrumental]" (Caesar, Kahn, Meyer) – 2:25
"Crazy Rhythm [Vocal Version]" (Caesar, Kahn, Meyer) – 2:23
"Rustic Dance" (Unknown) – 2:06
"Rainbow" (Bryan, Wenrich) – 2:38
"In the Mood" (Garland, Razaf) – 2:29
"Spanish Fandango" (Traditional) – 2:40
"Midnight" (Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:53 (Performed by:Atkins, Beasley Singers)
"Good-Bye Blues" (Fields, Johnson, McHugh) – 2:29 (Performed by: Atkins, Beasley Singers)
"Your Mean Little Heart" (Bryant) – 2:33 (Performed by: Atkins, Beasley Singers)
"Sweet Bunch of Daisies" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:05 (Performed by: Atkins, Beasley Singers)
"Blue Gypsy" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:19
"Third Man Theme" (Anton Karas) – 2:26
"One Man Boogie [Take D]" (Atkins) – 2:38

CD 3

"St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:17
"Nobody's Sweetheart" (Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Billy Meyers, E. Schoebel) – 2:16
"Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:26
"Stephen Foster Medley" (Traditional) – 2:26
"Hangover Blues" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:36
"Imagination" (Atkins) – 2:13
"Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional) – 2:18
"Guitar Polka" (Unknown) – 2:06 (Performed by: Atkins, Rosalie Allen)
"Dream Train" (Unknown) – 2:13 (Performed by: Atkins, Rosalie Allen)
"Meet Mister Callaghan" (Spear) – 2:42
"Chinatown, My Chinatown" (Jerome, Schwartz) – 2:01
"High Rockin' Swing" (Avants, Tennant) – 2:20
"Pig Leaf Rag" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:31
"Oh by Jingo!" (Lew Brown, Albert Von Tilzer) – 2:14
"Hello Ma Baby" (Joseph Howard, Ida Emerson) – 2:09
"The Bells of St. Mary's" (Adams, Furber) – 2:15
"Country Gentleman" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:15
"The Memphis Blues" (W. C. Handy, George Norton) – 2:11
"Alice Blue Gown" (Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney) – 2:06
"12th Street Rag" (Bowman) – 2:22
"Peeping Tom" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:22
"Three O'Clock in the Morning" (Robledo, Terriss) – 2:19
"Georgia Camp Meeting" (Traditional) – 2:14
"City Slicker" (Atkins) – 2:23
"Dill Pickle Rag" (Traditional) – 2:25
"Rubber Doll Rag" (Landress) – 2:15
"Beautiful Ohio [Version 1]" (Earl, MacDonald) – 2:17
"Kentucky Derby" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:03
"Wildwood Flower" (Carter) – 2:13
"Guitars on Parade" (Atkins) – 2:22
"Simple Simon" (Atkins) – 2:11
"Rubber Doll Rag [alternate take]" (Landress) – 2:24

CD 4

"Get Up and Go" (McCarthy) – 2:54
"Pagan Love Song" (Brown, Freed) – 2:07
"Beautiful Ohio [Version 2]" (Earl, MacDonald) – 2:09
"Downhill Drag" (Atkins, Bryant) – 2:23
"Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) – 2:20
"Sunrise Serenade" (Brown, Carle) – 2:45
"San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) – 2:29
"Set a Spell" (Atkins, Innis) – 2:27 (Performed by: Atkins, Red Kirk)
"Mister Misery [version]" (Atkins, Innis) – 2:29 (Performed by: Atkins, Louis Innis)
"Get Up and Go" (McCarthy) – 2:53 (Performed by: Atkins, Red Kirk)
"South" (Ray Charles, T. Hayes, Bennie Moten) – 2:49
"Alabama Jubilee" (George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 2:36
"Corrine, Corrina" (Chatmon, Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:20
"(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:22
"Red Wing" (Mills) – 2:27
"Frankie and Johnnie" (Traditional) – 2:35
"A Gay Ranchero" (J. J. Espinosa, Francia Luban) – 2:34 (Performed by: Tuvinian Singers)
"Ballin' the Jack" (Burris, Smith) – 2:58
"Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:42
"Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Brooks) – 2:01 (Performed by: Atkins, Hank Snow)
"The Old Spinning Wheel" (Hill) – 2:27 (Performed by: Atkins, Hank Snow)
"Silver Bell" (Madden, Wenrich) – 2:17 ( Performed by: Atkins, Hank Snow)
"Under the Double Eagle" (Josef Wagner) – 2:35 (Performed by: Atkins, Hank Snow)
"Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 3:23
"Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" (Brown, DeRose) – 2:43
"Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:28
"Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:35
"Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:17
"New Spanish Two Step" (Tommy Duncan, Bob Wills) – 2:09

Personnel

Chet Atkins - guitar, vocals
James “Jimmy” Atkins - guitar
George Barnes - guitar
Harold Bradley - guitar
Jerry Byrd - lap steel guitar
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Hank Snow - guitar, vocals
Anita Carter - bass, vocals
Rosalie Allen - vocals
Frank Carroll - bass
Al Chernet - guitar
Charles Grean - bass
Ray Edenton - guitar
John Gordy - piano
Marty Gold - piano, organ
Marvin Hughes - piano, organ, celeste
Dale Potter - fiddle
Ernie Newton - bass
Donna Wilson - vocals
Coleen Wilson - vocals
Jack Shook - guitar, vocals
Donald Slayman - fiddle
Harold Siegel - bass
Roy Lanham - guitar
Phil Kraus - bass
Dutch McMillin - clarinet
Anita Kerr - organ
Louis Innis - guitar

References

↑ "Galloping Guitar: The Early Years > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.

Chet Atkins

Studio albums	Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins A Session with Chet Atkins Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version) Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions Finger Style Guitar Chet Atkins at Home Hi-Fi in Focus Chet Atkins in Hollywood Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins Mister Guitar Teensville The Other Chet Atkins Chet Atkins' Workshop Christmas with Chet Atkins The Most Popular Guitar Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns Caribbean Guitar Down Home Our Man in Nashville Teen Scene Travelin' Guitar Country Progressive Pickin' My Favorite Guitars More of That Guitar Country Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles From Nashville with Love Music from Nashville, My Home Town It's a Guitar World Chet Picks the Best Class Guitar Hometown Guitar Solid Gold 68 Solo Flights Lover's Guitar Solid Gold 69 Yestergroovin' Solid Gold 70 Pickin' My Way For the Good Times Picks on the Hits Alone The Night Atlanta Burned Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies Teen Scene Me and My Guitar Country After All These Years East Tennessee Christmas Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. Stay Tuned Street Dreams Sails Chet Atkins, C.G.P. Read My Licks Almost Alone Solo Sessions Chet Atkins and His Guitar

Collaborations	Reminiscing The Pops Goes Country C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops Me & Jerry Chet Floyd & Boots Me & Chet American Salute Superpickers The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed Chester & Lester Chet Floyd & Danny Guitar Monsters First Nashville Guitar Quartet Reflections Standard Brands Neck and Neck Sneakin' Around The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat Simpatico The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

Live albums	After the Riot at Newport In Concert And Then Came Chet Atkins The Best of Chet on the Road — Live

With The Country All-Stars	String Dustin' Jazz from the Hills

With The Nashville String Band	The Nashville String Band Down Home Strung Up Identified! The Bandit World's Greatest Melodies

Selected compilations	The Best of Chet Atkins The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2 The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends Galloping Guitar: The Early Years Guitar Legend: The RCA Years Chet Picks on the Grammys The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years The Essential Chet Atkins Eclectic Guitar The Early Years 1946–1957

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