The Night Atlanta Burned

The Night Atlanta Burned
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1975
Recorded	RCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country, folk, bluegrass
Length	27:15
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Ferguson and Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed (1974) The Night Atlanta Burned (1975) Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies (1976)

The Night Atlanta Burned is an album by Chet Atkins and is credited to "The Atkins String Co." — a quartet including Chet, Johnny Gimble, Paul Yandell and Lisa Silver. The album is a fusion of classical musical techniques with country, folk and bluegrass.

The liner notes are by John D. Loudermilk who discusses the burning of Atlanta and the Atlanta Conservatory of Music during the American Civil War.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "With all the hype about the Yo-Yo Ma/Mark O'Connor/Edgar Meyer Appalachia Waltz projects of the 1990s, it's enlightening to discover the seeds of that classical/country/bluegrass fusion right here, some 20 years ahead of the game."^[1]

Reissues

• The Night Atlanta Burned was re-released on CD in 2007 packaged with The First Nashville Guitar Quartet on Raven Records.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Sonora" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:20
2. "Mostly Mozart" (Mozart) – 3:51
3. "Bill Cheatham" (Traditional) – 2:41
4. "San Antonio Stroll" (Noah) – 2:46
5. "To Ann" (Loudermilk) – 2:05

Side two

1. "The Night Atlanta Burned" (Loudermilk) – 2:16
2. "Carnavalito" (Zaldivar) – 3:12
3. "Mother of Ireland" (Traditional) – 2:28
4. "Scotland" (Monroe) – 2:33
5. "Odd Folks of Okracoke" (Loudermilk) – 2:03

Personnel

• Chet Atkins - guitar
• Johnny Gimble - mandolin
• Paul Yandell - guitar
• Lisa Silver - violin, viola

Production notes

• Produced by Bob Ferguson and Chet Atkins
• Engineered by Chuck Seitz and Bill Vandervert
• Technicians: Al Patchucki, George Bennett, Bubba Campbell

References