Tonight we paid a special tribute to Chet Atkins, the "Country Gentlemen", who passed away on July 1 at the age of 77. Chet's influence on country music is so immense, not only as a solo artist, but also a session musician and producer. Therefore we found it difficult to put together a comprehensive, yet succinct feature, but there was a wealth of material to choose from. We also started the show with some Independence Day themed songs to set the holiday off right.
Format is:
Artist - Song
Album/Label
Link Wray - Rawhide (T&T Theme Song)
Walkin' With Link/Epic- Legacy
Dave Alvin - Fourth of July
King of California/Hightone
Bottle Rockets - Wave that Flag
Bottle Rockets/East Side Digital
Lucinda Williams - Metal Firecracker
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road/Mercury
The Starkweathers - Burn the Flag
5-song EP/Faye
The Del McCoury Band - Unequal Love
Del & the Boys/Ceili
The Del McCoury Band - Travelin' Teardrop Blues
Del & the Boys/Ceili
The Del McCoury Band - Goldbrickin'
Del & the Boys/Ceili
The Whites - How Many Moons
A Lifetime in the Making/Ceili
The Chapmans Don't Let Me Cross Over(Love's Cheatin' Line)
Follow Me/Pinecastle
Jim Hurst & Missy Rames - The Important Part of Fishin'.
Two/Pinecastle
Robert Earl Keen - I Still Miss Someone
Gravitational Gorces/Lost Highway
Richard Buckner - 10-day Room
Since/MCA
Calexico - Drenched
Hot Rail/Quarterstick
Jim White - The Love that Never Fails
No Such Place/Luka Bop
REM - King of the Road
Dead Letter Office/IRS
Webb Pierce - There Stands a Glass
The Best of Webb Pierce/MCA-Decca
Johnny Cash - I Washed my Face in the Morning Dew
Real: The Tom T Hall Project/Sire
Hank Penny - Kiss Me Honey(But Take Your Time)
Crazy Rhythm/Bloodshot Revival
Rex Allen - Way Out West is Calling
The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys/Bloodshot Revival
Rex Allen - Raggin' On
The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys/Bloodshot Revival
Willie Nelson - Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia
The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers/Egyptian
The Sadies - Mother of Earth
Tremendous Efforts/Bloodshot
John Hermann - Abilene
Smiling Assassin/Fat Possum
16 Horsepower - Black Soul Choir
Hoarse/Checkered Past
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Chet Atkins Feature, all the songs listed
below are Chet songs unless otherwise noted:
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Chet Atkins - Galloping on the Guitar
Legends of Guitar: Country/Rhino
Chet Atkins - The Nashville Jump
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Canned Heat
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Dizzy Strings
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Centipede Boogie
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Main Street Breakdown
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Chinatown, My Chinatown
Legends of Guitar: Country vol. 2/Rhino
Chet Atkins - Fiddle Patch
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - High Rockin' Swing
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Oh by Jingo!
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins w/ Jethro Burns - Country Gentlemen
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins w/ Hank Snow - Silver Bell
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins w/ Floyd Cramer - Piano Trambone
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Walk, Don't Run
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Hot Toddy
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Black Mountain Rag
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Take Give
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Chet Atkins - Cascade
Guitar Legend - The RCA Years/RCA
Merle Travis - Blue Smoke
Walkin' the Strings/Capitol
The following are songs that Chet played guitar on:
Wade Ray w/ Noel Boggs - Its All Your Fault
Legends of Western Swing/Rhino
Hawkshaw Hawkins - Car Hoppin' Mama
Legends of Honky Tonk/Rhino
The Carlisles - No Help Wanted
Legends of Nashville/Rhino
Chet Atkins - The Entertainer
The Essential Chet Atkins/RCA
The following are songs that Chet produced:
Bobby Bare - all american boy
The Essential Bobby Bare/RCA
Willie Nelson - Mr. Record Man
The Essential Willie Nelson/RCA
More tunes that chet plays guitar on:
Faron Young - If You Ain't Lovin'(you ain't livin')
Legends of Nashville/Rhino
Nanci Griffith - Are You Tired of Me Darling
Other Voices, Other Rooms/Elektra
Chet Atkins w/ Mark Knopfler - There'll Be Some Changes Made
Neck and Neck/Columbia
Chet Atkins w/ Mark Knopfler - Yakety Axe
Neck and Neck/Columbia
Chet Atkins w/ Doc Watson - Me and Chet Made a Record
Reflections/Sugar Hill
Chet Atkins w/ Doc Watson - Medley: Texas Gales/Old Joe Clark
Reflections/Sugar Hill
Chet Atkins w/ Doc Watson - On My Way to Canaan's Lands
Reflections/Sugar Hill
Chet Atkins Chet Atkins - Chet's Medley
The Essential Chet Atkins/RCA
Tim Easton - Get Some Lonesome
Truth About Us/New West
John Wesley Harding - Save a Little Room for Me
Name Above the Title/Sire
Gram Parsons - She
GP/Grievous Angel/Reprise
Cowboy Junkies - Angel Mine
Lay It Down/Geffen
Neko Case and her Boyfriends - Honky Tonk Hiccups
The Virginian/Mint Records
Hank III - Honky Tonk Girls
Risin' Outlaw/Curb
Hank Williams - Honky Tonkin'
The Original Singles Collection/Mercury
Wayne Hancock - Juke Joint Jumpin'
Thunderstorms and neon signs Deja Disc
Tom Waits - Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Blue Valentine/Elektra
The Gourds - Gin and Juice
Gogitchyershinebox /Watermelon