Guitar Country

Guitar Country is the twenty-fourth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. The album was a nominee for the 1964 Best Country & Western Album Grammy award, however it was beat out by Roger Miller's "Dang Me/ Chug-A-Lug".^[1] The album stayed on the Country albums charts for 33 weeks, peaking at #1 in May of 1964.^[2] Prior to 1964, there was no separate genre chart for Country LPs, thus Chet's previous charting albums were on the Pop charts. Numerous future Atkins releases "crossed over" from the Country and Pop charts.

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	[3]

Guitar Country
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1964
Recorded	RCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	27:49
Label	RCA Victor LPM 2783 (mono), LSP 2783 (Stereo)
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
Reminiscing (1964) Guitar Country (1964) Progressive Pickin' (1964)

Reissues

• Guitar Country and More of That Guitar Country were reissued together on CD in 2001 on the Collectibles label.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten) – 2:03
2. "A Little Bit of Blues" (Jerry Reed) – 2:58
3. "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:26
4. "Dobro" (Atkins, Cy Coben) – 1:59
5. "Kentucky" (Karl Davis) – 2:53
6. "Vaya con Dios" (Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper) – 2:23

Side two

1. "Winter Walkin'" (Jerry Reed) – 2:01
2. "Guitar Country" (Johnny Mercer, Willard Robison) – 2:39
3. "Sugarfoot Rag" (Hank Garland, Vaughn Horton) – 2:01
4. "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) – 2:01
5. "Copper Kettle" (Albert F. Beddoe) – 2:10
6. "Yes Ma'am" (Jerry Reed) – 2:15

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – Guitar
• Ray Edenton – Rhythm guitar
• Henry Strzelecki – Bass
• Bill Pursell – Piano (Yes Ma'am)
• Floyd Cramer – Electric piano
• Jim Carney – Drums

Production notes

• Bob Ferguson – Producer
• Bill Porter – Recording engineer

References

1. "7th Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
2. "Chet Atkins | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
3. "Guitar Country > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.