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Topic: Chet Atkins Tribute Record? |
Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 2:16 pm |
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Does anyone besides me remember a record that came out in the 60's which was an Atkins tribute thing? It got quite a bit of airplay in LA and featured a bunch of different artists on the thing. They'd sing about Chet Atkins. The lyrics went something like this: Who's the tall man with the guitar in his hand, that's Chet. And then it went on with different artists singing every other line. The last line was something like: From Alaska to Ohio, from Bangor Maine to El Paso, toes are a tappin' and fingers are a snappin' to the music of that country gentleman...............I used to have the 45 rpm record of this but lost it over the years.
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Have a good 'un! JH U-12
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Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 6:19 pm
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| Jerry, I am a big fan of Chet but I am not familiar with that tune. Go to misterguitar.com and you can ask Paul Yandell that question and I am sure that he can answer it for you. That is a great site. |
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Tim Rowley
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Pinconning, MI, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2000 5:45 pm
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| Yeah Jerry, I remember that record. Everybody and their brother was on it. Can't recall the exact title of it right now though but I betcha it was on Victor! Probably it will come back to me after awhile, I'm 46 years old and already having "senior moments". Tim R. |
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Terry Williams
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Posted 11 Sep 2000 9:50 am
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phil baugh did a record like thatprobably in the 60s, it had les paul, merle travis, chet, and a bunch of others, iused to have it, but i've managed to lose it too.
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Boomer
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Brentwood, TN USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2000 12:12 pm
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| Terry -I believe that was Phil Baugh imitating all of the players you mentioned. And he did a credible job of it too, I might add. Best, Boomer |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 11 Sep 2000 12:41 pm
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the phil baugh record was "country guitar", with a vocal by vern stovall. it was a hit, circa 1964. on it, phil imitated hank garland, les paul, duane eddy, chet, etc. it was enough of a hit for the label (longhorn) to release the first phil baugh LP.
around 1973, phil redid it as "country guitar number two", also with a vocal by vern.
the chet atkins tribute thing must be a different record if it was devoted to chet only.
another great one along this line is "springfield guitar social" by bill wimberly, which featured thumbs carlille imitating a bunch of players as wimberly provided the singing commentary. i think this was before the phil baugh record.
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 11 Sep 2000 2:55 pm
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Yeah, this thing was on RCA Victor and was a vocal by different artist who I think chet was producing at the time.
I remember the Phil Baugh thing very well, he imitated Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Billy Byrd, and a couple of others. He also had another pretty big record called "One Man Band" with Vern Stovall on the vocal as well. He imitated steel guitar, saxophone, banjo, and something else too. It was out around the same time as "Country Guitar". Maybe it was on the same album.
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Have a good 'un! JH U-12
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Tim Rowley
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Pinconning, MI, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2000 4:41 pm
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| I remember the Thumbs Carlisle/Bill Wimberly record, it was a favorite of mine as a youth. I believe it was on Starday. But it ain't the record Jerry is talking about here. The record on Victor featured both female and male artists of the time, most of whom were RCA Victor recording stars. I recall that the line "toes are a tappin' and fingers are a snappin' to the music of that country gentleman" was sung at least once by the distinctive voice of the Singin' Ranger, Hank Snow (without the able assistance of the Rainba Ranch Byes who certainly appreciate it very much, awanna thank ya, etc). Come on folks, somebody out there must still have this record. Tim R. |
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Henning Antonsen
From:
Gaupevegen 18, 2335 Stange, Norway
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Posted 11 Sep 2000 6:48 pm
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Hi Jerry,
The song was called "Chet's Tune", and was written by Cy Coben. It was recorded on April 6th 1967. The following artists participated: Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, Archie Campbell, Bobby Bare, Norma Jean, George Hamilton IV, Skeeter Davis, Jimmy Dean, Hank Locklin, Jim Ed Brown, Hank Snow, John D. Loudermilk, Connie Smith, Homer & Jethro, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Porter Wagoner, Don Bowman and Jerry Reed - all RCA Victor recording artists at the time.
It was issued as a single, RCA Victor 47-9229.
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Henning Antonsen
Norway
henanton@online.no
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