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Topic: The music of Chet Atkins |
Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Charlie Campney
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The Villages, FL
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 10:11 am |
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| I just found this link yesterday on another forum. Looks like nearly all of Chet's recordings from the late 40's through the 90's for listening or download. Don't know about the legality of downloading. |
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Don Joslin
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St. Paul, MN
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 11:16 am
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What a cool place to hang out. For the record, the files seem to be 24kbps 22khz mono mp3's so the quality won't be near the actual recordings. Nevertheless, what a great place to sample the works of a true guitar master!
Don
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Larry Robbins
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Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 12:08 pm
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| I still miss Chet.......dont we all........ |
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Paul Graupp
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Macon Ga USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 12:13 pm
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Larry: I have been humming a tune in my head for the last couple days. Couldn't get it out or put a name on it. Turns out it was Little Ole Lady Passing By and the only significant recording I can bring back was the Chet Atkins recording on one of his LP's.
Thanks for missing him as a lot of us do !!
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 12:36 pm
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Larry Robbins
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Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 2:12 pm
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Paul,
Thats kind of funny because all day yesterday I could not get an old song called "Sweet Bunch Of Daisys" out of my head and the only place I have ever heard it was on an old album of Chets...I guess its like they say..small world and getting smaller!
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Nash 400,Hilton pedal,"There's been an awful murder, down on music row"
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Paul Graupp
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Macon Ga USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 4:43 pm
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Rick McDuffie
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Benson, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 5:06 pm
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That site'll be up for as long as it wants to be. The domain suggests that it's located in Russia.
Rick |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 6:10 pm
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2004 7:44 pm
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The first records I ever owned were by Chet Atkins. I was 10 or so and I tagged along with my big brother to his garage band rehearsal and when they took a break, I promptly picked up the guitar and smoked the soon to be ex-lead player. He played rhythm from then on. I looked through his records and found some Chet. He let me "borrow" them. That was about 1962 and I still have those and an entire shelf full of Atkins. I make my living playing the guitar and other instruments and constantly thank Atkins for the inspiration to play fingerstyle which is the basis for so much of what I do. In the "reading room" I keep several books on him and appreciate his guitar genius more now than ever.
It's really wonderful to see all of his records so easily found today with the net and Ebay and such. I looked for copies of some of his records for 10 or 20 years before finding them at a yard sale or a flea market. The ability to listen to ALL of them on this site is just amazing to me. He stayed true to his style, to his sound and to the kind of music he thought folks would like to hear rather than music that he thought might be to complex for his fan base. I really liked the live cuts on the site.
Something like 70+ million records, every major award, a good songwriter, great business man, ability to produce so many artists and hit records, design guitars, and on and on--I think he will be appreciated for a long time to come by players who know his playing and younger players who discover him.
I do think that there has not been a real fine in-depth book written on Atkins yet that does justice to his greatness. Hopefully soon. |
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Rick McDuffie
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Benson, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 3:53 am
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Good point, Jim Phelps.
Bill, I have vintage copies of Carribean Guitar, Teensville, Workshop and At Home to name a few. There are numerous other albums from the 60's, and I was able to tape a bunch of others 20 years ago.
I still love the "Chester and Lester" album and the Jerry Reed collaborations.
If anyone has a copy of "Christmas With Chet Atkins," to sell, I'd love to buy one. There's something about that 6120 in the snow that gives me "chills"! |
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Joey Ace
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 6:37 am
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Beautiful Site! Thanks Brad!
Be sure you have your Virus Protection up tp date before downloading anything!
Ya never know....
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 6:43 am
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I've been a Chet freak for as long as I can remember. I have most of his albums on LP, tape, or CD and also a couple of video tapes from Austin City Limits and the Nashville Network. Chet was a true genius on the guitar. I have a video of his solo performance of "Vincent" the great Don McLean song which it magnificent. I've been able to do quite a bit of his tunes on guitar but he put out a couple that I can't even fathom where to start to learn the dang things. One of them is "Dizzy Fingers". If you haven't heard that one you're in for a treat. I really enjoy the collaboration with Mark Knopfler too. I like to hear ol' Chet sing. He ain't too good but he's got soul. On one video I have he puts on an old hat and sings about his dad. Every time I watch the thing it makes me cry. It's one of the most moving things I've ever seen or heard. Have a good 'un...JH
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 7:38 am
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Charlie Campney
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The Villages, FL
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 9:06 am
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| I downloaded some of the songs and saved as .m3u files which was the default (and I think just the target for the audio stream). Just right click and do a "save as". I then opened them in windows media player and then saved them as mp3 files and then deleted the m3u files. Then I burnt them to a CD. But you have to do each file individually. It works fine. The file size is really small (most are less than 500 kb) so you can get a lot of songs on a CD. Might be an easier way to do it. |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 9:40 am
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 5:58 pm
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Rick McDuffie
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Benson, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 6:54 pm
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I have just now spent awhile listening to this stuff. Incredible!
BTW, I bought a copy of Christmas w/ C.A. on eBay for $10.50. Life is good!
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2004 5:14 pm
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Phelps.
My guess would be the Gibson Chet Atkins Phasor. Two EMGs in the back and middle as Atkins said that his thumbpick always hit the front pickup on a strat. I saw him playing it on Letterman one night. The guitar came out in the mid 80s and did not sell well at all. Atkins liked it and used it for some recording and some live work.
My 2 cents. |
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Damien Odell
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Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 20 Oct 2004 5:51 pm
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| My fav Chet tune (though not written by him) is called Blue Angel. It shows his amazing ability with finger-picking. I can play it - though using a flat pick. There is an Australian guitarist named Phil Emmanuel (brother of Tommy) who plays a rippin version of this song and lightning speed. If you can get hold of any of Phils albums it's well worth a listen. |
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2004 6:53 pm
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Damien. You can play Blue Angel with a flatpick---you one mighty fine flatpicker!!!
Interesting story about Blue Angel, written by Nato Lima of Los Indios Tabajaras himself a brilliant player that Atkins just adored.
Atkins could not figure how in the world this guy was playing this tune when he heard it on one of the Los Indios recordings. After having met Lima, he discovered that Lima tuned his guitar up a couple of steps and that was what was confounding him. Imagine that, Chet confounded?!?!?!??!
If you ever hear Lima play the song, you will understand why Chet copied so much of his playing style. Virtually all the vibrato that Atkins used from 1960 on is Natos and Chet freely admitted that Nato had the greatest vibrato he ever heard. Atkins even talked him into selling him the Delvecchio guitar that Chet used so much and so beautifully. One thing you have to admire about Chet was he freely stole licks, admitted it, and made other players licks sound so much better than they started out!!! |
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Damien Odell
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Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 21 Oct 2004 4:00 pm
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| I have been working on Blue Angel for bout 12 months now - it's a great flat picking excercise song I find, I have the metro on 210, and it's a real challenge to keep up - but a lot of fun. Chet recorded it in 'F' or tuned up a semi. I do it in open 'E'. It sounds better when finger picked - but I'm no finger picker. Another fav of mine that Chet did is Windy and Warm, simply but brilliant to listen to the ease with which he plays it!! |
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