Me and My Guitar (Chet Atkins album)

Me and My Guitar is the forty-eighth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It was nominated for the Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance Grammy in 1978. Atkins joined Floyd Cramer and Danny Davis that same year to produce Chet Floyd & Danny which was also nominated.

Lenny Breau appears on "Long, Long Ago" and "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To".

Reissues

• Me and My Guitar was reissued by One Way Records (35122) combined with First Nashville Guitar Quartet.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Cascade" (Gene Slone) – 2:23
2. "West Memphis Serenade" (Bobby Braddock)– 2:35
3. "Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Bayly) – 2:53
4. "All Thumbs" (Mark Casstevens) – 2:20
5. "Vincent (Don McLean) – 3:12
6. "Me and My Guitar" (James Taylor) – 2:40

Side two

1. "Struttin'" (Jerry Reed) – 2:31
2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 3:10
3. "David's Dance" (Odell Martin) – 3:07
4. "A Song for Anna" (Andre Popp) – 2:42
5. "My Little Waltz" (Atkins, John Knowles) – 2:25

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar, resonator guitar, vocals
• Lenny Breau – guitar, bass
• John Baker – percussion
• Paul Yandell – guitar
• Mark Casstevens – guitar
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Randy Goodrum – clavinet, synthesizer, Utility keyboard
• Bob Moore – bass
• Henry Styzelecki – bass
• Ray Stevens – piano
• Bobby Wood – piano, organ
• Tommy Cogbill – bass
• Hayward Bishop – drums
• John Christopher – guitar
• Billy Sanford – guitar
• John Baker – drums
• Floyd Cramer – piano
• Dave Kirby – guitar
• Joe Osborn – bass
• Jimmy Isbell – drums

Production notes

• Engineered by Bill Vandervort, Bill Harris, Chuck Seitz, Al Pachucki
• Mastered by Randy King

References