Chet Atkins Tag Page
April 22nd, 2008
By Mike
The 31st Annual Dallas International Guitar Festival and MusicFest was awesome, as usual. We saw some new things this year, like Trillium’s new tube guitar amps. The design and cabinetry caught my eye, and their great tone caught my ears, so I stopped to chat. Scott told me this is Trillium’s [...]
February 13th, 2008
By Mike
Who were the Grammy Award winners 40 years ago?
The 10th Grammy Awards were (for recordings in the year 1967:)
Album of the Year: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles,
George Martin (producer)
Record of the Year: “Up, Up and Away” by The 5th Dimension,
Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers)
Song of the [...]
Rare Performances: 1976-1995 Binding: DVD Manufacturer: Vestapol List Price: USD 24.98 Lowest Used Price: USD 17.64 Lowest New Price: USD 16.96 Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product. Average Rating: Format: Best of Black & White Color DVD-Video NTSC Actor: Chet Atkins Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not
Beautiful trio with exceptional voices The Puppini Sisters - Mr. Sandman Comment Great trio with an old retro style. Just the best songs to start a Monday morning like this with Mr Sandman. Originally recorded by The Chordettes, this song have been also recorded into various versions including versions by Chet Atkins, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes,The Puppini Sisters and Blind Guardian Bio The Puppini Sisters are a trio of the Italian Marcella Puppini and English Stephanie O’Brien and Kate Mulli
TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN the 70th birthday of rock and roller Eddie Cochran, best known for the songs "Summertimes Blues." Cochran, who was born in Albert Lea Minnesota in 1938 and lived there until he was 17, had an explosive, although truncated, career as a recording artist and performer, appearing in the Jayne Mansfield comedy The Girl Can't Help It in 1956, when he was just 18. In the film he performed a rockabilly number called "Twenty Flight Rock." which he performed with a slouch and jittery
Here at Bostworld Headquarters, we look forward to Saturday as we do no other day of the week. If we didn't know better, we'd think it was Friday, we love it so much. In fact, we can't wait for you to get Internet radio in your car, so we can provide drive-time programming for those unfortunates for whom Saturday might as well be Friday. We can think of no better way to end a tedious work week than with the soothing sounds of this week's featured artists: Les Baxter, Anita Kerr, Les Reed, Ton
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Darrell Scott There are a slew of new albums out with spiritual and political angles, but none approaches the subjects as obliquely or ultimately as effectively as Darrell Scott on his slyly titled Modern Hymns. With a bevy of Nashville’s A-list roots pickers onboard, Scott works his way though a dozen covers by artists like Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. While most of the songs are hardly the hits these artists are known for, th
Well, it's the day to post "I inspire me" 9 , inspiration blog projects.. and it's an exra exciting one..because we are the "Featured Blog" on page 20 of the October Issue of ScrapStreet Magazine. You can check out the article HERE The girls just blow me away with every post.. seriously.. you have to check out what these creative minds have been up to HERE in this weeks post. None of this would be taking place if it weren't for the creative brain behind it all.. getting this started.. Lana Rap
I must admit I didn’t know Sonny Landreth until yesterday, so when I found an article about him on npr.org naming him a guitarist’s guitarist, I just had to find out who this guy was. Also, I am not a big fan of slide guitar, I like to listen when used in a good song but I am not much into it, I guess also because of the alternative tuning. Whatever. But Sonny Landreth got my attention with his style of playing right from the start. As npr.org says: Most guitarists rest the slide on the stri
I was in a band called Party Country for three years. We had a good time for two of those years. For the last year, it was no longer as much fun. The short answer is that there was too much Party, and not enough Country. We stopped treating each other well, we started taking each other for granted, and some personal problems were looming large and were becoming a major buzz kill. Practices were no longer productive, and people started disengaging. This summer, the band broke up. One day I fire
Country Music Foundation Concludes Oral History Project By David Darlington The Country Music Foundation, Inc. (CMF), which operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, has just completed a major oral history project. The project involved re-recording and transcribing interviews with 638 individuals involved in the country music industry since the 1920s. The project was supported by a $213,475 National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access Grant
So after I went a-searchin' for Chet Atkins videos for that last post, I went a-searchin' on my main man Jerry Reed. Man it hurts that he's gone. And another C/W question came up, an easy one but a good one: She ain't tall or handsome*. Who is she? Anyway, in honor of my main man Jerry and my man Chet, here's a couple of vids. Rock on, Jerry and Chet. *If you need a hint beyond that, she's also quite well-known by all.
Well, I'm an impatient sort, so I'm answering my Chet Atkins trivia quiz fairly early. For anyone who came to the game late and wants to try to guess before looking at the answer, I'm hiding it below the fold so that you can click through the above link for your guess: And the answer is: That particular song is called... [drum beat] "The Girl I Left Behind Me". It is from the American colonial era, as I learned from this excellent collection, which I have listened to on several bike rides.
Today I am featuring a star whose career as a guitar hero began in the late nineteen fifties and ended with the advent of the British groups in the sixties. Duane Eddy was a guitar player who started playing at age five, who developed a style that was unique. He loved picking single note tunes on the bass strings down near the bridge. He teamed up with a local disc jockey named Lee Hazlewood who later became a famous record producer, to churn out ten albums and thirty-four singles with fifteen
With apologies to the Guitar God Chet Atkins. Much of his best stuff is instrumental, which makes it hard to have a lyric-based quiz. Did I mention that my Sister-in-law actually met him when he appeared in the Bay Area some years back? Envy me. No, envy her. She had nothing but praises for him. He was a consummate gentleman, and charmed her greatly. I envy her. Dammit. I wanted to meet him. Oh well. But apologies to the Guitar God Chet, I have nothin' going now except listening to a couple o
Bobby Bare Jr (Chris Gray) Maybe it wasn't such a good idea for Austin City Limits to put acoustic singer-songwriter M. Ward a few hundred yards away from boisterous gypsy-punks Gogol Bordello in the WaMu tent. (On a side not, I guess this year is the WaMu tent's last ACL hurrah. Sponsorship, anyone). Nevertheless, the Portlander's dusky death-blues more than held their own; amazingly enough, Gogol was hardly audible as the well-miced Ward came through loud and clear. Eventually aided by a fu
The acoustic guitar is a popular instrument amongst all age groups and is a very rewarding instrument to learn to play even though you do not get to fool around with cool electric guitar sounds. So let us take a look at the techniques you will learn as an acoustic guitar player and some legendary guitarists whose work will need to become familiar with in order to hang out with other acoustic guitar players. You can think of acoustic guitar technique in two ways: you can be a strummer or a pic
Bobby Bare Jr / Photo by Chris Gray Maybe it wasn't such a good idea for Austin City Limits to put acoustic singer-songwriter M. Ward a few hundred yards away from boisterous gypsy-punks Gogol Bordello in the WaMu tent. (On a side not, I guess this year is the WaMu tent's last ACL hurrah. Sponsorship, anyone). Nevertheless, the Portlander's dusky death-blues more than held their own; amazingly enough, Gogol was hardly audible as the well-miced Ward came through loud and clear. Eventually aid
1927-1928 1. Ain't That Skippin' And Flyin' - The Allen Brothers (1927) 2. Train 45 - Grayson & Whitter (1927) 3. Omie Wise - G. B. Grayson (1927) 4. My Name Is John Jo Hannah - Kelly Harrell (1927) 5. Gonna Die With My Hammer - Williamson Brothers (1927) 3:26 6. Country Blues - Dock Boggs (1927) 7. Ben Dewberry's Final Run - Jimmie Rodgers (1927) 8. Called To The Foreign Field - Alfred Karnes (1927) 9. Pretty Polly - B. F. Shelton (1927) 10. The Ways Of The World - W. M. Ste
Country & Western 10 CD's COUNTRY & WESTERN features every cowboy tune and barroom ballad you could want on this incredible 10 CD import collection. 10 CD Wallet Box of the best of Country from Jimmie Rodgers through to the 1960s. Tracks: CD 1: 01 Rodgers, Jimmie - Lullaby Yodel 02 Hurt, John - Frankie & Johnny 03 Thomas, Henry - Old Country Stomp 04 Rodgers, Jimmie - My Little Old Hom 05 Mcgee, Sam - Railroad Blues 06 Kazee, Buell - the Butcher's Boy 07 Carter Fami
Tommy Emmanuel’s performance at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's Big Room in Chico, California, was filmed for his new Tommy Emmanuel: Center Stage DVD. The video firmly reinforces Tommy's world-wide reputation as one of the finest instrumentalists to step on a stage. His personal charm, musical virtuosity and adeptness at selecting captivating melodies guarantee his fans memorable performances. In 2005, Modern Guitars saw the Australian guitarist at Carnegie Hall where he was one of many feature
