Finger Style Guitar/Stringin' Along

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:58:18
2 LPs on 1 CD: FINGER STYLE GUITAR (1956)/STRINGIN' ALONG WITH CHET ATKINS (1953). Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. Arranger: Gleb Yellin. In addition to his legacy as a music producer, Chet Atkins may very well be the finest finger-style ("Travis picking") guitarist of all time. Certainly, Atkins was one of the most important guitar pioneers east of the Mississippi, and his arrival on the country music scene in the late 1940s sparked major changes in the way guitarists of all kinds would approach the instrument. On this disc, which contains two full LPs from the '50s, Atkins is in his prime. Each tune on FINGER STYLE GUITAR and STRINGIN' ALONG WITH CHET ATKINS swings gently, and his articulate six-string sweeps reveal his technical prowess. In the following decades, legions of guitarists copied Atkins's riffs, so it's easy to overlook the original impact of these albums, recorded in an era when this now-common style was just being invented. For this reason, these recordings stand out as beautiful historical documents of the guitar's evolution. Highlights include the tender "Unchained Melody," the classical "Govotte in D," and the jazzy "St. Louis Blues."
録音 : モノラル／ステレオ (Studio)