From Elvis Presley to Waylon Jennings, Floyd Cramer, Don Arnold or Connie Smith, nothing came out of Nashville without his approval as the decision maker at RCA. The Chet Atkins who was besotted with his guitar is the truly interesting one, the jazz lover who managed to take country music out of the saloons that still reeked -if you pardon the expression- of barns and bourbon. In any case, as a 'luthier', Atkins is arguably one of the most long-lived and his creations are still in-demand, from the popular '6120 Chet Atkins' to the refined 'Country Gentleman'. He wanted them to remove his name -that little nameplate in the headstock- from his models while he was designing for the competition at Gibson, his new supplier. He was also famous for his break with the manufacturer of his unmistakable guitars, the Gretsch brand specializing in instruments 'with soul'. Apart from anecdotes like the one about the pistol he used to pay his brother for his first guitar, he was a compulsive perfectionist who built his own recording studio as soon as he could, was reluctant to perform live and controversial for his business practices when he ended up 'charging' his associates at RCA. Teacher and student, indeed, who recorded some interesting master 'lessons'.Ītkins never sold his soul to the devil, but his biography includes many of those 'things' that define the complex personality of a genius. That technique learned while trying to fill his lungs with air would leave his peers breathless in his own era and guitarists in succeeding ones as well, right up to the time Mark Knopfler and his sultans of swing gave it a new splendour. until he learned to use three fingers of his right hand to pluck the strings and not just the thumb and index finger as his teacher did. His illness was a torture that forced him to sleep sitting up and he played guitar to get to sleep, night after night. The career of Chet Atkins is marked by his obsession to play better than his idol, Merle Travis, and by asthma, paradoxically perhaps his greatest aid in achieving that goal. Along with Les Paul, he is one of the key figures for understanding everything that would come later. Years later, that young kid from Tennessee would turn into something much more than a great guitarist: he would be the head of a record label as influential as RCA, redefine country music by creating the 'Nashville Sound' and act as 'godfather' to many other great musicians as producer of their albums. The legend of Chester Burton and his alter ego Chet Atkins is tied to that of the instrument he used when he began to write that legend from the time they first put a ukulele in his hands.
Please be aware you have 180 days to file a dispute with Paypal.It's enough to strap on a Gretsch to feel like Mister Guitar to play it like old Chet, though, that's a whole different story. Please be aware you have 180 days to file a dispute with Paypal. International air traffic out of Australia is still severly curtailed. If you live outside Australia, please don't order if you are expecting rapid delivery. I am not responsible for any custom fees that may be charged to the buyer when shipping internationally. I'm happy for you to ask for a quote when you place your order. anywhere between $29 and $34 for the first record. Overseas 1 CD will cost about $11 - $28 Australian dollars to send. Up to 5 CDs in Australia will be about $10. Within Australia 1 CD costs about $3.90 to send (flat packing without jewel case is often the cheapest way depending on size of liner notes - especially for multiple CD's). I will try my best to get you the cheapest rate for international orders.Ĭheck out Australia Post Postage Calculator This is what I use to determine postage costs. Shipping cost depends on destination and mode of transport. at the bottom instead of Produced by Mark Knopfler.īuyer pays shipping. Neck And Neck similar, but different disc layout, 3 tracks above the center instead of 2, The Copyright in This Sound Recording is Owned By Sony Music Entertainment Inc. © 1990 CBS Records Inc./CBS and ® CBS Inc./Distribution CBS Records Mark O'Connor appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records (United States) & Phonogram (Outside United States including Canada). Mark Knopfler appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Vince Gill & Steve Wariner appear courtesy of MCA Records. Flaxta Music (All Rights Managed Worldwide by Songs of Polygram Int'l, Inc.) Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles.ĥ. Recorded at CA Workshop & Sound Emporium, Nashville & Hillbilly Heaven, London. Released in standard Jewel Case with brownish tray and a tri-fold booklet with 6 pages.
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