Chet Atkins Rare Performances 1955-1975 (DVD)

The much traveled Mr. Guitar is seen playing in this video collection everywhere from Nashville to Norway. His signature Gretsch Tennesseean guitar, on which Chet made it exquisitely effective use of its Bigsby vibrato bar, is heard in all its sweet, reverb-laden glory on many of these clips. But Chet, whose versatility embraces all styles of guitar, is also seen playing a classical guitar and a Martin dreadnaught. No matter what he plays, the produced becomes a distinct auditory fingerprint of the man k ...more

Product Number:
13027DVD
Format:
DVD
Skill Level:
Not Applicable
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Binding:
Boxed
Size:
5.25 x 7.25
UPC:
011671302799
Publisher:
Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Date Published:
5/31/2001

The much traveled Mr. Guitar is seen playing in this video collection everywhere from Nashville to Norway. His signature Gretsch Tennesseean guitar, on which Chet made it exquisitely effective use of its Bigsby vibrato bar, is heard in all its sweet, reverb-laden glory on many of these clips. But Chet, whose versatility embraces all styles of guitar, is also seen playing a classical guitar and a Martin dreadnaught. No matter what he plays, the produced becomes a distinct auditory fingerprint of the man known in Nashville as C. G. P. (Certified Guitar Player).

The relaxed mastery evident in this video explains why Chet, along with such diverse geniuses as Thelonius Monk and Bill Monroe, was honored in 1993 with a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy "For this peerless fingerstyle guitar technique, his extensive creative legacy documented on more than one hundred albums, and his influential work on both sides of the recording console as a primary architect of the Nashville sound.

Running time: 58 minutes.

DVD is region 0, playable worldwide

PURINA SHOW, 1955: The Poor People of Paris
Side by Side
Makin' Believe OZARK JUBILEE, 1958
Villa, Say Si Si NORWAY 1963
Levee Walking
Wildwood Flower
Yes Ma'am, Malaguena
Medley: Greensleeves & Streets of Laredo
Peanut Vendor
Tiger Rag NORWAY (NASHVILLE CAVALCADE), 1973: 
Alhambra
Black Mountain Rag
Medley: The Three Bells/I Can't Stop Loving You/Java/He'll Have To Go/When You're Hot You're Hot/Oh Lonesome Me
Just Another Rag
Mr Bojangles
Missionera
Wheels PORTER WAGONER SHOW, 1973
Muskrat Ramble POP GOES THE COUNTRY, 1975
Vincent
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