Chet Atkins playing Dave Brubeck's "Take Five"

[Catch22Dem]

Just came up on my iPod. Shit, I did't even realize I had it. I knew I had a lot of Chet Atkins and I knew I had some Brubeck albums, but this song was a nice surprise. Fucking brilliant guitar playing too. Atkins' fingers aren't human.

[Lars39]

1. Weren't.

I believe he's passed on. :(

[Catch22Dem]

3. You're right...died in 01

So sad. Kids today don't understand what a HOT guitar player he was. Even the kids who are into music don't understand it. I'm willing to bet 99% of their guitar "heroes" couldn't hold a candle to Atkins when it comes to fast licks. For a while, NOTHING went down in Nashville without going through Atkins. Made many enemies as a result, but I don't think anyone ever denied his talent.

[Lars39]

4. He was one of the main reasons I watched Hee Haw.

Roy Clark was seriously underrated, too.

[Catch22Dem]

5. Oh, you're not kidding???

Roy Clark was SOOOOOOOOO underrated! He could play all kinds of shit. Have you ever heard him do Malaguena?

[Lars39]

6. Not that I know of.

:cringe: I'll have to go look that one up. :)

[Common Sense Party]

8. Enemies? I doubt it. He was the most genuinely nice guy

in the industry, from what I've been told. Everyone that I know who has met him couldn't say enough about what a kind, decent guy he was.

[Catch22Dem]

9. This would have been very early on

Apparently he wasn't too keen on the way things were being handled in Nashville, so be basically took over the town. :D

[mitchum]

11. Actually, many did dislike Atkins for his production approach...

in that he took the "honky tonk" out of country music and replaced it with a smooth, syrupy, string-laden sound. In many ways he is the father of the soulless, slick country music of today.

[henslee]

2. Atkins is a monster.

[swag]

7. That sounds like quite a version.

I must seek it out. What you say about Chet Atkins as a guitarist is dead-on.

[leftofthedial]

10. Chet was the best.