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Guitar Legend: The RCA Years

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About Guitar Legend: The RCA Years

Product Description In August 1947, playing his unamplified Gibson L-10 archtop acoustic guitar, Chet Atkins recorded his first two RCA sessions. Within five years, he put country guitar on the map--bringing home countless awards and inspiring generations of country artists. Spanning three decades, this new collection celebrates a great artist and a great man with 50 tracks including previously unreleased songs and many new to CD. Amazon.com Chet Atkins recorded way too often, in way too many dubious contexts; wanting to showcase the depth and breadth of his playing, he instead buried himself. So what's a fan to do? This two-disc set is beautifully programmed, keeping all emphasis on Chet himself, from the delicate drive of 1947's "Canned Heat" to the four-guitar interplay of 1978's "Carolina Shout." Though he recorded frequently over the years with A-list country sidemen under various names, his most enduring work remains the scintillating sides with guitarist Homer Haynes and mandolinist Jethro Burns (and you thought they were just a novelty act). There's also a rare rollicking reading of "Dig These Blues." And any set that follows the sweet timing of "Guitars on Parade" with the high-stepping "Bells of Saint Mary's" and the piercing "Country Gentleman" is indeed irrefutable testimonial to a guitarist who often hid his own virtues. This is the one Atkins album you really need to own. --John Morthland