Guitar Country

Guitar Country is the twenty-fourth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It was nominated for the 1964 Best Country & Western Album Grammy award but did not win. It reached number 1 on the Country albums charts. Prior to 1964, there was no separate genre chart for Country LPs, thus Chet's previous charting albums were on the Pop charts. Numerous future Atkins releases "crossed over" from the Country and Pop charts.

Guitar Country
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1964
Recorded	RCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	27:49
Label	RCA Victor LPM 2783 (mono), LSP 2783 (Stereo)
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
Reminiscing (1964) Guitar Country (1964) Progressive Pickin' (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Reissues

• Guitar Country and More of That Guitar Country were reissued together on CD in 2001 on the Collectibles label.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Freight Train" (Charles Albertine) – 2:03
2. "A Little Bit of Blues" (Jerry Reed) – 2:58
3. "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:26
4. "Dobro" (Atkins, Cy Coben) – 1:59
5. "Kentucky" (Karl Davis) – 2:53
6. "Vaya con Dios" (Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper) – 2:23

Side two

1. "Winter Walkin'" (Jerry Reed) – 2:01
2. "Guitar Country" (Johnny Mercer, Willard Robison) – 2:39
3. "Sugarfoot Rag" (Hank Garland, Vaughn) – 2:01
4. "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) – 2:01
5. "Copper Kettle" (Albert F. Beddoe) – 2:10
6. "Yes Ma'am" (Jerry Reed) – 2:15

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Ray Edenton - rhythm guitar
• Henry Strzelecki - bass
• Bill Pursell - piano (Yes Ma'am)
• Floyd Cramer - electric piano
• Jim Carney - drums

Production notes

• Produced by Bob Ferguson
• Bill Porter - recording engineer

References

1. "Guitar Country > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.