Chester and Lester

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Chester & Lester
Studio album by Chet Atkins, Les Paul
Released	1976
Recorded	May 6-7, 1975
Genre	Country, jazz
Length	36:21
Label	RCA Victor
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link The Music Box link
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies (1976) Chester & Lester (1976) Me and My Guitar (1977)
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show (1974) Chester & Lester (1976) Chet Floyd & Danny (1977)

Chester & Lester is a collaborative album by guitarists Chet Atkins and Les Paul released in 1976.

It was recorded in the mid-1970's when Chet was in his fifties and Les in his sixties. Chet coaxed Les out of his decade-long retirement for this recording. The liner notes state there is very little overdubbing and the majority of the album was live in the studio. At the Grammy Awards of 1976, Chester & Lester won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

Chester & Lester peaked at #11 on Billboard's Country album chart and #172 on the Pop album chart. It peaked at #27 on the Country chart again in 1978.

Chester and Lester and the duo's follow-up release Guitar Monsters were re-released on one CD in 1998 on One Way Records.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (Cahn, Styne) – 3:33
2. "Medly: Moonglow/Picnic" – 4:44
3. "Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) – 3:21
4. "It Had to Be You" (Jones, Kahn) – 3:34
5. "Out of Nowhere" (Green, Heyman) – 3:14

[edit] Side two

1. "Avalon" (DeSylva, Jolson, Rose) – 6:32
2. "Birth of the Blues" (Brown, DeSylva, Henderson) – 3:07
3. "Someday, Sweetheart" (Spikes, Spikes) – 3:21
4. "'Deed I Do" (Hirsch, Rose) – 2:31
5. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Hammerstein, Romberg) – 2:44

[edit] Personnel

• Chet Atkins - guitar
• Les Paul - guitar
• Randy Goodrum - piano
• Larry Londin - drums
• Ray Edenton - guitar
• Henry Strzelecki - bass