Solo Sessions (Chet Atkins album)

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Solo Sessions
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	2003
Recorded	Chet Atkins' home studio
Genre	Country
Label	CGP Records
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Chet Atkins chronology
RCA Country Legends: Chet Atkins (2001) Solo Sessions (2003) The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years (2004)

Solo Sessions is a posthumous release of solo guitar recordings by Chet Atkins. All the songs are previously unreleased and were recorded by Chet in his home studio. Chet's grandson Jonathan, longtime sideman Paul Yandell and engineer Mike Poston undertook the task of cataloging, organizing and releasing this two-CD set. Some of the songs were unique and new versions of previously released songs.

[edit] Track listing

CD 1:

1. "Ol' Man River"
2. "La Vie En Rose"
3. "In the Good Old Summertime"
4. "Sukiyaki"
5. "Cascade"
6. "America the Beautiful"
7. "I Only Have Eyes for You"
8. "I Can't Help It"
9. "If I Should Lose You"
10. "Hi Lilli, Hi Lo"
11. "Danny Boy"
12. "Bye Bye Blackbird"
13. "Arkansas Traveler"
14. "Shadow Waltz"
15. "In The Garden"

CD 2:

1. "Mr. Bojangles"
2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"
3. "As Time Goes By"
4. "Walk Don't Run"
5. "Mystery Train"
6. "But Not For Me"
7. "Magnetic Rag"
8. "To B Or Not To B"
9. "Dear Ol' Dadi"
10. "Cattle Call"
11. "I'm An Old Cowhand"
12. "Wagon Wheels"
13. "Back in the Saddle Again"
14. "Happy Trails to You"
15. "Yesterdays"
16. "Embraceable You"
17. "Bicycle Built For Two"
18. "Amazing Grace"

[edit] External links

• Mike Poston account of the Solo Sessions project