The Essential Chet Atkins

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Guitar Blues (Pickin' the Blues)
  2:50
• 2
  Bug Dance
  2:56
• 3
  Dizzy Strings
  2:43
• 4
  Centipede Boogie
  2:41
• 5
  Main Street Breakdown
  2:17
• 6
  Root Hog or Die

  The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle
  2:33
• 7
  Jitterbug Waltz
  2:37
• 8
  The Third Man Theme
  2:25
• 9
  Black Mountain Rag
  2:16
• 10
  Country Gentlemen
  2:15
• 11
  City Slicker
  2:21
• 12
  Mr. Sandman
  2:17
• 13
  The Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)
  1:59
• 14
  Big D

  Eddy Arnold
  2:17
• 15
  Trambone
  2:13
• 16
  Should We Tell Him

  The Everly Brothers
  2:08
• 17
  Hidden Charm
  2:31
• 18
  Oh Lonesome Me

  Don Gibson
  2:34
• 19
  I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
  1:36
• 20
  Slinkey
  2:01
• CD 2
• 1
  Boo Boo Stick Beat
  2:10
• 2
  Hot Mocking Bird
  2:12
• 3
  The Slop
  2:18
• 4
  Man of Mystery
  2:05
• 5
  Wheels
  2:31
• 6
  Teen Scene
  2:00
• 7
  Freight Train
  2:05
• 8
  Satan's Doll
  3:51
• 9
  Yakety Axe
  2:06
  2.5 ★
• 10
  A Taste of Honey
  2:41
• 11
  Drive In
  2:20
• 12
  Get on With It
  2:11
• 13
  Cannonball Rag
  2:14
• 14
  Take Five
  2:44
• 15
  Is Anything Better Than This

  feat. Merle Travis
  2:30
• 16
  It's Been a Long, Long Time

  feat. Les Paul
  3:32
• 17
  Polka Dots and Moonbeams

  feat. Lenny Breau
  5:51
• 18
  Poor Boy Blues

  feat. Mark Knopfler
  4:04
  2.6 ★
• 19
  Sneakin' Around

  feat. Jerry Reed
  4:28
• 20
  Big Foot
  1:40

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Release credits

• Bill Schnee
  mix [18]
• Chet Atkins
  guitar family [18-19], producer [19], vocal [18]
• Darryl Dybka
  keyboard [19], producer [19]
• David Hungate
  bass [19]
• Guy Fletcher
  bass [18]
• Jerry Reed
  guitar family [19], producer [19]
• Larry Londin
  membranophone [18-19], percussion [19]
• Mark Knopfler
  guitar family [18], performer [18], producer [18], vocal [18]
• Pat Bergeson
  guitar family [19]
• Paul Franklin
  steel guitar [18]
• Terry McMillan
  harmonica [19]

Issues

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  The Essential Chet Atkins

  CD
  18 June 1996
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  The Essential Chet Atkins

  CD
  18 June 1996
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  The Essential Chet Atkins

  2x CD
  2007