Mister Guitar


Mister Guitar is the eleventh studio album recorded by guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1959. That title, as well as "Country Gentleman", became names assigned to Chet.
"Country Gentleman", co-written with Boudleaux Bryant, was a minor hit for Atkins in 1953. That original version was recorded in a garage. The liner notes are by David Halberstam, then writing for The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reissues

Mister Guitar was packaged with Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions and released on CD in 1998 by One Way Records.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I Know That You Know" – 1:53
  2. "Rainbow" – 2:27
  3. "Hello Bluebird" – 2:06
  4. "Siesta" – 2:10
  5. "Country Style" – 2:02
  6. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" – 2:06

Side two

  1. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" – 1:30
  2. "Backwoods" – 2:09
  3. "Country Gentleman" – 1:53
  4. "Slinkey" – 1:59
  5. "Jessie" – 1:44
  6. "Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor" – 2:27

Personnel

Production notes