Superpickers

Superpickers is a 1974 album by guitarist Chet Atkins and top recording session players in Nashville, Tennessee. The track, "Fiddlin' Around", reached No. 75 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Reissues

Superpickers was reissued on CD in 1998 along with Picks on the Hits by One Way Records.

Reception

Critic William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote of the album, "Atkins joins together with an A-list of Nashville session musicians for a set of picking extravaganzas... Atkins himself is goaded into some wonderful playing as a result, and Superpickers is one of his best albums."

Track listing

Side one

"Paramaribo" – 2:27
"Fiddlin' Around" – 3:06
"Mr. Bojangles" – 4:35
"Beef and Biscuits" – 2:35
"Sweet Dreams" – 2:44

Side two

"Just Another Rag" – 2:38
"Canadian Pacific" – 3:50
"City of New Orleans" – 3:26
"Bells of Saint Mary's" – 2:51
"Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)" – 3:02

Personnel

Chet Atkins – guitar
Johnny Gimble – fiddle
Buddy Spicher – fiddle
Buddy Harman – drums
Charlie McCoy – harmonica
Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar
Jerry Shook – guitar
Farrell Morris – percussion
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
Larrie Londin – drums
Paul Yandell – guitar, ukulele
Henry Strzelecki – double bass
Bobby Thompson – banjo, guitar