Chet Floyd & Danny
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Chet, Floyd & Danny is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...

, Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...

 and Danny Davis
Danny Davis (country musician)
Danny Davis was a band leader, trumpet player, vocalist and producer and founder/leader of the Nashville Brass.-Early life and career:...

. Davis was the creator of The Nashville Brass, which recorded country songs with brass instruments.

Chet, Floyd & Danny was nominated for the Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance Grammy in 1978. It did not win. Chet was up against himself in the same category since Me and My Guitar was also nominated.

Track listing

Side 1:
  1. "La Chicana" (Chet, Floyd & Danny)
  2. "Java" (Flyod)
  3. "I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams) (Danny)
  4. "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional) (Chet)
  5. "Under the Double Eagle" (Wagner) (Danny)


Side 2:
  1. "Four in the Morning" (Chet, Floyd & Danny)
  2. "Kentucky" (Chet)
  3. "Wabash Cannonball" (Danny)
  4. "Nadia's Theme" (Floyd)
  5. "When You Wish Upon a Star
    When You Wish upon a Star
    "When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the...

    " (Ned Washington
    Ned Washington
    Ned Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...

    , Leigh Harline
    Leigh Harline
    Leigh Adrian Harline was a film composer.-Career:Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he worked for various radio stations before joining the Walt Disney studios in 1932 as arranger and scorer...

    ) (Chet)
  6. "Last Date" (Floyd)

Personnel

  • Chet Atkins
    Chet Atkins
    Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...

     – guitar
  • Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...

    - piano
  • The Nashville Brass - horns
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