Pickin' My Way
Encyclopedia
Pickin' My Way is the title of an album by guitarist Chet Atkins
. It reached No. 13 on the Billboard Country charts. The liner notes are by Johnny Cash
.
Production notes
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...
. It reached No. 13 on the Billboard Country charts. The liner notes are by Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
.
Reissues
- In 1989, RCA/Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs re-released Pickin' My Way, Chet Atkins in HollywoodChet Atkins in HollywoodChet Atkins in Hollywood is the title of a recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins. The title takes its name from the fact that Chet recorded it in Hollywood. The lush string arrangements are by Dennis Farnon. Chet later re-recorded this album in his home studio, using the orchestra tapes from...
and AloneAlone (Chet Atkins album)Alone is an album by guitarist Chet Atkins. It peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Country Album charts.It was during the recording of this album that Chet was first diagnosed with colon cancer.- Reissues :...
in a double CD set.
Side one
- "Lover, Come Back to MeLover, Come Back to Me"Lover, Come Back to Me" is a popular song. The music was written by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show The New Moon, where the song was introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday...
" (Sigmund RombergSigmund RombergSigmund Romberg was a Hungarian-born American composer, best known for his operettas.-Biography:Romberg was born as Siegmund Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Gross-Kanizsa during the Austro-Hungarian kaiserlich und königlich monarchy period...
, Oscar Hammerstein IIOscar Hammerstein IIOscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...
) – 3:23 - "The BoxerThe Boxer"The Boxer" is a folk rock ballad written by Paul Simon in 1968 and first recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. It was released as the follow-up single to their number one hit "Mrs. Robinson", and reached #7 in the US charts. It later appeared on their last studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, along...
" (Paul SimonPaul SimonPaul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
) – 3:46 - "Hellacious" – 2:44
- "I Never Knew" – 2:13
- "Wabash Blues" – 3:02
Side two
- "Black Mountain Rag" – 2:40
- "Junk" (Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) – 2:13 - "When You Wish upon a StarWhen 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 WashingtonNed WashingtonNed Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...
, Leigh HarlineLeigh HarlineLeigh 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...
) – 3:09 - "Floatin' Down to Cotton Town" – 2:22
- "Pickin' My Way" (Shirley EikhardShirley EikhardShirley Rose Eikhard is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her song, "Something to Talk About", was recorded by musician Bonnie Raitt to significant success in the 1990s. She sang the theme song to the movie The Passion of Ayn Rand, "Love is, Love is Not"...
)– 2:18
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
Production notes
- Produced by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
- Bill Vandervort – engineer
- Tom Pick – engineer
- Mike Shockley – recording technician
- Ray Butts – recording technician
- Dick Cobb – cover photo