Chet Atkins In 3 Dimensions

Blues In The Night

Chet Atkins In 3 Dimensions

RCA Victor LPM-1197 RE

1961

From the back cover: If experience with his previous albums hasn't told you so – Chet Atkins is a split personality!

First, there's the popular Chet Atkins, who has a suave, sophisticated way with a pretty tune. Then there's the country boy whose musical roots go deep in the folk heritage. And now there emerges a new Mr. Atkins reaching out in the formidable world of classical guitar.

The East Tennessee mountain region where Chet Atkins was born has been the birthplace of many country singers and instrumentalists. But, though Chet was raised in this tradition and comes from a family that has fold music in its blood, he has broken with almost all the customs native to the area. There has always been within him a quiet, powerful searching for musical perfection, broader vision, greater dimension.

Not long after Chet left the farm, he started winning his spurs as a country star. But at the very same time, he began branching out into the wider classical and popular fields. During the long years he spent "picking" for country singers on radio stations throughout the South and Midwest, he snatched every available moment to grow with his guitar. Chet would play before and after the show, practice in breaks at recording sessions, experiment in the backstage bustle of a theater or in the quiet of a Souther boardinghouse.

Today no other guitarist can match the virtuosity that has become the Atkins trademark. In this album, three facets of Chet's career come together for a graphic demonstration on just how far his quest for new horizons has taken him.

Arkansaw Traveler

Londonberry Air

Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)

La Golondrina

Blues In The Night

Tenderly

Little Rock Getaway

Tip-Toe Through The Tulips With Me

Minuet (from the French Harpsichord Suite)

Prelude (from Six Short Preludes)

Intermezzo

Schon Rosmarin

Minute Waltz