Conference napalm::guitar

    
    	If Atkins and Knopfler are on it, my guess is it would be worth
    it regardless of the rest of the album.  I'll be looking for, and
    probably buy it just because.
    
    

    I think the album is called "Stay Tuned".
    
    It is available on CD here in the US.  I don't know if it's DDD.
    
    It's been on my shopping list for quite awhile.  I've never bought
    an album with Larry Carlton on it that wasn't worthwhile (although
    on this one I think he only plays on one tune or so.)
    
    	db

    
    I have the "Stay Tuned" album and I do recommend it.  Each "guest"
    artist does at least one song with Chet.  However, it actually sounds
    like Chet Atkins is a guest on each of the songs.  One of the songs
    by George Benson, for example, sounds like a George Benson tune,
    only you hear Chet coming through every once in a while.
    
    It nice because you start to see how Chet Atkins style can fit into the
    individual styles of George Benson, Larry Carlton, Mark Knopfler, etc.
    It's a chance to compare the guitar styles one at a time and notice
    differences in how they play.  I found comparing the styles of Mark
    Knopfler and Chet Atkins particularly interesting. 
    
    Peter
    Nashua, NH 

    Anybody know where I can find a transcription of Chet Atkins'
    arrangement of "Vincent"?  The only book of his tunes that I
    can find is "Chet Atkins - Note for Note" and it's not in there.
    
    ---Gary

    Anyone catch Chet and Company on PBS Friday night?  A mini 'Stay
    Tuned', with Paul Yarnell playing 'rizzum' and assorted guests.
    My fave was Larry Carlton.  He accompanied Chet on a tune off the
    album and then played a blues shuffle that knocked me out.  He looked
    and sounded like he was having a blast, smiling all the while. 
    Of course, if I could play as well as LC, I'd be smiling, too. 
    The best part was getting to see him play in a truly simple format:
    two guitars, bass, and drums (with maybe a little synth comping
    in the background) with a twelve-bar blues.  I'm so used to hearing
    him play in complicated arrangements (eg Kid Charlemagne, Hill Strre
    Blues) that hearing him in this simpler context really pointed up
    his excellent sense of melody.
    
    Wow...almost enough to make me wish I had a VCR.  BTW, did anyone
    happen to grab this show on tape?
    
    Back to the woodshed; regards,
    
    Johnny Jupiter
    
    

    I taped it, but the reception isn't that great.  I also have the
    Larry Carlton Hot Licks video, which has a couple of performance
    clips.  (During the instructional parts he's accompanied by Terry
    Trotter who is the most incredible Fender Rhodes player I've ever
    heard.  Any guitar player could sound good with Trotter playing 
    behind him.)
    
    That was actually a mediocre performance for Larry Carlton, even
    as good as it was.  The smiling is sorta a Carlton trademark.  What
    kills me about Carlton is that he plays so clean that every single
    thing he plays could be a perfect studio take.   I can't think of
    anyone else who plays even close to that consistently.
    
    Rumor has it that the "Kid Charlemagne" solo was the first take.
    
    I'm willing to show this tape (and some others I have including
    Eric Johnson) to interested parties.  I'd be willing to host a
    "Guitar on Video" night.  Perhaps other people have guitar video
    treasures they could bring (I have both video formats).
    
    	db

    Re: Vincent
    
    	A couple of months ago Chet, who is a contributing columnist
    in FRETS magazine did a two month two part transcription of VINCENT.
    Please contact me via mail...COMET::LEVETT, and I'll see what I
    can do.
    
    _stew-

    I'm looking for one of Chet's albums called "Chet Atkins Goes to
    the Movies".  Has anyone seen this album in the Boston area?  Is
    it still in print?
    
    Thanks,
    
    ---Gary

    I've been looking for this LP for 10 years.  Let me know if
    you find a copy.  Thanks,
    
    =ken

    The sad part is I saw this album once before I knew that I
    wanted it, and now I can't remember where I saw it!  Maybe
    I'll have some luck at the New England Folk Festival this
    weekend.  Will be glad to let you know if I find it.
    
    ---Gary

    Speaking of long-sought Chet Atkins albums (to pick up the thread from
    1987...)
    
    Anyone ever hear of a Chet Atkins album named "Solo Flight"?  It's
    supposed to be just Chet on guitar.
    
    (No, it's not the Charlie Christian CBS collection.)
    
    A friend of the family has been telling stories about this (alleged)
    recording for almost a decade now.  He heard it at a party, don't you
    know -- the circumstances change with each telling.  I've never been
    able to establish that it ever existed, much less where it might be
    available.  Obviously it's this guy's holy grail (at least until he
    hears it again).  Can anyone help me get a line on it, or have an idea
    what he might be confusing it with?       - Jay

    "Solo Flights" was recorded by Chet 11/28/67 and released as RCA
    LPM/LSM 3922. Chet plays an eclectic collection of jazz, country and
    pop tunes all by his lonesome. On side one, he uses his "Octobass"
    guitar, a Country Gent modified to accept short-scale bass strings for
    the E & A strings. This record is technically impressive and very
    pleasant listening,but lacking in rhythmic variety. This is not a dig
    at Chet--I think all solo jazz guitar efforts have the same problem
    
    Chet's 1964 record "Progressive Pickin'" (RCA LPM/LSM 2908
    has Chet doing similar tunes with a rhythm section, and I think is
    the more succesful of the two. The bass, drums and (on some tracks)
    piano really help out, and Chet's playing is excellent.
    
    Lee Wall (dba Guitar Records, PO Box 260, Hopkins, SC 29061) usually
    has lots of out of print Chet Atkins records. He often auctions them to
    the highest bidder, so this is not necessarily going to be cheap.
    
    Danny W.

    RE: .-1, Chet Atkins "Solo Flights"
    
    Well I'll be damned, it really does exist.  Thank you, Danny W.!!
    
    Now to decide whether to provide the guy the info this weekend (our
    families are visiting, that's what brought this to mind) or look into
    it myself, then *really* surprise him, with an actual copy...
    - JBC