Today's country sucks with people like Beyonce, Nas, jelly Roll and a whole bunch of others. So, I'm posting classic/traditional country music!!

Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman". Rolling Stone credited Atkins with inventing the "popwise 'Nashville sound' that rescued country music from a commercial slump" and ranked him number 21 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time


Tonight's double shot of great country music!

"The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin, Chet Atkins In 1976, with “The Entertainer” won the Best Country Instrumental …



"Yakety Sax" is a pop novelty instrumental jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph.Guitarist Chet Atkins recorded a version of the song in 1965 called "Yakety Axe". Atkins' version used a similar tempo and showcased his country guitar picking style in place of a saxophone. The title change referred to the colloquial term for an electric guitar as an "axe"



Bonus tracks.

Orange Blossom Special" is a fiddle tune about the luxury passenger train of the same name. The song was written by Ervin T. Rouse (1917–1981) in 1938. In 1966, Chet Atkins recorded for his version along with the Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fiedler as conductor for The 'Pops' Goes Country album



"Mr. Sandman" (or "Mister Sandman" is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954. On November 17, 1954, Chet Atkins recorded an instrumental version during a four-song recording session at RCA Victor's Nashville recording studio. Atkins used the Ray Butts EchoSonic guitar amp on this recording, and was backed by celesta, piano, bass, and drums. Atkins' version was released as a single in January 1955



In 1953, his single "Country Gentleman", co-written with Boudleaux Bryant, was a minor hit. It was recorded in a garage



From Nashville with Love by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1966.



"Man of Mystery" is an instrumental rock piece by the Shadows, released as a single in November 1960. In 1961, American musician Chet Atkins released a cover of the song as a single



"Mrs. Robinson" (Paul Simon) was on Solid Gold 68 is the thirty-fifth studio album by Chet Atkins, It is the first in a series of three albums providing Chet with the opportunity to interpret some of the pop hits of the year. It reached No. 18 on the Country Album charts

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