Read My Licks
1994 studio album by Chet Atkins
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Read My Licks is the fifty-sixth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins.
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 42:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Chet Atkins, David Hungate | |||
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David Hungate and Atkins again co-produce with a number of guest musicians. Suzy Bogguss contributes a lead vocal on "After You've Gone". She and Atkins released a duet album the same year. Steve Wariner joins Atkins in a vocal as well as a guitar duet on "Read My Licks".
At the Grammy Awards of 1994, "Young Thing" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Track listing
- "Young Thing" (Atkins) – 3:14
- "Mountains of Illinois" (Atkins, Pat Bergeson) – 4:10
- "After You've Gone" (Creamer, Layton) – 3:31
- "Every Now and Then" (Atkins, Goodrum) – 3:01
- "Somebody Loves Me Now" (R. L. Kass) – 4:07
- "Norway" (Claes Neeb) – 3:41
- "Read My Licks" (Allen, Jones) – 4:34
- "Take a Look at Her Now" (Bergeson, Kass) – 3:56
- "Around the Bend" (Atkins, Jerry Reed) – 3:45
- "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
- "Vincent" (Don McLean) – 3:48
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar, vocals
- Suzy Bogguss – vocals
- Pat Bergeson – guitar, percussion
- David Hungate – bass
- John Jarvis – keyboards
- Randy Goodrum – keyboards
- Floyd Cramer – keyboards
- Darryl Dybka – keyboards
- Larry Knechtel – piano
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- George Benson – guitar
- Eric Johnson – guitar
- Mark Knopfler – guitar
- R. L. Kass – guitar
- Steve Wariner – guitar, vocals
- Paul Yandell – guitar
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Lonnie Wilson – drums