Release Date: 09 April 2013
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064001263
Description
After their 1976 smash Chester and Lester guitar duet album, Chet Atkins and Les Paul reunited in 1978 for another round of pickin' and grinnin' on Guitar Monsters. The front cover illustration shows a couple of dragons dueling, and it's appropriate; for all the often-hilarious byplay between the two ("I'm Your Greatest Fan" is a must-hear routine where each of them tries to compliment the other by attributing - and playing - famous guitar instrumental pieces by other guitarists to each other), there's no question that these two legends were friends and rivals, as each trade-off between solos just sets the bar higher.
A must for guitar lovers, guitarists and/or gearheads (those are Hascal Haile, Del Vecchio and, of course, Gibson Les Paul and Gretsch guitars they're playing), Guitar Monsters appears here for the first time on stand-alone CD with added notes by Chris Morris and a fresh remastering by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios in NYC. An absolute delight.
Tracklisting
X-Ray Spex
Loudon Wainwright Iii
The Donnas
Petula Clark
Tiny Tim
Willie Nelson
Willie Hutch
Various Artists
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Willie Nelson
The Statler Brothers
Daniel O'Donnell
Pitney Meyer
George Jones
Daniel O'Donnell
Clint Eastwood
