Superpickers
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedNashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length31:14
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerBob Ferguson, Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Alone
(1973)
Superpickers
(1974)
The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show
(1974)
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
World's Greatest Melodies
(1972)
Superpickers
(1974)
The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show
(1974)

Superpickers is a 1974 album by guitarist Chet Atkins and top recording session players in Nashville, TN.

"Fiddlin' Around" reached No. 75 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(no rating) [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlmann wrote of the album "Atkins joins together with an A-list of Nashville session musicians for a set of picking extravaganzas... Atkins himself is goaded into some wonderful playing as a result, and Superpickers is one of his best albums."[1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Paramaribo" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:27
  2. "Fiddlin' Around" (Johnny Gimble) – 3:06
  3. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 4:35
  4. "Beef and Biscuits" (Mat Camison) – 2:35
  5. "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson) – 2:44

Side two

  1. "Just Another Rag" (Atkins, Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 2:38
  2. "Canadian Pacific" (Ray Griff) – 3:50
  3. "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 3:26
  4. "Bells of Saint Mary's" (Doug Tringer) – 2:51
  5. "Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)" (George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 3:02

Personnel

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Superpickers > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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