Our Man in Nashville

1962 studio album by Chet Atkins

Our Man in Nashville

Studio album by

Chet Atkins

Released| December 1962
Recorded| Nashville, TN
Genre| Country, pop, jazz
Label| RCA Victor LSP-2616 (Stereo)
Producer| Anita Kerr
Chet Atkins chronology
| Down Home
(1962)  | Our Man in Nashville
(1962)  | Teen Scene
(1963)

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Our Man in Nashville is the twentieth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1963. RCA did a series of "Our Man in ..." and Chet was indeed their man in Nashville. He was producing and developing the "Nashville sound".

The album is primarily notable for featuring Atkins's first recordings of instrumentals composed by Jerry Reed. During the next thirty-two years Reed provided Atkins with more than thirty original guitar compositions.

Our Man in Nashville is out of print.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [1]
New Record Mirror| [2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "Chester remains his usual unclassifiable self, dealing out the country picking, smooth easy listening guitar, jazz, and even some very mild rock & roll on this session, with some overdubbed strings discreetly decorating a few tracks... And, as on so many Atkins albums, there is at least one track that one can develop a guilty addiction to for no particular reason; here, it's the happy-go-lucky "Always on Saturday.""[1]

## Track listing

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### Side one

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1. "Scare Crow" (Jerry Reed) – 2:19
2. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin)
3. "Melissa" (Tupper Saussy) – 2:16
4. "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly, Alan Lomax) – 2:41
5. "Old Double Shuffle" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:58
6. "Down Home" (Jerry Reed) – 2:03

### Side two

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1. "Always on Saturday" (Cy Coben) – 2:10
2. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 2:14
3. "Spanish Harlem" (Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector) – 2:53
4. "Streamlined Cannonball" (Roy Acuff) – 2:35
5. "House in New Orleans" (Traditional; arranged by Chet Atkins) – 2:13
6. "A Little Bitty Tear" (Hank Cochran) – 2:31

## Personnel

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* Chet Atkins – guitar

## References

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1. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Our Man in Nashville > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
2. ^ Watson, Jimmy (1 June 1963). "Chet Atkins: Our Man in Nashville" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 116\. p. 10\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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Chet Atkins

Studio albums|

* Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
* Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins
* A Session with Chet Atkins
* Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)
* Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
* Finger Style Guitar
* Chet Atkins at Home
* Hi-Fi in Focus
* Chet Atkins in Hollywood
* Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
* Mister Guitar
* Teensville
* The Other Chet Atkins
* Chet Atkins' Workshop
* Christmas with Chet Atkins
* The Most Popular Guitar
* Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
* Caribbean Guitar
* Down Home
* Our Man in Nashville
* Teen Scene
* The Guitar Genius
* Travelin'
* Guitar Country
* Progressive Pickin'
* My Favorite Guitars
* More of That Guitar Country
* Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
* From Nashville with Love
* Music from Nashville, My Home Town
* It's a Guitar World
* Chet
* Picks the Best
* Class Guitar
* Hometown Guitar
* Solid Gold 68
* Solo Flights
* Lover's Guitar
* Solid Gold 69
* Yestergroovin'
* Solid Gold 70
* Pickin' My Way
* For the Good Times
* Picks on the Hits
* Alone
* The Night Atlanta Burned
* Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
* Teen Scene
* Me and My Guitar
* Country After All These Years
* East Tennessee Christmas
* Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
* Stay Tuned
* Street Dreams
* Sails
* Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
* Read My Licks
* Almost Alone
* Solo Sessions
* Chet Atkins and His Guitar

Collaborations|

| Hank Snow|

* Reminiscing
* C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request

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Boston Pops|

* The Pops Goes Country
* Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops
* American Salute

Jerry Reed|

* Me & Jerry
* Me & Chet
* Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed
* Sneakin' Around

Country All-Stars|

* String Dustin'
* Jazz from the Hills

Nashville String Band|

* The Nashville String Band
* Down Home
* Strung Up
* Identified!
* The Bandit
* World's Greatest Melodies

Les Paul|

* Chester and Lester
* Guitar Monsters

Others|

* Chet, Floyd & Boots
* Superpickers
* The Atkins–Travis Traveling Show
* Chet, Floyd & Danny
* First Nashville Guitar Quartet
* Reflections
* Standard Brands
* Neck and Neck
* The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat
* Simpatico
* The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

Live albums|

* After the Riot at Newport
* In Concert
* And Then Came Chet Atkins
* The Best of Chet on the Road — Live

Selected
compilations|

* The Best of Chet Atkins
* The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2
* The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
* Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
* Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
* Chet Picks on the Grammys
* The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
* The Essential Chet Atkins
* Eclectic Guitar
* The Early Years 1946–1957

Related articles|

* Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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