Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns is the title of a recording of instrumental gospel hymns by guitarist Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins

Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...

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Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Jason Ankeny wrote the album is "simply too brief to stand as a definitive collection of the guitarist's spiritual recordings; his instrumental work is impeccable, of course, but performances of favorites like "Amazing Grace," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and "The Old Rugged Cross" pass by too quickly to properly whet the listener's appetite."

Side one

1. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord
   Take My Hand, Precious Lord
   "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" is a gospel song, lyrics by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey , melody by George Nelson Allen .-History:...
   
   " (Thomas A. Dorsey
   Thomas A. Dorsey
   Thomas Andrew Dorsey was known as "the father of black gospel music" and was at one time so closely associated with the field that songs written in the new style were sometimes known as "dorseys." Earlier in his life he was a leading blues pianist known as Georgia Tom.As formulated by Dorsey,...
   
   ) – 2:43
2. "Amazing Grace
   Amazing Grace
   "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...
   
   " (John Newton
   John Newton
   John Henry Newton was a British sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career on the sea at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of...
   
   ) – 2:36
3. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken
   Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)
   "Can the Circle Be Unbroken " is the title of a country/folk song reworked by A. P. Carter from the hymn "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" by Ada R. Habershon and Charles H. Gabriel. The song's lyrics concern the death, funeral, and mourning of the narrator's mother.The song first gained attention due...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2"07
4. "In the Garden" – 2:31
5. "When They Ring the Golden Bells" (Traditional) – 2:30
6. "Just As I Am
   Just As I Am (hymn)
   Just as I Am is a well-known hymn, written by Charlotte Elliott in 1835, first appearing in the Christian Remembrancer, of which Elliott became the editor in 1836. The final verse is taken from Elliott's Hours of Sorrow Cheered and Comforted ....
   
   " (William B. Bradbury, Charlotte Elliott
   Charlotte Elliott
   Charlotte Elliott was an English poet and hymn writer.Charlotte was the daughter of Charles Elliott, a silk merchant and his wife, Eling Venn who married at Yelling on 20 December 1785.Eling Venn was the daughter of Rev...
   
   ) – 1:43

Side two

1. "Further Along" (Traditional) – 3:03
2. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" – 2:05
3. "The Old Rugged Cross
   The Old Rugged Cross
   "The Old Rugged Cross" is a popular Christian song written in 1912 by evangelist and song-leader George Bennard .George Bennard, was a native of Youngstown, Ohio but was reared in Iowa. After his conversion in a Salvation Army meeting, he and his wife became brigade leaders before leaving the...
   
   " (George Bennard
   George Bennard
   George Bennard was an American hymn composer and preacher. He is best known for composing the famous hymn, "The Old Rugged Cross".- Early years :...
   
   ) – 2:25
4. "Lonesome Valley" (Carter) – 2:02
5. "God Be With You" (Traditional) – 2:33
6. "Were You There" (Traditional) – 2:11