Down Home is a recording by American

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 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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After releasing the smooth pop and easy listening albums Chet Atkins' Workshop and The Most Popular Guitar, Chet returned to his roots with Down Home. The album peaked at No. 31 and returned Atkins to the Top 40. It includes two of Chet's signature tunes, "Windy and Warm" and "Trambone".

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "The contrast from his previous secular release couldn't have been more dramatic... Down Home outpolled The Most Popular Guitar by 88 places in the Billboard LP charts, returning him to the Top 40, which seemed to indicate that when you let Atkins do what he liked, his fans probably would like it too."

Reissues

• Down Home was re-released on CD by One Way Records along with The Most Popular Guitar in 1995.

Side one

1. "Salty Dog Rag" (Edward Crows, John Gordy) – 2:10
2. "I Am a Pilgrim" (Merle Travis
   Merle Travis
   Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon"...
   
   ) – 3:03
3. "Trambone" (Atkins) – 2:15
4. "Steel Guitar Rag
   Steel Guitar Rag
   "Steel Guitar Rag" is the seminal Western swing instrumental credited with popularizing the steel guitar as an integral instrument in a Western band....
   
   " (Leon McAuliffe, Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis) – 1:54
5. "Little Feet" – 2:27
6. "Blue Steel Blues" (Ted Daffan
   Ted Daffan
   Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal Truck Driver's Blues and the much covered Country anthem Born to Lose.-Early years:...
   
   ) – 2:19

Side two

1. "Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk
   John D. Loudermilk
   John D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...
   
   ) – 2:26
2. "I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" (Atkins, Charlie Louvin
   Charlie Louvin
   Charles Elzer Loudermilk , known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.-Biography:Born in Henagar, Alabama, Louvin was one of 7 children...
   
   ) – 2:32
3. "Never on Sunday
   Never on Sunday (song)
   "Never on Sunday", also known as "Ta Paidia Tou Piraia" is a popular song by Manos Hadjidakis. A vocal version was also released and performed by Melina Mercouri in the film of same name directed by Jules Dassin and starring Mercouri...
   
   " (Manos Hadjidakis
   Manos Hadjidakis
   Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of the Greek music. He was also one of the main prime movers of the "Éntekhno" song ....
   
   , Billy Towne) – 3:01
4. "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" (Al Dubin
   Al Dubin
   Alexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:...
   
   , Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
   John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
   
   , Harry Warren
   Harry Warren
   Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison,...
   
   ) – 2:15
5. "Give the World a Smile" (Otis Deaton, M. L. Yandell) – 2:04
6. "Tuxedo Junction
   Tuxedo Junction
   "Tuxedo Junction" is a song co-written by Birmingham, Alabama composer Erskine Hawkins and saxophonist and arranger Bill Johnson. Julian Dash is also credited for the music. The song was introduced by Hawkins's orchestra. Lyrics were by Buddy Feyne...
   
   " (Buddy Feyne
   Buddy Feyne
   Buddy Feyne was an American composer and lyricist of the swing era.He penned the lyrics for the standards "Tuxedo Junction" and "Jersey Bounce"...
   
   , Erskine Hawkins
   Erskine Hawkins
   Erskine Ramsay Hawkins was an American trumpet player and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama, dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". He is most remembered for composing the jazz standard "Tuxedo Junction" with saxophonist and arranger Bill Johnson...
   
   ) – 2:07

External links

• Windy and Warm Video