First Nashville Guitar Quartet is the title of a recording by 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...

, Liona Boyd

Liona Boyd

Liona Maria Carolynne Boyd, LLD, D.Mus, CM, O.Ont, is a Canadian classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer. Boyd was born in London, England on July 11, 1949, moved to Canada with her parents when she was eight years old and became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1975...

, John Knowles and John Pell.

The quartet played in the style of a chamber orchestra for guitars. Arrangements were worked out amongst the four players. Recording was done in both RCA's Studio A and at Atkins' own home studio.

The single "Love Song of Pepe Sanchez", released by the Quartet in 1979, did not chart.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "Guitars may not be about to replace violins, violas, and cellos in the chamber music category, but this group proves that they can assume a respectable place in country-pop music, anyway."

Reissues

• In 1997, First Nashville Guitar Quartet was reissued on CD along with Me and My Guitar in by One Way Records.
• In 2007, it was also released on CD along with The Night Atlanta Burned
  The Night Atlanta Burned
  The Night Atlanta Burned is an album by Chet Atkins and is credited to "The Atkins String Co." — a quartet including Chet, Johnny Gimble, Paul Yandell and Lisa Silver. The album is a fusion of classical musical techniques with country, folk and bluegrass....
  
  by Raven Records
  Raven Records
  Raven Records is an Australian record label that specializes in retrospectives and reissues or recordings by American, British and Australian artists.Raven Records was established in 1979 by Glenn A. Baker, Kevin Mueller and Peter Shillito....
  
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Side one

1. "Carolina Shout" (Johnson, John Knowles, John Pell) – 2:37
2. "Londonderry Air" (Traditional) – 3:00
3. "Love Song of Pepe Sanchez" (John Pell) – 2:16
4. "Skirts of Mexico" (Ponce, John Knowles) – 3:00
5. "You Needed Me" (Goodrum) – 2:59
6. "Bound for Boston" (Traditional) – 3:40

Side two

1. "Washington Post March" (Traditional) – 2:18
2. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill
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3. "Rings of Grass" (Shel Silverstein
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   ) – 3:17
4. "Rodrigo Concerto" (Joaquín Rodrigo
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   ) – 3:34
5. "Brandenburg" (Bach
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   ) – 2:59