Guitar Country is the title of a recording by American

United States

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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...

. It was nominated for the 1964 Best Country & Western Album Grammy award but did not win. It reached number 1 on the Country albums charts. Prior to 1964, there was no separate genre chart for Country LP, thus Chet's previous charting albums were on the Pop charts. Numerous future Atkins releases "crossed over" from the Country and Pop charts.

Reissues

• Guitar Country and More of That Guitar Country were reissued together on CD in 2001 on the Collectibles label.

Side one

1. "Freight Train" (P. James, F. Williams) – 2:03
2. "A Little Bit of Blues" (Jerry Reed
   Jerry Reed
   Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...
   
   ) – 2:58
3. "Nine Pound Hammer" (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"...
   
   ) – 2:26
4. "Dobro" (Atkins, Coben) – 1:59
5. "Kentucky" (Davis) – 2:53
6. "Vaya con Dios
   Vaya con Dios (song)
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   " (Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper) – 2:23

Side two

1. "Winter Walkin' " (Reed) – 2:01
2. "Guitar Country" (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...
   
   , Willard Robison) – 2:39
3. "Sugarfoot Rag" (Hank Garland
   Hank Garland
   Walter Louis Garland , better known as Hank Garland, was a Nashville studio musician who performed with Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and many others.-Biography:...
   
   , Vaughn) – 2:01
4. "Gone" (Rogers) – 2:01
5. "Copper Kettle
   Copper Kettle
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   " (Albert F. Beddoe) – 2:10
6. "Yes Ma'am" (Reed) – 2:15