The Night Atlanta Burned is an album 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...

 and is credited to "The Atkins String Co." — a quartet including Chet, Johnny Gimble

Johnny Gimble

John Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....

, Paul Yandell and Lisa Silver. The album is a fusion of classical musical techniques with country, folk and bluegrass.

The liner notes are by 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...

 who discusses the burning of Atlanta and the Atlanta Conservatory of Music during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

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Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "With all the hype about the Yo-Yo Ma/Mark O'Connor/Edgar Meyer Appalachia Waltz projects of the 1990s, it's enlightening to discover the seeds of that classical/country/bluegrass fusion right here, some 20 years ahead of the game."

Reissues

• The Night Atlanta Burned was re-released on CD in 2007 packaged with The First Nashville Guitar Quartet on 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. "Sonora" (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...
   
   ) – 3:20
2. "Mostly Mozart" (Mozart) – 3:51
3. "Bill Cheatham" (Traditional) – 2:41
4. "San Antonio Stroll" (Noah) – 2:46
5. "To Ann" (Loudermilk) – 2:05

Side two

1. "The Night Atlanta Burned" (Loudermilk) – 2:16
2. "Carnavalito" (Zaldivar) – 3:12
3. "Mother of Ireland" (Traditional) – 2:28
4. "Scotland" (Monroe) – 2:33
5. "Odd Folks of Okracoke" (Loudermilk) – 2:03

Personnel

• Chet Atkins - guitar
• Johnny Gimble
  Johnny Gimble
  John Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....
  
  - mandolin
• Paul Yandell - guitar
• Lisa Silver - violin, viola

Production notes

• Produced by Bob Ferguson and Chet Atkins
• Engineered by Chuck Seitz and Bill Vandervert
• Technicians: Al Patchucki, George Bennett, Bubba Campbell