Read My Licks

Read My Licks
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Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1994
Recorded	Nashville, TN
Genre	Country, pop
Length	42:22
Label	Columbia
Producer	Chet Atkins, David Hungate
Chet Atkins chronology
Jazz From the Hills (1994) Read My Licks (1994) Simpatico (1994)

Read My Licks is the fifty-sixth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins.

David Hungate and Atkins again co-produce with a number of guest musicians. Suzy Bogguss contributes a lead vocal on "After You've Gone". She and Atkins released a duet album the same year. Steve Wariner joins Atkins in a vocal as well as a guitar duet on "Read My Licks".

At the Grammy Awards of 1994, "Young Thing" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

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Track listing

1. "Young Thing" (Atkins) – 3:14
2. "Mountains of Illinois" (Atkins, Pat Bergeson) – 4:10
3. "After You've Gone" (Creamer, Layton) – 3:31
4. "Every Now and Then" (Atkins, Goodrum) – 3:01
5. "Somebody Loves Me Now" (R. L. Kass) – 4:07
6. "Norway" (Claese Neeb) – 3:41
7. "Read My Licks" (Allen, Jones) – 4:34
8. "Take a Look at Her Now" (Bergeson, Kass) – 3:56
9. "Around the Bend" (Atkins, Jerry Reed) – 3:45
10. "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
11. "Vincent" (Don McLean) – 3:48

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar, vocals
• Suzy Bogguss – vocals
• Pat Bergeson – guitar, percussion
• David Hungate – bass
• John Jarvis – keyboards
• Randy Goodrum – keyboards
• Floyd Cramer – keyboards
• Darryl Dybka – keyboards
• Larry Knechtel – piano
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• George Benson – guitar
• Eric Johnson – guitar
• Mark Knopfler – guitar
• R. L. Kass – guitar
• Steve Wariner – guitar, vocals
• Paul Yandell – guitar
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Lonnie Wilson – drums

External links

• Video of Atkins playing Vincent