Almost Alone

Studio album by Chet Atkins

Released

May 1996

Recorded

Country, pop

Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins chronology

Simpatico
(1994)

Almost Alone
(1996)

The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
(1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Country Standard Time	^[2]

Almost Alone is an album by Chet Atkins. He was 71 at the time of the album's release. It is almost all solo guitar instrumentals. "Jam Man" won the 1997 Grammy award for Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance.

Chet replaced the E and A normal guitar bass strings on a Gibson Country Gentleman guitar with thicker strings on "I Still Write Your Name in the Snow" to lower them an octave, giving a fuller bass accompaniment effect. There are no overdubs except for "Jam Man" and "You Do Something to Me". "Jam Man" uses a musical effect of the same name.^[3]

As part of the promotion for the release, Chet signed 125 Gibson Epiphone guitars that were given away in contests around the country.^[4]

Track listing

All songs by Chet Atkins unless noted.

"Big Foot" – 1:42
"Waiting for Susie B." – 3:16
"A Little Mark Musik" – 3:10
"Jam Man" – 3:23
"I Still Write Your Name in the Snow" (Atkins, Billy Edd Wheeler) – 3:00
"Pu, Uana Hulu (Remembering Gabby)" (David Alapai) – 3:00
"Happy Again" – 2:52
"Sweet Alla Lee" – 2:53
"Maybelle" – 3:11
"Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 3:06
"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:16
"You Do Something to Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:55
"Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert) – 3:23

Personnel

Chet Atkins - guitar, vocals
Randy Goodrum - keyboards on "I Still Write Your Name in the Snow"
Randy Howard - fiddle on "Sweet Alla Lee"
Paul Yandell - guitar on "Maybelle"
Bergen White - string arrangements
Nashville String Machine - strings

Production notes

Engineered by Clark Hagen, Jim McKell, Chet Atkins
Mastered by Jonathan Russell
Mixed by Eric Rudd

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	74

References

↑ Allmusic
↑ Country Standard Time
↑ Atkins, Chet. Chet Atkins Almost Alone. (1998) Hal Leonard Publishing. ISBN 0-7935-6875-7.
↑ Stambler, I and Landon, G. Country Music: The Encyclopedia. (1997) McMillan.

External links

Chet Atkins Interview - Vintage Guitar Magazine - June 1996

Chet Atkins

Studio albums	Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins A Session with Chet Atkins Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version) Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions Finger Style Guitar Chet Atkins at Home Hi-Fi in Focus Chet Atkins in Hollywood Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins Mister Guitar Teensville The Other Chet Atkins Chet Atkins' Workshop Christmas with Chet Atkins The Most Popular Guitar Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns Caribbean Guitar Down Home Our Man in Nashville Teen Scene Travelin' Guitar Country Progressive Pickin' My Favorite Guitars More of That Guitar Country Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles From Nashville with Love Music from Nashville, My Home Town It's a Guitar World Chet Picks the Best Class Guitar Hometown Guitar Solid Gold 68 Solo Flights Lover's Guitar Solid Gold 69 Yestergroovin' Solid Gold 70 Pickin' My Way For the Good Times Picks on the Hits Alone The Night Atlanta Burned Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies Teen Scene Me and My Guitar Country After All These Years East Tennessee Christmas Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. Stay Tuned Street Dreams Sails Chet Atkins, C.G.P. Read My Licks Almost Alone Solo Sessions Chet Atkins and His Guitar

Collaborations	Reminiscing The Pops Goes Country C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops Me & Jerry Chet Floyd & Boots Me & Chet American Salute Superpickers The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed Chester & Lester Chet Floyd & Danny Guitar Monsters First Nashville Guitar Quartet Reflections Standard Brands Neck and Neck Sneakin' Around The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat Simpatico The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

Live albums	After the Riot at Newport In Concert And Then Came Chet Atkins The Best of Chet on the Road — Live

With The Country All-Stars	String Dustin' Jazz from the Hills

With The Nashville String Band	The Nashville String Band Down Home Strung Up Identified! The Bandit World's Greatest Melodies

Selected compilations	The Best of Chet Atkins The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2 The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends Galloping Guitar: The Early Years Guitar Legend: The RCA Years Chet Picks on the Grammys The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years The Essential Chet Atkins Eclectic Guitar The Early Years 1946–1957

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