CGP

CGP is a 1988 crossover album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and was produced for Columbia Records by Chet Atkins, David Hungate , Daryl Dybka.

It marks a stylistic transition from the country music of the early Chet Atkins to the processing of influences from jazz and rock music . This development is underlined by the selection of musicians involved, including jazz veteran Daryl Dybka, bassist David Hungate, who was a founding member of the Californian rock band Toto , and rock guitarist Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits . The instrumentation also follows this approach , for example with the use of drum computers .

The letters CGP are an acronym , meaning Certified Guitar Player , an honorary title that Atkins himself and later five other guitarists awarded to: John Knowles , Tommy Emmanuel , Jerry Reed , Steve Wariner and Paul Yandell .

Track list

1. "Chinook Winds" (Chet Atkins, Darryl Dybka) - 4:40
2. "Put Your Clothes On" (Atkins, Johnny Gimble ) - 4:51
3. "Imagine" ( John Lennon ) - 4:05
4. "Light-Hearted Lisa" (TJ White) - 4:31
5. "Knucklebusters" (Atkins, John Knowles) - 5:18
6. "Jethreaux" (Atkins, Burns, Dybka) - 3:55
7. "Which Way del Vecchio?" (Dybka) - 4:52
8. " Daydream " ( John Sebastian ) - 3:42
9. "Mockingbird Variations" (Atkins, Shel Silverstein ) - 5:06
10. "I Still Can't Say Goodbye" (Bob Blinn / Jimmy Moore) - 4:05

Contributors

• Chet Atkins - guitar
• Darryl Dybka - keyboards , drum programming, synthesizers
• Johnny Gimble - violin
• Steve Gibson - guitar
• Mark Hammond - Drum Programming
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Mike Haynes - trumpet , flugelhorn
• David Hungate - bass
• Clayton Ivey - keyboards
• Mark Knopfler - guitar
• Mike Lawler - synthesizer
• Larrie Londin - drums
• Randy McCormick - synthesizer
• Terry McMillan - percussion
• Larry Paxton - bass
• George Tidwell - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Don Sheffield - trumpet, flugelhorn

Web links

• Review by Richard S. Ginell on allmusic.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum: Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player . Country Music Foundation Press, US 2012, ISBN 978-0915608003 .
2. ^ Obituary in Rolling Stone Magazine, 2001
3. ↑ CGP on last.fm
4. ↑ CGP Review on allmusic.com
5. ↑ Jazzkeyboard.com
6. ^ Website of John Knowles
7. ↑ Tommy Emmanuel's website
8. ↑ Report from GuitarPlayer.com ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.