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Great stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chSejYblryo&search=Chet%20Atkins

Thanks, and that's a very cool "Summertime" by Chet and Jerry Reed too!

I tried to play this and it starts and stops.
It will not play continuously. Can somebody help me? Thanks.

Bill, pause it right away and let it load. There is a light gray bar that will move across. JP

<SMALL>I tried to play this and it starts and stops</SMALL>

That's called "palm-blocking"

Thanks Jim Peters. I did as you told me.
Chet plays then stops then plays again, etc.
Finally after about 10 minutes the gray bar
makes it across then I can play the entire
song. There may be something wrong with my
computer. What do you think?

Bill, nothing wrong with your computer, it just takes a while to load all the data needed to play the song. You are probably using a dial-up internet connection, like me. It is SLOW!!! I have the same problem anytime I try to download a song or video. Just be patient, and have fun..
Larry Jamieson

Great stuff, thanks.

Who is the guy behind the "Stringmaster" ?


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<SMALL>Steel players do it without fretting</SMALL>

Thanks to all for your help. It works, I just have to give it time.

Don't know for sure, Baz. I'd guess Johnny Seibert.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Andy Volk on 15 February 2006 at 05:11 PM.]</p></FONT>

Floyd Cramer is in the white shirt behind the Stringmaster and Jimmy Day is sitting next to the girl to Chet's left

This was around '56 to '58 as featuring the Ray Butts pickups that led to Gretsch changing over from the DeArmond pickups to the new Filtertron that were humbuckers.

That was amazing! Many thanks, Andy, for the link. It was, however, frustrating to wait twenty minutes to hear it, but that's 'dial up', I guess.....

Can anyone recommend a DVD that has more gems like this? Chet was on TV so much, I'm sure (even if we never saw him on UK television!), and I'm hoping there's something available. Atkins just floors me with his touch and control, and this period (in the video clip) coincides with the time he was having such a big influence on me by virtue of his work in the studio with the Everly Brothers.

If the gods are smiling on me, there'll be a film of him playing 'One Mint Julep' - that 'Teensville' LP was wonderful!

RR

Andy
Thank you for that.Took 3 seconds though, to down load it.After that I could listen.He was so good, and I did get to seem him one time,long ago.
Nothin like cable.Nice of you to enlighten us.
Bill

This Chet stuff and hours more has been released (and rereleased and rereleased, not to mention syndicated for broadcast) both under the auspices of the Gannaway Company (Al Gannaway filmed these--most with live sound--in 35mm color ca. 1954-57) and Shanachie Records and Home Video. (Try Stefan Grossman's website, although I'm just guessing here.) Shanachie mostly divvies the tapes and DVDs up by performer, even though the original TV shows were variety programs with many Opry stars: Ernest Tubb, Marty Robbins, Webb Pierce, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family (Maybelle, June [!!!], Anita and Helen), Jim Reeves, Carl Smith, Faron Young, Stringbean, Minnie Pearl, Lonzo & Oscar, Rod Brasfield and the occasional forgotten brief shining light (Goldie Hill) and some truly lame comics (names withheld to protect the talentless--Bob...) and obnoxious alleged vocalists (one overassertive nine-year-old who makes Brenda Lee seem gentle and bearable comes to mind). Oh, and yeah--way too many cloggers and dancers. Miscues aside, this is an impossibly fabulous document of unbelievable artists, clothes and oh--yeah--guitars. Vintage grails when they were new. Bigsby steels? They're here--maybe a Spanish electric (Billy Byrd?) too.
Although these feature members of the Grand Ole Opry, none of this was filmed at the Ryman (mostly Bradley's Barn), nor does it have any official connection with the Opry, as the Gannaway tapes are strident (probably under legal orders) about mentioning.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Ben Elder on 16 February 2006 at 10:03 PM.]</p></FONT>

Ben is correct, Shahanachie released few "double artist packed" collections on VHS and DVD. The one with Chet also has Webb Pierce alternating songs. I think it has all tracks Chet did for Gannaway films, about a dozen altogether. Chet also played lead guitar for other artists on those shows, like Eddie Hill and Carter Family. Another new release of the Gannaway material is this one here: http://www.stompertime.com/
The quality isn't quite as good as on the first generation VHS tapes I've seen, but still quite enjoyable. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jussi Huhtakangas on 17 February 2006 at 05:57 AM.]</p></FONT>