''Down Home'' is the nineteenth studio album by
American
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guitarist
Chet Atkins.
After releasing the smooth pop and easy listening albums ''Chet Atkins' Workshop'' and ''The Most Popular Guitar'', Chet returned to his roots with ''Down Home''. The album peaked at No. 31 and returned Atkins to the Top 40. It includes two of Chet's signature tunes, "Windy and Warm" and "Trambone".
Reception
Writing for
Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "The contrast from his previous secular release couldn't have been more dramatic... Down Home outpolled The Most Popular Guitar by 88 places in the Billboard LP charts, returning him to the Top 40, which seemed to indicate that when you let Atkins do what he liked, his fans probably would like it too."
Reissues
* ''Down Home'' was re-released on CD by
One Way Records
One Way Records was an independent record label based in Albany, New York that specialized in budget reissues of classic rock albums. In the 1990s, it gained business pressing reissues of those records that had "fallen through the cracks" in th ...
along with ''The Most Popular Guitar'' in 1995.
[ AllMusic entry for reissue of ''Down Home'' and ''The Most Popular Guitar''./ref>
]
Track listing
Side one
# "Salty Dog Rag
The Salty Dog Rag is an American schottische dance described by the lyrics of the 1952 hit tune ''Salty Dog Rag'' by Red Foley. It is usually a traveling dance, often performed synchronously by multiple couples, who circumnavigate the room in a c ...
" (Edward Crowe, John Gordy) – 2:10
# "I Am a Pilgrim" (Merle Travis
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic expl ...
) – 3:03
# "Trambone" (Atkins) – 2:15
# " Steel Guitar Rag" ( Leon McAuliffe) – 1:54
# "Little Feet" (Atkins) – 2:27
# "Blue Steel Blues" ( Ted Daffan) – 2:19
Side two
# "Windy and Warm" ( John D. Loudermilk) – 2:26
# "I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" (Atkins, Charlie Louvin) – 2:32
# " Never on Sunday" ( Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne) – 3:01
# "Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish
"(The) Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" is a novelty song written by Harry Warren, Al Dubin, and Johnny Mercer. In an Orientalist jazz musical style and with a Turquesque confusion of Islamic, Indian, and Western cultural motifs, it recounts ...
" (Al Dubin
Alexander Dubin (June 10, 1891 – February 11, 1945) was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.
Life
Al Dubin came from a Russian Jewish family that emigrated to the United States from Swi ...
, Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
, Harry Warren
Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...
) – 2:15
# "Give the World a Smile" (Otis Deaton, Marshall Yandell) – 2:04
# " Tuxedo Junction" ( Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins) – 2:07
Personnel
*Chet Atkins – guitar
* Boots Randolph – saxophone
* Charlie McCoy – harmonica
* Bill Porter, Tommy Strong – engineer
References
External links
Windy and Warm Video
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1962 albums
Chet Atkins albums
Albums produced by Chet Atkins
RCA Victor albums