''Yestergroovin
''' is the thirty-ninth studio album by guitarist
Chet Atkins, released in 1970. ''Yestergroovin
''' was nominated for the 1970
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 2011. Between 1986 and 1989 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist).
In 2012 the award ...
. It did not win, but Atkins's collaboration with
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", " U.S. Male", "A Thi ...
''Me and Jerry'' did. He would be nominated twice in the same category again in 1973.
Reception
Allmusic
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stated that it is "a throwback to some of his earlier, less-cluttered, more musical albums. It's a relaxed, friendly, assured package... Lovely record; one of his best from this period.".
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Track listing
Side one
# "Steeplechase Lane" ( Jerry Reed Hubbard)
# "Tennessee Pride"
# "Rocky Top
"Rocky Top" is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 and first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year. The song, which is a city dweller's lamentation over the loss of a simpler a ...
" ( Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant)
# "Gotta Travel On"
# "Cherokee
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...
" (Ray Noble
Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 2 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United ...
) – 2:38
# "Country Champagne" – 2:30
Side two
# "Liberty" – 2:42
# " Inka Dinka Doo" – 2:43 (Jimmy Durante
James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, vaudevillian, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced song ...
, Ben Ryan)
Personnel
*Chet Atkins – guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
*Producer – Bob Ferguson
*Al Pachucki – engineer
*Ray Butts – engineer
*Tom Pick – engineer
*Joe Clark – cover photo
References
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1970 albums
Chet Atkins albums
Albums produced by Bob Ferguson (music)
RCA Victor albums
Pop albums by American artists
Jazz albums by American artists