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''Identified!'' is an album by
The Nashville String Band ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...
, released in 1971. The band consisted of Chet Atkins and
Homer and Jethro Homer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. "Homer" Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versio ...
. The musicians are pictured unmasked with their instruments on the back cover. The trio made six albums together.


Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Ken Dryden wrote of the album "Although the session is a tad overproduced with a stingy length of just 24 minutes, and it doesn't sufficiently focus on the solo capabilities of each man, this long out of print RCA LP still has great appeal."


Track listing


Side one

# " Colonel Bogey" (
F. J. Ricketts Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J. Alford, he composed marches which are considered to be great examples of the art. He was a Bandmaster in th ...
) – 2:12 # " White Silver Sands" (Charles 'Red' Matthews, Gladys Reinhart) – 2:30 # " Red Wing" (Kerry Mills,
Thurland Chattaway Thurland Chattaway (April 8, 1872 – November 12, 1947) was an American composer of popular music, active from approximately 1898 to 1912. He is best known for writing the words to the popular 1907 hit " Red Wing" with Kerry Mills. Other son ...
) – 2:24 # " The Three Bells" (Jean Villard, Marc Herrand, Bert Reisfeld) – 2:37 # "Oklahoma Hills" – 2:26


Side two

# "Strollin'" – 2:09 # "Sweet Dreams" – 2:17 # "
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) – 2:35 # " Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)" ( Eddie Miller, Dub Wilson) – 2:54 # "
Green Green Grass of Home "Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr., and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by Porter Wagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart. It was also r ...
" ( Curly Putman) – 2:37


Personnel

*Chet Atkins - guitar *Henry "Homer" Haynes - guitar *Kenneth "Jethro" Burns - mandolin


References

{{Authority control The Nashville String Band albums 1971 albums Albums produced by Chet Atkins Albums produced by Bob Ferguson (music) RCA Victor albums