Chet, Floyd & Boots is a studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, pianist Floyd Cramer and saxophone player Boots Randolph. Boots had a novelty hit with Yakety Sax which Chet covered, playing the saxophone lead on guitar, as Yakety Axe - which also became a hit. Cramer was a regular session musician at the Nashville studios, playing with a multitude of artists including Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee, helping to define the "Nashville Sound" that Atkins had also helped develop. The trio briefly toured together.
Chet, Floyd & Boots was originally released on RCA's budget label, RCA Camden. The album was later reissued on the Pickwick label and re-released on compact disc in 1992 on RCA Camden.
Track listing
Side one "Hot Mocking Bird" – 2:07 (Chet) "Piano Rock Roll" – 2:11 (Floyd) "Big Daddy" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:03 (Boots) "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:17 (Chet) "Georgia on My Mind" (Stuart Gorrell, Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:41 (Floyd)
Side two "Yakety Sax" (Randolph, James Rich) – 1:57 (Boots) "From Nashville with Love" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:41 (Chet) "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) – 2:35 (Floyd) "Temptation" – 2:20 (Boots)
Personnel Chet Atkins – guitar Floyd Cramer – piano Boots Randolph – saxophone
Production Ethel Gabriel – producer Bob Simpson – remastering
See also The Nashville A-Team
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