Eclectic Guitar is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the El label.
History The single disc contains 20 tracks from the three-year period of 1954 through 1956 representing Atkins' work in a variety of styles; mostly pop, jazz, and classical with very little country music. Most of the songs are solo performances.
The cover photo had been previously used for the 1961 reissue of A Session with Chet Atkins.
Track listing "Sunrise Serenade" (Carle) – 2:47 "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:41 "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:28 "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:18 "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:25 "Minute Waltz" (Frédéric Chopin) – 1:47 "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 2:33 "Minuet/Prelude" (Bach) – 2:30 "Little Rock Getaway" (Carl Sigman, Joe Sullivan) – 2:19 "Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)" (Traditional) – 2:46 "La Golondrina" (Traditional) – 2:48 "Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) – 2:58 "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:01 "Alice Blue Gown" (Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney) – 2:22 "Malaguena" (Ernesto Lecuona) – 2:48 "Gavotte in D" (François Joseph Gossec) – 1:43 "Waltz in A Flat" (Johannes Brahms) – 1:50 "Adelita" (Tarrega) – 1:39 "Petite Walz" (Traditional) – 2:50 "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:46
Personnel Chet Atkins – guitar Ray Edenton – guitar Poppa John Gordy – piano, celeste Buddy Harman – drums Marvin Hughes – piano, celeste Ernie Newton – bass Dale Potter – fiddle
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