Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins

Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
Studio album by
Chet Atkins
ReleasedAugust 1959
RecordedFebruary 1–3, 1959 in Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length28:19
LabelRCA Victor LSP-2025 (Stereo)
ProducerChet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Atkins in Hollywood
(1959) 		Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
(1959) 		Mister Guitar
(1959)

Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins is the tenth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1959. This is a country-themed "listener participation" album in the vein of the "Sing Along With Mitch" series of albums by Mitch Miller. It came packaged in a gatefold with a lyric and guitar/ukulele chord booklet. It was reissued as an LP in 1961.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Allmusic music critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album; "An innocuous period piece through and through, notable only for some witty and elegant Atkins fills that somehow get by the concept."[1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "In the Good Old Summertime" (George Evans, Ren Shields) – 2:08
  2. "Beautiful Brown Eyes" (Alton Delmore, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) – 2:43
  3. "The Prisoner's Song" (Guy Massey) – 2:19
  4. "Titanic" (Dean Hudson) – 2:20
  5. "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) – 2:03
  6. "Sweet Bunch of Daisies" (Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:12

Side two

  1. "John Henry" (Traditional) – 2:23
  2. "Birmingham Jail" (Traditional) – 2:56
  3. "Music! Music! Music!" (Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss) – 1:55
  4. "Cold, Cold Heart" (Hank Williams) – 2:29
  5. "Bill Bailey" (Hughie Cannon) – 2:15
  6. "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly, Alan Lomax) – 2:35

Personnel

  • Chet Atkins – guitar
  • Bob Ferris – engineer

References

  1. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.