Mister Guitar

Mister Guitar is the eleventh studio album recorded by guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1959. That title, as well as "Country Gentleman", became names assigned to Chet.

Mister Guitar
The original LP album cover
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	October 1959
Recorded	Nashville, TN
Genre	Country, pop
Length	24:43
Label	RCA Victor LSP-2103 (Stereo)
Producer	Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins (1959) Mister Guitar (1959) After the Riot at Newport (1960)
Alternative Cover
The LP re-issue of Mister Guitar

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(4.25/5)[1]

"Country Gentleman", co-written with Boudleaux Bryant, was a minor hit for Atkins in 1953. That original version was recorded in a garage.[2] The liner notes are by David Halberstam, then writing for The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reissues

• Mister Guitar was packaged with Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions and released on CD in 1998 by One Way Records.
• In 2002, Mister Guitar was reissued with Chet Atkins' Workshop by Classic Compact Disc (Disc 2103).

Track listing

Side one

1. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 1:53
2. "Rainbow" (Alfred Bryan, Percy Wenrich) – 2:27
3. "Hello Bluebird" (Cliff Friend) – 2:06
4. "Siesta" (Atkins, James Rich) – 2:10
5. "Country Style" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:02
6. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 2:06

Side two

1. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (John Kellette, James Kendis, James Brockman, Nat Vincent) – 1:30
2. "Backwoods" (James Rich) – 2:09
3. "Country Gentleman" (Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) – 1:53
4. "Slinkey" (Atkins) – 1:59
5. "Jessie" (Traditional) – 1:44
6. "Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – 2:27

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar

Production notes

• Engineered by Bob Farris and Bill Porter

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Atkins, Chet and Neely, Bill. (1974). "Country Gentleman". Chicago. Harry Regnery Company. ISBN 0-8092-9051-0.