Read My Licks is the fifty-sixth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins.
David Hungate and Atkins again co-produce with a number of guest musicians. Suzy Bogguss contributes a lead vocal on "After You've Gone". She and Atkins released a duet album the same year. Steve Wariner joins Atkins in a vocal as well as a guitar duet on "Read My Licks".
At the Grammy Awards of 1994, "Young Thing" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Track listing "Young Thing" (Atkins) – 3:14 "Mountains of Illinois" (Atkins, Pat Bergeson) – 4:10 "After You've Gone" (Creamer, Layton) – 3:31 "Every Now and Then" (Atkins, Goodrum) – 3:01 "Somebody Loves Me Now" (R. L. Kass) – 4:07 "Norway" (Claes Neeb) – 3:41 "Read My Licks" (Allen, Jones) – 4:34 "Take a Look at Her Now" (Bergeson, Kass) – 3:56 "Around the Bend" (Atkins, Jerry Reed) – 3:45 "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 4:35 "Vincent" (Don McLean) – 3:48
Personnel Chet Atkins – guitar, vocals Suzy Bogguss – vocals Pat Bergeson – guitar, percussion David Hungate – bass John Jarvis – keyboards Randy Goodrum – keyboards Floyd Cramer – keyboards Darryl Dybka – keyboards Larry Knechtel – piano Jim Horn – saxophone George Benson – guitar Eric Johnson – guitar Mark Knopfler – guitar R. L. Kass – guitar Steve Wariner – guitar, vocals Paul Yandell – guitar Stuart Duncan – fiddle Lonnie Wilson – drums
References
External links Video of Atkins playing Vincent