Me & Chet is the follow-up to Me & Jerry, the successful duet recording by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. It was nominated for the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance but did not win. Chet's solo release Chet Atkins Picks on the Hits was nominated in the same category. It reached No. 24 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
Reissues In 1998, Me & Jerry and Me & Chet were reissued on CD by One Way Records.[ AllMusic entry for reissue of Me & Jerry and Me & Chet.]
Track listing
Side one "Jerry’s Breakdown" (Jerry Reed) – 2:09 "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 2:34 "Liebestraum" (Franz Liszt) – 2:41 "Serenade to Summertime" (Sergio Palito) – 2:33 "Nashtown Ville" (Atkins) – 2:04
Side two "Mystery Train" (Junior Parker, Sam Phillips) – 2:49 "The Mad Russian" (Jerry Reed, Paul Yandell) – 2:13 "Flying South" (Cindy Walker) – 2:32 "Good Stuff" (Reed) – 2:42 "All I Ever Need is You" (Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves) – 2:05 "I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams) – 3:20
Personnel Chet Atkins – guitar Jerry Reed – guitar Henry Strzelecki – bass Stephen Schaffer – bass Jimmy Isbell – drums Ralph Gallant – drums Paul Yandell – guitar Floyd Cramer – piano Ray Butts – engineer Tom Pick – engineer
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