Standard Brands is an album by guitarists Lenny Breau and Chet Atkins that was released in 1981.
History Atkins was instrumental in getting Breau his first recording contract after hearing one of the latter's studio tapes. Atkins stated in an interview for Frets magazine: "Paul Yandell first brought Lenny to my attention around 1966. I immediately knew that here was one of the great players of this world. He had taken some of my fragmentary ideas, and gone on and on into musical areas I had never dreamed of."Atkins, Chet. "The Genius of Lenny Breau". Frets. July 1986.
Due to Breau's drug problems, the album took nearly two years to complete.Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. .
Atkins also produced and recorded two other releases by Breau.Lenny Breau Remembered by Jim Ferguson. Accessed on March 28, 2008.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Robert Taylor wrote of Standard Brands: "The pairing of these two guitar legends for a series of guitar duets was long overdue, but thankfully was well preserved and finally reissued... The interplay between the duo is a fascinating lesson in the old teaching the new and vice versa... A wonderful piece of guitar history."
Reissues The original LP was reissued on CD by One Way Records in 1994.
Track listing Side one
"Batucada" (Luiz Bonfá) – 3:19 "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:12 "Cattle Call" (Tex Owens) – 2:08 "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 4:35 "Somebody's Knockin'" (Jerry Gillespie, Ed Penney) – 4:21
Side two
"This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07 "This Nearly Was Mine" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 2:39 "Going Home" (Antonín Dvořák) – 4:35 "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:45
Personnel Chet Atkins – guitar Lenny Breau – guitar Technical Chet Atkins, Mike Poston, Mike Shockley - engineer Herb Burnette - art direction, photography
References
External links The Genius of Lenny Breau (PDF document) Retrieved July 3, 2009.