Eclectic Guitar
# Eclectic Guitar

Eclectic Guitar is a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the El label.

## History

The single disc contains 20 tracks from the three-year period of 1954 through 1956 representing Atkins' work in a variety of styles; mostly pop, jazz, and classical with very little country music. Most of the songs are solo performances.

The cover photo had been previously used for the 1961 reissue of A Session with Chet Atkins.

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## Track listing

* "Sunrise Serenade" (Carle) – 2:47
* "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:41
* "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:28
* "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:18
* "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:25
* "Minute Waltz" (Frédéric Chopin) – 1:47
* "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 2:33
* "Minuet/Prelude" (Bach) – 2:30
* "Little Rock Getaway" (Carl Sigman, Joe Sullivan) – 2:19
* "Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)" (Traditional) – 2:46
* "La Golondrina" (Traditional) – 2:48
* "Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach) – 2:58
* "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:01
* "Alice Blue Gown" (Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney) – 2:22
* "Malaguena" (Ernesto Lecuona) – 2:48
* "Gavotte in D" (François Joseph Gossec) – 1:43
* "Waltz in A Flat" (Johannes Brahms) – 1:50
* "Adelita" (Tarrega) – 1:39
* "Petite Walz" (Traditional) – 2:50
* "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:46

## Personnel

* Chet Atkins – guitar
* Ray Edenton – guitar
* Poppa John Gordy – piano, celeste
* Buddy Harman – drums
* Marvin Hughes – piano, celeste
* Ernie Newton – bass
* Dale Potter – fiddle
