''Alone'' is the forty-fourth studio album by guitarist

Chet Atkins Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson (musician), Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nash ...

. It peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Country Album charts. It was during the recording of this album that Chet was first diagnosed with

colon cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...

.Atkins, Chet and Neely, Bill. (1974). "Country Gentleman". Chicago. Harry Regnery Company. .

Reissues

* In 1989, RCA/Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs reissued ''

Pickin' My Way ''Pickin' My Way'' is the forty-first studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Country charts. The liner notes are by Johnny Cash. Reissues * In 1989, RCA/Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs re-released ''Pickin' My Wa ...

'', '' Chet Atkins in Hollywood'' and ''Alone'' in a double CD set.

Track listing

Side one

# "Hawaiian Slack Key" – 2:35 # "The Claw" (

Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Gui ...

) – 2:16 # "Spanish Fandango" (Traditional) – 2:01 # "Flop Eared Mule and Other Classics" # "Over the Waves" (

Juventino Rosas José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas (25 January 18689 July 1894) was a Mexican composer and violinist, known worldwide for the waltz " Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves"). Life and career Rosas was born in Santa Cruz, Guanajuato, later renam ...

) – 2:30 # " Just as I Am" (William B. Bradbury,

Charlotte Elliott Charlotte Elliott (18 March 1789 – 22 September 1871) was an English evangelical Anglican poet, hymn writer, and editor. She is best known by two hymns, Just As I Am (hymn), "Just As I Am" and "Thy will be done". Elliott edited ''Christian R ...

) – 1:25

Side two

# "

Take Five "Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond in 5 beat per measure, the melody relying on the blues scale, with harmony E-flat minor. It was first recorded in 1959 and is the third track on ''Time Out'' by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. ...

" (

Paul Desmond Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz. He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed the group's biggest hit, " ...

) – 2:28 # "Smile" (

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...

) – 2:42 # "Blue Finger" (

) – 2:36 # "

Me and Bobby McGee "Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller. Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster. A posth ...

" (

Fred Foster Fred Luther Foster (July 26, 1931 – February 20, 2019) was an American record producer, songwriter, and music business executive who founded Monument Records and Combine Music. As a record producer he was most closely associated with Roy Orbi ...

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a m ...

) – 2:30 # "

Londonderry Air The "Londonderry Air" is an Irish air (folk tune) that originated in County Londonderry, first recorded in the nineteenth century. The tune is played as the victory sporting anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games. The song " Dan ...

" (arrangement: Atkins) – 2:58 # "The Watkins Man" – 2:47

Personnel

* Chet Atkins – guitar, arrangements Production notes * Paul Yandell – arrangement – with Chet Atkins ("The Watkins Man") * Jorge Morel – arrangement ("Take Five") * Bill Vandevort – engineer * Mike Shockley – recording technician * Jimmy Moore – cover photo

References

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