Superpickers
| Superpickers | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 31:14 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Bob Ferguson, Chet Atkins | |||
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Superpickers is a 1974 album by guitarist Chet Atkins and top recording session players in Nashville, Tennessee. The track, "Fiddlin' Around", reached No. 75 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.
Reissues
[edit]Superpickers was reissued on CD in 1998 along with Picks on the Hits by One Way Records.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| AllMusic (reissue) | [2] |
Critic William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote of the album, "Atkins joins together with an A-list of Nashville session musicians for a set of picking extravaganzas... Atkins himself is goaded into some wonderful playing as a result, and Superpickers is one of his best albums."[2]
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Paramaribo" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:27
- "Fiddlin' Around" (Johnny Gimble) – 3:06
- "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 4:35
- "Beef and Biscuits" (Mat Camison) – 2:35
- "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson) – 2:44
Side two
[edit]- "Just Another Rag" (Atkins, Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 2:38
- "Canadian Pacific" (Ray Griff) – 3:50
- "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 3:26
- "Bells of Saint Mary's" (Doug Tringer) – 2:51
- "Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)" (George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 3:02
Personnel
[edit]- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Buddy Spicher – fiddle
- Buddy Harman – drums
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica
- Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar
- Jerry Shook – guitar
- Farrell Morris – percussion
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Paul Yandell – guitar, ukulele
- Henry Strzelecki – double bass
- Bobby Thompson – banjo, guitar
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Chet Atkins – Superpickers: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. Chet Atkins – Picks on the Hits/Superpickers: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
