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August 3, 2018

CHET ATKINS - 4/1 : The Biography






Chet Atkins 1924-2001
五十年代末, 美國田納西州 Tennessee, 納殊維爾 Nashville 一位鄉謠音樂先軀, 被譽為"Mr. Guitar 結他先生", "Nashville Sound 納殊維爾之聲" 工程師; 在流行音樂史上, 有最多結他演奏唱片錄音。



Chester Burton Atkins 
1924年六月二十日, 生於美國 Tennessee 田納西州 Knoxville 鄉郊小鎮 Luttrell, 父親任職音樂教師, 母親是鋼琴歌手。Chet 五歲時, 手上第一件樂器是 Ukulele 四弦琴, 繼而學會 Banjo 五弦琴和小提琴。六歲時, 父母離異, 跟隨母親和繼父 Willie Strevel 一起生活, 九歲開始跟哥哥 Lowell 學習結他, 兄弟兩人在結他樂理和彈奏常有交流; 常與個兩兄長、幼妹和繼父, 五人以不同樂器合奏, 音樂令一家更為融洽。

Chet 自幼患上哮喘, 晚上不能卧睡, 祇可坐着, 斜靠椅背而睡, 還要手持結他輕撥, 以助進入夢鄉。少年時期入讀 Mountain High School, 每天均拿着木結他回校, 有空便走進校內厕所彈奏, 務求一聽最佳的迴響音效。

Merle Travis 1917-1983
Chet Atkins 十五歲時, 聽過一位來自 Kentucky 肯塔基州的結他手 Merle Travis 在電台的結他彈奏, 雖然甚為喜歡, 卻不能目睹他的招牌式手指撥彈手法; 因此, 他嘗試以母指和三根手指自學, 經努力一番, 因而發明並掌握了這錯綜複雜的四指彈奏風格。原來他不知道 Merle Travis 彈奏結他時, 衹使用母指和食指而已。

經歴幾年彈奏練習後, 買來一支空心電結他和一座小型擴音器機箱, 由於家中仍沒有可供電力, 祗好經常拿着兩件心愛寳貝, 跑到朋友家裡, 把機箱挿上電源, 一搔"指彈法"之癢。1990年, 他曾返回母校作義演酬款, 把快要拆卸的 Mountain High School 挽救過來, 得以繼續作育英才。

"WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE"
1945年, Chet Atkins 在家鄉 Tennessee 田納西州 Knoxville 電視台 WNOX Studio 錄音室試音的歌曲之一 "Why Don't You Leave Me Alone", 這版本所記載就是 Chet Atkins 首開金口的歌曲錄音, 但是, 此曲並沒有令他成功被電視台錄用。繼而, 他鍥而不捨, 再跑到密蘇里州 Missouri 一間名為 AM-KWTO 的電台自薦, 經試音後, 電台節目監製卻豪不留情, 給他的評語:「你唱的完全沒半點像鄉謠!」


"Why Don't You Leave Me Alone" - Chet Atkins
1945 Demo session - WNOX Studio 24, Knoxville 24, TN
Written by Bill Stephens

Why don't you leave me alone
Now don't breakup my happy home
The things you do to me
Were never meant to be
So why don't you leave me alone

Why don't you leave me alone
You know I've got a wife at home
Now she's in love with me
And this can never be
So why don't you leave me alone

You can't say I ask you to love me
You can't say I ask you to care
You know that I warned you before hand
You can't say I'm not being fair

So why don't you leave me alone
I'm gonna disconnect my phone
If my wife should take the call
Well brother that is all
So why don't you leave me alone

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