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August 3, 2018

CHET ATKINS - 4/4 : Certified Guitar Player


CHET ATKINS C.G.P.
自1947年開始與 RCA (Radio Corporation of America) 唱片公司合作共三十六年。1983年, 加入 Columbia Records 哥倫比亞唱片; 1988年面世的專輯唱片 "CHET ATKINS C.G.P.", 這簡寫是取自 "Certified Guitar Players 被確定的結他手", Chet Atkins 以此譽銜, 賦予多位在樂壇曾作出貢獻的結他大師, 包括啟發他的 Merle Travis 和幾位是他極為専崇又曾經合作過的高手, 如 Les Paul, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes, Jerry Reed。



"CHET ATKINS C.G.P." Certified Guitar Player 1988
TRACK LIST
"Chinook Winds" Chet Atkins, Darryl Dybka
"Put Your Clothes On" Atkins, Johnny Gimble
"Imagine" John Lennon
"Light-Hearted Lisa" T. J. White
"Knucklebusters" Atkins, John Knowles
"Jethreaux" Atkins, Burns, Dybka
"Which Way del Vecchio?" Dybka
"Daydream" John Sebastian
"Mockingbird Variations" Atkins, Shel Silverstein
"I Still Can't Say Goodbye" Bob Blinn, Jimmy Moore



1991年, Chet Atkins 一首作現場唱出的歌曲, 道出了自幼至成長, 生父 James Atkins 所給了他在音樂學習和鼓勵。雖然, 自六歲開始, 父親要離家而去, Chet 年紀雖少, 由於憤恨在心而沒有跟父親作過一聲道别, 但對其背影仍難以忘懷。時年六十七歲的 Chet, 以感性又低沉的聲調把歌曲演繹出來, 聽來令人倍感唏噓。

"I Still Can't Say Goodbye"
Songwriters: James Moore / Robert Blinn
You know, every time I look in the mirror I see my Dad
I think that's why this song means so much to me

When I was young
My dad would say
"C'mon son, let's go out and play"
Sometimes it seems like yesterday

And I'd climb up the closet shelf
When I was all by myself
Grab his hat and fix the brim
Pretending I was him

No matter, how hard I try
No matter, how many tears I cry
No matter, how many years go by
I still can't say goodbye

He always took care
Of Mom and me
We all cut down a Christmas tree
He always had some time for me

Wind blows through the trees
Street lights, they still shine bright
Most things are the same
But I miss my dad tonight

I walked by a Salvation Army store
Saw a hat like my daddy wore
Tried it on when I walked in
Still trying to be like him

No matter, how hard I try
No matter, how many years go by
No matter, how many tears I cry
I still can't say goodbye


Chet Atkins 把傳統鄉謠歌曲和音樂改變過來, 放棄小提琴和鋼線推撥結他, 改以自己的結他風格彈奏, 被譽為"Nashville Sound 納殊維爾之聲" 的鄉謠歌曲, 打進六十年代的摇滾音樂潮流。


1950's RCA Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA


RCA Victor Studio B 是唱片公司的錄音室之一; 五十年代後期, 錄製了很多當年代的歌曲。六十年代開始, Chet Atkins 任職"B"錄音室監製之後, 成為眾所周知的 "Nashville Sound 納殊維爾之聲" 的温室, 通過更多的背景音樂, 弦樂和現代錄音技術的改良, 把早期的鄉謠音樂演變過來, 成為搖滾音樂當中佔了很重要的席位。

1983年, Chet Atkins 開始加入 Columbia Records 哥倫比亞唱片公司, 而仍然得到 RCA Victor 唱片公司, 在 Studio B 門前立上一幅牌匾和一支結他, 以紀念他在樂壇的貢獻。今天, 該建築物和地方已被列入美國國家歷史名勝錄當中。


Chet Atkins 的職業生涯中, 積累了無數的獎項和榮譽; 六十年代, 曾在美國白宮, 為三十五任總統 John Kennedy 約翰 肯尼迪和三十六任的 Lyndon Johnson 詹森作演奏。

1973 - 四十九歲成為鄉謠音樂名人殿堂最年輕的入選者
1991 - Tennessee 田納西州首府 Nashville 納殊維爾, 市內 Nashville Music Row 納殊維爾
          音樂地帶, 靠近西面廣場的地方, 命名為 "Chet Atkins Place"
1997 - 獲得 U.S. Billboard 最高榮譽的"Century Award 世紀獎", 他共贏得了十四項格蘭美獎,
          包括終身成就獎
2001 - 美國 "Rolling Stone 滾石雜誌" 在最偉大一百位結他手名單中,
          Chet Atkins 被列第二十一位
2002 - 被追封為"搖滾音樂名人殿堂"的伴奏樂手, 並由他的外孫 Jonathan Russell 代為受銜

Chet Atkins 一生致力於音樂事業, 唱片錄音、演奏、撰譜編曲和監製工作。1996年, 再次被診斷為結腸癌後, 健康日見下降, 至2001年六月三十日, 在田納西州, 納殊維爾的家中去世, 享年七十七歲。他一生的作品和錄音, 包括任結他伴奏或個人的專輯和唱片近三百張。這支1955年面世的 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins 結他, 早已成為他在樂壇的圖騰 !