Guitar Monsters is an album by Chet Atkins and Les Paul, released by RCA Records in 1978. It is their second collaboration, after their Grammy Award-winning release Chester & Lester.
At the Grammy Awards of 1978, Guitar Monsters was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell recalled the success of the duo's first collaboration and wrote of this album "the results are just about as marvelous."[1]
Reissues
- Guitar Monsters and Chester and Lester were released on CD in 1989 by Pair Records as Masters of the Guitar: Together with some tracks omitted.[2]
- Both albums were re-released with the two albums intact on one CD in 1998 by One Way Records.
Track listing
Side one
- "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 2:50
- "I Want to Be Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) - 3:41
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) - 2:41
- "Meditation" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 2:32
- "Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin ) - 3:01
- "I'm Your Greatest Fan" - 3:49
Side two
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:58
- "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) - 4:04
- "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Russell) - 2:41
- "Give My Love to Nell" (Traditional) - 2:53
- "Hot Toddy" (Ralph Flanagan) - 3:00
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Les Paul – guitar
- Joe Osborne – bass
- Buddy Harman, Larrie Londin, Randy Hauser – drums
- Randy Goodrum – piano
- Paul Yandell – rhythm guitar
References
- ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Guitar Monsters > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ Allmusic review of Masters of the Guitar.
