Chester and Lester

Chester & Lester

Studio album by Chet Atkins and Les Paul

Released

1976

Recorded

May 6-7, 1975

Genre

Country, jazz

Length

36:21

Chet Atkins chronology

Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
(1976)

Chester & Lester
(1976)

The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
(1976)

Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology

The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show
(1974)

Chester & Lester
(1976)

Chet Floyd & Danny
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(?)^[2]
The Music Box	^[3]

Chester & Lester is a collaborative album by guitarists Chet Atkins and Les Paul released in 1976.

It was recorded in the mid-1970s when Atkins was in his fifties and Paul in his sixties. Atkins coaxed Paul out of his decade-long retirement for this recording. The liner notes state there is very little overdubbing and the majority of the album was live in the studio.

Chester & Lester peaked at No. 11 on Billboard's Country album chart and No. 172 on the Pop album chart. It peaked at No. 27 on the Country chart again in 1978. At the Grammy Awards of 1976, Chester & Lester won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

Reissues

Both Chester & Lester and Guitar Monsters were released on CD in 1989 by Pair Records as Masters of the Guitar: Together with some tracks omitted.^[4]
In 1998, Chester and Lester and the duo's follow-up release Guitar Monsters were reissued intact on one CD on One Way Records.
Chester & Lester was reissued in 2007 on RCA Nashville/Legacy with four bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side one

"It's Been a Long, Long Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:33
"Medley: Moonglow/Picnic" – 4:44
"Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:21
"It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:34
"Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:14

Side two

"Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) – 6:32
"The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 3:07
"Someday, Sweetheart" (Spikes, Spikes) – 3:21
"'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:31
"Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:44

Bonus tracks on Columbia Nashville CD re-release:

"The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (previously unreleased)
"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (previously unreleased)
"Caravan" (previously unreleased alternate take)
"Moonglow / Picnic (Theme From 'Picnic')" (previously unreleased rehearsal take)

Personnel

Chet Atkins – guitar
Les Paul – guitar
Randy Goodrum – piano
Larrie Londin – drums
Ray Edenton – guitar
Henry Strzelecki – bass
Bob Moore – bass
Kenneth Aronson – album cover design
Kenneth Aronson, Chip DeVilbiss – photography

References

Chet Atkins

Studio albums	Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins A Session with Chet Atkins Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version) Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions Finger Style Guitar Chet Atkins at Home Hi-Fi in Focus Chet Atkins in Hollywood Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins Mister Guitar Teensville The Other Chet Atkins Chet Atkins' Workshop Christmas with Chet Atkins The Most Popular Guitar Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns Caribbean Guitar Down Home Our Man in Nashville Teen Scene Travelin' Guitar Country Progressive Pickin' My Favorite Guitars More of That Guitar Country Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles From Nashville with Love Music from Nashville, My Home Town It's a Guitar World Chet Picks the Best Class Guitar Hometown Guitar Solid Gold 68 Solo Flights Lover's Guitar Solid Gold 69 Yestergroovin' Solid Gold 70 Pickin' My Way For the Good Times Picks on the Hits Alone The Night Atlanta Burned Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies Teen Scene Me and My Guitar Country After All These Years East Tennessee Christmas Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. Stay Tuned Street Dreams Sails Chet Atkins, C.G.P. Read My Licks Almost Alone Solo Sessions Chet Atkins and His Guitar

Collaborations	Reminiscing The Pops Goes Country C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops Me & Jerry Chet Floyd & Boots Me & Chet American Salute Superpickers The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed Chester & Lester Chet Floyd & Danny Guitar Monsters First Nashville Guitar Quartet Reflections Standard Brands Neck and Neck Sneakin' Around The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat Simpatico The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

Live albums	After the Riot at Newport In Concert And Then Came Chet Atkins The Best of Chet on the Road — Live

With The Country All-Stars	String Dustin' Jazz from the Hills

With The Nashville String Band	The Nashville String Band Down Home Strung Up Identified! The Bandit World's Greatest Melodies

Selected compilations	The Best of Chet Atkins The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2 The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends Galloping Guitar: The Early Years Guitar Legend: The RCA Years Chet Picks on the Grammys The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years The Essential Chet Atkins Eclectic Guitar The Early Years 1946–1957

Related articles	Discography

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