Chet Atkins, Les Paul - Chester & Lester

chet and les

this cd is just what I expected it to be. Both men are masters of their instrunebts and show it every bar of every song. November 16, 2008

One of a kind.

This album is a collection of Les's innovations and lick's played along the smooth and elaborate finger picking of Chet.

This is a re-issue of a prior album. The original had the first 10 tracks. Let me first speak about those.

This is a must have for an adult guitar player. Must have for anyone who likes good music played on a guitar. This is a really a national treasure to be enjoyed for years to come.

The album is really one of a kind. I have never heard of a similar creation.

The album is two guitar players, jamming, with limited backing heard from the studio team. The mastering of the work lets you listen to the guitar work. The guitar is the vocals and lead and rhythm. One might say the music tends to be mellow or dreamy to jazzy blues but more I'd say in the style of 50's recordings. The sound heard is the guitars of Chet and Les trading leads for many tracks. The music scores were ones that either may have made famous or covered or from their normal course of life. The music would be mostly known to adult listeners. The production includes no vocals other than the open mic's of Chet and Les joking and assorted studio jam session conversation. You really get the feeling that these two great players and producers sat down and cut this is an hour or two with.

Chet and Les are both famous guitar players, guitar shredders, technical wizards and masters of studio production. There isn't much in the music industry these two didn't see or do or in many cases they invented it. This album is two lifetimes of work, training and talent put into an album that seems to have been created to leave a record of their life's work and joy.

The last four tracks while a joy and blessing were not mixed in the same way the original 10 were. Well, I'll say it. A no talent hack who didn't listen to the first set mixed them. Oh sure, they are in the standard of a normal recording but that isn't what Chester and Lester produced. November 8, 2008

Two of the best

Undoubtedly two of the most casually expert guitar maestros at their
most entertaining best. September 8, 2008

Les and Chet

Two guitar Legends have a great time doing what they do best. A must have for fans of either Chet Atkins or Les Paul. July 27, 2008

None better, at the guitar.

These two, Les Paul, and Chet Atkins, were they British, ...would have been "Knighted"..

What a pity that the U.S. does not have such a process. Atkins and Paul would be at the highest level..

What a treat to have them play together.

jack barry
san francisco May 24, 2008

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