The Night Atlanta Burned
Studio album by
Chet Atkins
Released1975
RecordedRCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry, folk, bluegrass
Length27:15
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerBob Ferguson and Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed
(1974) 		The Night Atlanta Burned
(1975) 		Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
(1976)

The Night Atlanta Burned is the forty-sixth studio album by Chet Atkins, credited to "The Atkins String Co." — a quartet comprising Chet, Johnny Gimble, Paul Yandell and Lisa Silver. The album is a fusion of classical musical techniques with country, folk and bluegrass.

The liner notes are by John D. Loudermilk, discussing the burning of Atlanta and the Atlanta Conservatory of Music during the American Civil War.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "With all the hype about the Yo-Yo Ma/Mark O'Connor/Edgar Meyer Appalachia Waltz projects of the 1990s, it's enlightening to discover the seeds of that classical/country/bluegrass fusion right here, some 20 years ahead of the game."[1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Sonora" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:20
  2. "Mostly Mozart" (Mozart) – 3:51
  3. "Bill Cheatham" (Traditional) – 2:41
  4. "San Antonio Stroll" (Noah) – 2:46
  5. "To Ann" (Loudermilk) – 2:05

Side two

  1. "The Night Atlanta Burned" (Loudermilk) – 2:16
  2. "Carnavalito" (Zaldivar) – 3:12
  3. "The Women of Ireland" (Traditional) – 2:28
  4. "Scotland" (Monroe) – 2:33
  5. "Odd Folks of Okracoke" (Loudermilk) – 2:03

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "The Night Atlanta Burned > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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