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Superpickers

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Superpickers
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedNashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length31:14
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerBob Ferguson, Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Alone
(1973)
Superpickers
(1974)
The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show
(1974)
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
World's Greatest Melodies
(1972)
Superpickers
(1974)
The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show
(1974)

Superpickers is a 1974 album by guitarist Chet Atkins and top recording session players in Nashville, TN.

"Fiddlin' Around" reached No. 75 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Reception

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Allmusic(no rating) [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlmann wrote of the album "Atkins joins together with an A-list of Nashville session musicians for a set of picking extravaganzas... Atkins himself is goaded into some wonderful playing as a result, and Superpickers is one of his best albums."[1]

Reissues

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Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Paramaribo" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:27
  2. "Fiddlin' Around" (Johnny Gimble) – 3:06
  3. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 4:35
  4. "Beef and Biscuits" (Mat Camison) – 2:35
  5. "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson) – 2:44

Side two

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  1. "Just Another Rag" (Atkins, Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 2:38
  2. "Canadian Pacific" (Ray Griff) – 3:50
  3. "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 3:26
  4. "Bells of Saint Mary's" (Doug Tringer) – 2:51
  5. "Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)" (George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 3:02

Personnel

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Superpickers > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.