Atkins/Knopfler
Neck And Neck
The Story
"Neck And Neck" is a mostly instrumental collaberation between guitarists Chet Atkins and Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler. On this CD you'll hear tunes ranging from country chestnuts (Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams", Doc Watson's "Poor Boy Blues") to rock 'n' roll ("Yakety Ax", a send up of Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax"), jazz (Django Reinhardt's "Tears"), a Mark Knopfler original track, and the Kahn/Jones standard "I'll See You in My Dreams". "Neck And Neck" also features the great Mark O'Connor on fiddle and mandolin and background vocals by Vince Gill.
The Music
| 04:01 | Poor Boy Blues | Vocal |
| 03:24 | Sweet Dreams | Instrumental |
| 06:28 | There'll Be Some Changes Made | Vocal |
| 04:11 | Just One Time | Vocal |
| 03:16 | So Soft, Your Goodbye | Instrumental |
| 03:24 | Yakety Axe | Vocal |
| 03:54 | Tears | Instrumental |
| 03:18 | Tahitian Skies | Instrumental |
| 02:59 | I'll See You In My Dreams | Instrumental |
| 03:21 | The Next Time I'm In Town | Vocal |
The Artists
| Chet Atkins | Guitar, Vocals |
| Mark Knopfler | Guitar, Vocals, Production |
| Larrie Londin | Drums |
| Guy Fletcher | Drums, Bass, Keyboards, Engineering |
| Edgar Meyer | Bass |
| Steve Wariner | Bass |
| Mark O'Connor | Fiddle, Mandolin |
| Paul Franklin | Steel Guitar, Pedabro, Dobro |
| Floyd Cramer | Piano on "Sweet Dreams" |
| Vince GIll | Background Vocals |
| Mike Poston | Engineering |
| Vanelle | Engineering Assistance |
| Ron Eve | Engineering Assistance |
| Bill Schnee | Mixing |
| Doug Sax | Mastering |
| Alan Yoshida | Mastering |
| Deborah Feingold | Photography |
| Recorded at CA Workshop (Nashville), Sound Emporium (Nashville), Hillbilly Heaven (London).
Mixed at Schnee Studio, North Hollywood. Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles. |
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