Solo Flights


Solo Flights is the thirty-sixth studio album by Chet Atkins. Side one of this album features Atkins' experiment with the "Octabass Guitar," where he replaced the two low strings with heavier strings in order to drop an octave and create a fuller sound with bass.
This album was reissued on CD for the first time, in Japan only, on April 22, 2009

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "All told, this is one of Atkins' more pleasing collections from that era."

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Drive In" 2:15
  2. "Three Little Words" 2:35
  3. "Autumn Leaves" 3:25
  4. "Chet's Tune" 2:18
  5. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" 2:12
  6. "Cheek to Cheek" 3:10

    Side two

  7. "Cindy Oh Cindy" 2:25
  8. "When You Wish Upon a Star" 2:46
  9. "Music to Watch Girls By" 2:30
  10. "Choro da Saudade" 2:37
  11. "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" 2:05
  12. "Georgy Girl" 2:45

    Personnel