Standard Brands (album)
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1979, 1980, 1981 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:41 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
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Standard Brands is an album by guitarists Lenny Breau and Chet Atkins that was released in 1981.
History
[edit]Atkins was instrumental in getting Breau his first recording contract after hearing one of the latter's studio tapes. Atkins stated in an interview for Frets magazine: "Paul Yandell first brought Lenny to my attention around 1966. I immediately knew that here was one of the great players of this world. He had taken some of my fragmentary ideas, and gone on and on into musical areas I had never dreamed of."[1]
Due to Breau's drug problems, the album took nearly two years to complete.[2]
Atkins also produced and recorded two other releases by Breau.[3]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [4] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Robert Taylor wrote of Standard Brands: "The pairing of these two guitar legends for a series of guitar duets was long overdue, but thankfully was well preserved and finally reissued... The interplay between the duo is a fascinating lesson in the old teaching the new and vice versa... A wonderful piece of guitar history."[4]
Reissues
[edit]- The original LP was reissued on CD by One Way Records in 1994.
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Batucada" (Luiz Bonfá) – 3:19
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:12
- "Cattle Call" (Tex Owens) – 2:08
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 4:35
- "Somebody's Knockin'" (Jerry Gillespie, Ed Penney) – 4:21
Side two
[edit]- "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07
- "This Nearly Was Mine" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 2:39
- "Going Home" (Antonín Dvořák) – 4:35
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:45
Personnel
[edit]- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Lenny Breau – guitar
- Technical
- Chet Atkins, Mike Poston, Mike Shockley - engineer
- Herb Burnette - art direction, photography
References
[edit]- ^ Atkins, Chet. "The Genius of Lenny Breau". Frets. July 1986.
- ^ Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05565-8.
- ^ Lenny Breau Remembered by Jim Ferguson. Accessed on March 28, 2008.
- ^ a b Taylor, Robert. "Standard Brands > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
External links
[edit]- The Genius of Lenny Breau (PDF document) Retrieved July 3, 2009.
