Chet Atkins and Les Paul "Over The Rainbow"

[1966brooklyn]

true-blue!!!

[catch11tn]

just beautiful !!

[skinengine]

Hope they are playing together, now, Somewhere over the Rainbow!

[SPaDaTN]

RIP Guitar gods.

Somewhere over a Rainbow Chet and Les are playing for a crowd of millions of good souls. While good people like Abe Lincoln and Martin Luther King simply sit and listen.

[T09Bryant]

The electric tone of Les Paul here is very atmospheric and clear, reminds me of a much more modern sound, like Frisell, Metheny, or Stern. I dig. Just a beautiful arrangement with a lot of sensitivity, which is much harder to communicate than heat.

[brucew44guns]

This old tune is as old as dirt, but look how two utter masters of the guitar made it so interesting and beautiful to listen to. It;s almost like I never heard it before this. About 100 years of experience combined here to create a brand new "Over the Rainbow" that will live a long-long time.

[okdoky123]

rip

[rwhite549]

GuitarRecords on ebay used to carry "Chester and Lester" check them out. They also had "Me and Jerry" & Me and Chet" 2 excellent duet offerings from Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed.

Jerry had a great groove.

[NeilFraudstrong]

I first heard this rendition when I was 14 years old and into Pantera, Sepultura, and god knows what else. It changed me completely. I still love some great metal here and there (Pantera, Opeth, Amon Amarth, Decapitated, etc), but this song made me L-O-V-E Chet and Les. Then I got into Stevie Ray Vaughan shortly thereafter and now I am a committed fan of clean, glassy tones. To me, it doesn't get any better than this tone wise.  RIP Les and RIP Chet.

[Jefgg]

Les Paul, rest in peace. I heard Les Paul and Chet Atkins wanted to form a trio with Michael Jackson. They wanted to call themsleves Chester, Lester and the Molester,

[ParkerBarrowGuitar]

Funny...wrong...but very funny

[3439ra]

les paul played it very strange. lol. im not a big fan. he was better making guitars;P

[Batman001]

It reminds me of Tommy Emmanuels cover of this song

Beautiful duet by these two, Legends forever!

[bluesboy25000]

RIP Chester and Lester

[martinmary555]

This is a vey good video, I love Chet!!! martinmary555 catch my video

[torqueflite56]

Absolutely incredible!

[msbilliej]

Try to find an album called "Chester and Lester". You will love it. Genius!!

[daffydoug]

Chester and Lester..Guitar monsters...I've posted tunes from both, and will post more in the future..stay tuned!

Daff

[jefro0]

The newest release has 14 tracks. Not what I'd add on to th e original 10 tracks but it it still a great cd.

[jefro0]

Music like this is a National Treasure.

This is off the Guiitar Monster album, Kind of difficult to find. Dunno who owns the copyright's. Wish they'd re-release it.

Thank you, the very much still alive Les Paul and sadly the late Chet Atkins.

[georgereuter]

I wish that they'd re-release both albums. I'd love to have them. Musical geniuses.

[bluesboy25000]

Sadly Les is gone too now.

[tobykuhnert1]

very sad

[lelboy]

Again, too beautiful. Cheers,Doug. Les (UK)

[donnaoday]

Even though I've heard this version many times on cd, it comes up fresh as paint with each new hearing. Thanks for posting.

[hyuk101]

Thank you for posting. Two masters at work.

[exmotorcop]

Thanks for this. It's a beauty. As I said, Chet can make anything sound better than the original.

[xXxSocorroDovesxXx]

Oh... one of my very favourite songs, and this is an incredible version...

Thankyou so much daffydoug for putting a huge smile on my face!

[daffydoug]

It's been about thirty for me...maybe a bit more..but Chet has been weaved into the fabric of my life...

[popoaggie]

What great players both men were and are. Miss you Chet and Les I was playing your records 50 years ago.

[finnbjerke]

great thanks

[daffydoug]

My pleasure!

[grcolley12]

Why is this beautiful performance not available?

[daffydoug]

It is available. Contact me if you want to know more.

[daffydoug]

Oh yeah! Chet and Les capture this one perfectly! Judy would be proud! (and maybe a tad jealous?)

[smokinass1]

This instrumental is absolutely beautiful....the video does it no justice. Thanx for sharing/posting just the same. :o)