Freight Train - Chet Atkins

[greasegun49]

Really nice and in very good taste. Chet Atkins and some pure Americana. Freight Trains crossing the most beautiful and greatest country on earth with a background sound that is uniquely Chet. God Bless America. God Bless our Men and Women in it's uniform.

[BJNZK0]

I grew up listening to my dad play his guitar listening to Chet Atkins. This is one that I still can remember since his death in March '10. I miss him dearly, but the songs will forever be burned in my memories.

[antichrit]

putooooos



[damanfrom808]

awesome!!! love this song, Freight Train...Chet Atkinds...totall awesome. great post.

[ncbloom]

damn, too bad he didnt have jerry up on this piece

[wcbriggs2000]

apparently some individual has never seen chet play with mark knoefler or jerry reed or any other musician, i dont think ego was his problem.

[jjezttt]

one guy is deaf

[daffydoug]

Thanks for this video! I always love Chet's music and besides being the guitarist of the century, he was always a wonderful human being. Humble, kind, self effacing. Always willing to share with others and lift others up. He helped the career of so many artists that it's hard to list them all. Chet was a true country gentleman.

[Fingerpickerdude]

Thank God for Chet and his style-this is his classic play. Always will be missed!

[AlanSturgess]

This track along with 'Copper Kettle' and 'I'm so lonesome I could cry' all rocket me back in time to when I was a young lad in our front room with my collection of Chet LP's and an old Dansette record player. Fabulous.

If you like the man's music, look for his book 'Chet Atkins: Me and my guitar' (Russ Cochran books 2003). He tells his life story in the context of each guitar he has owned - it's a superb read with FABULOUS photos of the instruments.

[boltman654]

the song is from elizabeth cotton

[dodiemuehleisen50]

made my day!!! thanks downloadmusic .im

[brenda7734]

everly bros. christmas songs,ragtime, blues, the man was so good and so smooth. no one like him ever.

[wrmconstu]

Yes I like this very mucho, Gracias

[Romamb]

hopeless. it's a vocal tune. not an instrumental.

[ultraroadmap]

Like a lot of people here my dad's record collection introduced me to Chet. He had 5 or 6 Chet Atkins albums and I became aware of the man's songs intimately....thanks dad.

[Fenriswolf3]

I like the great American landscapes and the big trains.

[compukenny]

Chet Adkins was hands down the best Guitar man ever. I think he could have made that guitar dance if he wanted it to

[chkjns]

@compukenny Nice to see your admiration for Chet! Musicians are my heroes like most guys idolize ballplayers. This will be here 100 years from now when last decade's ballplayer is probably forgotten. I idolize musicians so much i now have nearly 700 playlists that cover a century of worldwide music. My 2nd anniversary here is next month. Just traded a couple messages with the guitar soloist from Steely Dan's ' Reelin in the Years.' What other music site let's you do THAT! chuck

[JoAmethyst]

OMG, I love this song. It is my favourite of Chet Atkins. My dad had the tune on his reel-to-reel tape and I would listen to it over and over.

[cwhanna]

Something is desperately missing from most of modern country music I'm not sure what it is, maybe it all just sounds too damn corporate and predicatble like soulless acountants had the final say on recordings.... Listening to the great vintage artists Chet, Jerry Reed, Johnny Cash,Patsy Cline et al.. and the vinyl records makes it even more glaring...

[edslides]

@cwhanna

i had the same thought. i came to the conclusion the missisng thing is talent.

[daffydoug]

@edslides Chet Atkins had no talent???????" Where have you been the last fifty years??????? Thats like saying Michael Jordan can't play basketball!! Or like saying Einstein can't do math!!

[eeveefan14]

@daffydoug: He's talking about country music nowadays, not Chet's music XD

[DROTTOHARRIS]

@cwhanna no doubt Chet's ability and legacy but I tend to agree with you on this one Sound's like a load of accountants plotted out a Pie Chart

[chkjns]

@cwhanna What's missing in most all of today's music is that artists have been replaced by performers. There's a BIG difference !!! Thank god there's still amazing music at the movies!

[ZandorWBY]

I'm with yall...this song brings a tear to the eye thinking bout my dad....he was the chester fan and I was the lester fan......what fun fights we had!!!

[MrGeeetar]

please see my version of freight train.



[smokemike75]

thanks super

[StvMcQueen1]

There will never be another Chester Atkins. When God made him he broke the mold. I dated his niece and played in a band with his nephew. Chet's sister (Ruth Riggs) lived right next door to my uncle's farm near Butlerville, Ohio. Whew, that was a few years back.

[Novacoma]

my grandad just turned 85 some days ago and hes a guitar player and has spent his whole life playing chet atkins songs and as it turns out he's also a train fanatic. My earliest memories of seeing a guitar is the red gibson chet atkins guitar my grandad would have in his bedroom. And i remember him plaing songs just like that. When i was a teen and i started playing guitar myself i foolishly thought chet atkins and johnny cash and all those guys he liked were lame...i saw the light eventually.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@Novacoma Yep - with age (sometimes!) comes wisdom.............

[sg2sin]

heard of Chet and his music but never really get appreciate them till today! late better than never....his guitar actually sings! thanks Chet....you are forever great!

[guitarcutie141]

this song is ok

[Seazer009]

When this man passed on God must have been waiting for him with a Golden Guitar ready for Chet to play !

[regoralo]

Chet Atkins the greatest guitarist. I always like the way he plays the guitar. As if the guitar sings.

[andjack]

The composer, Elizabeth Cotten picked with here right hand stringed guitar left handed. Just search on YouTube for "Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train Pete Seeger".

But, this with Atkins is more wide spread version.

[shredder1965]

Chet was the man that all others are measured by. Bad Ass.

[arizonaranger]

The great classical guitarist - Andre Segovia - was asked, shortly before his death in 1987, who was the greatest Guitarist he had ever heard. He replied without hesitation - Chester Atkins.

[daffydoug]

@arizonaranger Coming from Segovia that is high praise!! I would have never thought Segovia would say that about anybody!!

[joshuabolt]

@arizonaranger where did you get this info...I am huge CA fan but I doubt Segovia said this

[TheZach43]

@arizonaranger : that's a bit hard to believe, as Segovia was an exclusively classical guitarist, and pretty much of a snobbish stuffed shirt in that way. I've seen another version where he was asked who his favorite AMERICAN guitarist was, and supposedly named Chet. That, too is difficult to credit, as he also said his favorite was Christopher Parkening - an American. Besides, he was well known to have dismissed electric guitars as playthings. Segovia did his thing - Chet did EVERYTHING.

[BatteryHuman]

funny, its almost all union pacific trains

[naturaltoby]

i noticed that other people's daddys played this too!!.......this brings back great memories of my childhood...thanks dad and Chet.

[sailfish50]

Wonderful thanks The tone is so sweet

[hootervilleham]

Hard tio beat anything like this with 'ol Chet

[MisterStereo]

Enjoyed this Chet Atkins tune very much.

Lloyd,

[bessymaid]

thank you for sharing this song, it bring back memories of days my daddy played this in our living room with his skifflegroup

greetings from belgium

[Georgiaboy2222]

Chet is the greatest! He's my Dad's favorite guitarist. I Love this song, it's one of my favorites.

[Analist]

guitar legend,.... nice pictures btw :p

[letebaguere]

that train at 2:06 is my favorit

[birgerro]

Chet Atkins with "freight train"

[countryfan5]

Best tune ever!

[chet1952]

Chet Atkins allways played with pure class a true gentleman.

[runapa1949]

You play good....seen your video's....wtg

[chet1952]

Thanks! :)

[thcount]

@chet1952 "Chet Atkins allways played with pure class a true gentleman"

I remember Chet always trying to stump the band to anoint himself and try to make the other musicians look like rookies, pulling out a song that no one new, wanted to hear or even cared about. A true gentleman, not in my eyes. He was good, but not great and couldn't play from the heart. BB King, not a fraction of the ability of Chet , but can say more with one note than Chet could with a thousand, and isn't an asshole

[Satchmoeddie]

@thcount It is not a matter of anointing yourself it is a matter of will my band back me up, and who is going to be a problem. Carlos Santana had band member fallout from all the Latin stuff on Abraxis. Which songs gave Santana his signature sound? Yeah it was not rock and roll back then. Chet was usually pretty decent when he came to Johnny Smith's shop and my uncle was playing with them in the 50s and 60s. I never heard Chet speak ill of anyone, though he did not like their style.

[thcount]

@Satchmoeddie "Will my band back me up?" When an entertainer is in a situation, ie; TV appearance, special event etc, where they band is comprised of studio pros and not your personal backline, it's not the time to play stump the band, that's what an asshole does. In those situations the songs are is pre-determined, except for the almighty, over rated Chet Atkins. Other than his own nursery rhyme type instrumentals, what did he write? He mostly covered other artists songs, not much of an artist

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@thcount Ever thought that maybe he had little time for musicians who couldn't improvise - and therefore didn't really know their craft?

[thcount]

@Factnotfictionpeople Ever thought about what you are saying before you say it? When you have no idea of the chord structure of a song, or modulations therein, it's hard to follow along I don't care who you are. It would be like blindfolding a great race car driver and sending him around the track, that's not improvising. Improvising is when you have a chord structure laid out and each takes a turn playing an interpretation of it, which again, didn't happen much with Chet unless it was planned.

[thcount]

@Factnotfictionpeople You remind me of one of those people who show up at gigs wanting so badly to be part of the "clique" and knowing all of the buzz words but nothing more than that. Tell Brent Mason he doesn't know his craft, or Leland Sklar that he doesn't know his craft, or Glenn Worf that he doesn't know his craft. I'll concede that Chet was good at one style(mostly covering others songs), but he was still a selfish player with an ego problem. Other players MUCH more diverse in his time.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@thcount Me, a 'Cliquey' person - do me a favour! lol I merely put forward that point of view as an option. Its obvious to me that you're not a Chet Atkins fan - and thats fine - but lets not forget he was a top producer too and you don't get there by being 'Mr. Nice Guy' maybe he was egocentric, so what.......

[chet1952]

@thcount BB KIng is one of my bigest idole and I beleive that he belong to one of the greatest blues player that ever walked on earth, But Chet was not an blues improvisor he was an arranger it is like apple and orange to me, But that does not mean that he could not play with taste and sensiblity, Personnaly I enjoy listening to all guitar player Hendrix, Satriani, Chet Atkins,Van Halen, BB King, Cliff Gallup etc... Everything is good in a chicken! ;) Take Care

[montev4]

@chet1952 agreed

[inflatableclown6]

This is a beloved song that reminds me of my dad. He had good taste in music and exposed me to the likes of Chet Atkins, Doug Kershaw, and the legendary Johnny Cash. Now that's music!!!

[runapa1949]

yes one of the great guitar players not many left!

[funkrockers2112]

you bet he is the man

[stratkiller86]

me too, with the addition of Hank Williams. No one can write stuff this good nowadays.

[DookNun]

he didn't write this.

[daberdo57]

I know that! Elizabeth Cotten did!

[DookNun]

Just testing :P

[LeadSplitter]

Yeah Liz Cotten FTW!

[theleakytaps]

he hardly writes any of his songs, he just makes old ones awesome

[daberdo57]

Amen to that!