Chet Atkins - Mr. Sandman (TV 1954)

[nopulpapple]

Oh gawd- the tone is so NICE!!!

[bplumser]

BOSS

[Oreeeeeeo]

Thumbs up if you only knew his song because of BTTF!?! Lol

[AbsolutProdigy]

that bitches nipples are hard at 0:46 bottom right

[DillonPatton]

@AbsolutProdigy Chet's guitar arouses the ladies, didn't you hear?

[bigmoney4635]

freakn amazing

[Akotosenpai]

awsome jazz

song

[republicanhaircutman]

0:28 I can play the rhythm guitar part right there

[surfstomp]

Best right thumb guitar pickin.

[lawver90]

When i hear this song I think of Halloween and Micheal Myers

[henryputuamo]

Jejejej, hay 83 personas sin oidos....

[gr8rootbear]

Chet owned dat guitar.

[BluesYourAss]

Damn Chet knows where dem titties at!

[BobDylansDream3]

alright as easyas he makes it look this song is sooo hard! im 16 and have been working on it for like 3 months! finally got it down tho he deserves more credit because his picking is just amazing

[mfactor33]

This is grandfather of John Petrucci ;)

[pozacathotmaildotcom]

I don't recall hearing anyone better but i have heard some that were just ALMOST as good...Jerry Reed would give him a run for the money and on occasion they both played together.

[mrbigispleased]

Holy crap, I bet that guy got so much ass.

[DeadSilentGhost]

I have a pick he threw at one of his concerts.

Sadly it didn't transfer his skill to me...

[hammer59700]

Mr. Guitar !

[nozrydr1]

The best there ever was, The king, We miss you Chet.

[martinpleass]

Watch his shoulder when he plays the Fsharp on the 1st string. This is the bit that all the easy play tab versions get wrong. This was really difficult for him at the time despite his calm face. What a hero he was.

[lanemays513]

This video is a favorite on Togo 

[hfbakery]

I love that smug grin he gets on his face at 0:51

[mascar1lha]

#t1m31s lots of guitar players in despair...

[paulnaylor062]

EVERYONE LISTEN TO SCOTTIE MOORE..YOU CAN HEAR CHAT ATKINS STYLE IN MOST OF HIS PLAY....

[JBGodzilla]

Chet Atkins was the God of Guitar. Nobody has ever, nor will ever touch him, nor come close. He was truly the God of the Guitar!

[ThePaxtonFleming]

i still get high to this

[djflee0]

0:46 bottom right, NOICE CHEST!

[gooman989898]

@djflee0 yeah wtf? she hiding witches cones under there or sum shit?

[Metalmachinecrush]

0:46 this is how they danced in 1954,..lol. Ace vid and a great tune from Mr Atkins.

[nancydrew5]

The great Chet Atkins influenced everyone from Joe Pass to Lindsey Buckingham. Wow

[awfulguitarplucker]

Leo,Lester and Chet, re-united together for the ethernity

under the benevolent surveillance of Django of course

[elieguy27]

such the 1950's badass...

[elieguy27]

every time i see this it's like the first time

[TheCesarPuga]

Classical Gas

[acousticguitarfan]

Pure bliss!

[TheEpicImpaler]

88 MILES PER HOUR!!!

[AmericanDiaz]

Chet Atkins was the baddest guitar player ever lived.

[REBELRIOTvideo]

A7M chord brought me here

[LucasDecimus]

Whats not to like ,

[93Quizno]

Marty McFly's dad is really good at guitar

[ultralegoman5678]

@93Quizno That's funny :P

[theSesquipedalians01]

@93Quizno HAHA that made me "lol" 

[MrQuickie1000]

Back To The Future Bought me here

[KoppodOro]

"+" из России :)

[CrackSnackfish]

That man must have got a lot of pussy!

[AudioAngerCinema]

@CrackSnackfish damn right he did!

[swansonj18]

he ripped it!!

[TheDougdougist]

where you are, my congratulations, Master of the Masters

[lalalandd123]

BONK!

[skippermccoolJ]

these are the most gallant fingers in the world!

[GerSHAK]

oh my God

[rod3067]

tabs? anyone?

[GabGabAuJous]

john petrucci is better

[LedZeppelin420x]

@GabGabAuJous opinions are like ass holes everyone has one

[8Zeitgeist]

@LedZeppelin420x gotta spread shit somehow

[BobDylansDream3]

@GabGabAuJous your freaking retarded. Chet Atkins is MR. GUITAR! Nobody on the face of this earth can and will never play better than him! R.I.P. Chester Atkins

[pantera6]

@BobDylansDream3 ... have you ever heard tommy emmanuel.... im prettty sure chet himself has given tommy much praise, and there is reason for that. Tommy emmanuel may not have pioneered fingerstyle but he definitely stepped it up a notch.

[BobDylansDream3]

@pantera6 he learned everything he knows from chet? And chet INVENTED that style of picking, and tommy himself says chet is the master. so if you honestly thing a chet atkins knock off is better than the original than you are mentally insane. tommy emmanuel is great, but he is too showy, and cocky. Chet atkins keep to himself, and was literally unbelievable of how good he was, look at tommy when he is young, and look at chet. Chets 100% better and your rediculious to say that.

[sightsizemethod]

@BobDylansDream3

I love this performance and I agree that Chet says more with less. I would disagree with you by suggesting Merle Travis was the original(and for Chet too) at this style of syncopation. Hence the term Travis picking. Chet evolved the bass pattern but Travis had that Boom-Chic stride bassline. Anyway don t want to start a youtube scurmish it is only a suggestion

[20cFilmWannabe]

i didnt know color existed in the 50s

[n64wilbert]

@20cFilmWannabe Are joking me! There was color music videos since the 1920s.

[20cFilmWannabe]

@n64wilbert it was a joke you know how the 50s are seen as quite depressing :)

[DavidDoesntLikeDogs]

@20cFilmWannabe

haha "depressing?"

the fifties were like the golden years

[20cFilmWannabe]

@DavidDoesntLikeDogs they probably were but i live in this shitty generation i envy you :)

[n64wilbert]

@20cFilmWannabe /watch?v=oadzppD9Rv8

/watch?v=XH2bYHZWmLw

[Beatles64JL]

Since this was George Harrison's idol, i thought I'd give him a shot

[LedZeppelin420x]

@KievanTiger jimi is my personal favorite but i love both :)

[rumpl4skin269]

stumbleupon brought me here

[tidaemiao10151213]

父が大好きなの解ります・。・。・’＊＊♪

[zemc77]

Brodie Cumming's video led me here D:

[biggerbigd]

Now THAT is Technicolor!

[cooliseli]

@KievanTiger personal preference

[lnoxe5]

opab fruits... deliciuos videos

[TMThenu]

Zoidberg brought me here!!!!

[PinkFloydrulez]

my favorites list brought me here.

[mfs1168]

There are lots of people on youtube having a go at this, some very good, but no disrespect, their attempts only show how good Chet really was. None even come within a million miles of this. This is guitar perfection.

[Poiboyification]

@mfs1168 thats not true..tommy emmanuel can come very close if not better than chet atkins. atkins said himself..tommy can do things he can never dream of

[BillBuchananFtw]

@mfs1168 search Gareth Pearson

[mfs1168]

@BillBuchananFtw Thanks, I hadn't heard him, very good!!

[pugNdrum]

480p in 1954.. Hmmm something is not right!

[awfguitar]

omg. he is way better than Sungha.. this is my new guitar hero!!!

[TtEkSoF]

does anyone know how to play the part that starts at 0:50, properly?! every TAB I find listed as Chet Atkins sounds different to this? thanks!

[PhilFeedback]

Classic song! Chet does an Awesome job on this tune

[thamus90]

master

[drummer96ish]

100 famous guitar riffs brought me here!!

[BFBCFTW]

@drummer96ish Had you never heard of Mr Sandman before that??

[orlymg1958]

NO ES EL SEÑOR ARENA es NADA MENOS QUE "MR. GUITAR"

[ratoshia07]

One word........swagg!

[Vassy97]

in 1954 there was 480p? o.O

[radicalgarbage02]

@Vassy97 This video had even greater detail originally, but then it got scanned into digital and then compressed for YouTube. There have almost always been better video formats than 480p.

Many people don't consciously realize that compressed digital formats are all about crowd-pleasing and lowest common denominator qualities. I guarantee the original digital scan is/was far superior than this compressed copy. Film has no set resolution. However, it's nowhere near infinite... TL;DW

[Vassy97]

@radicalgarbage02 thank you for the explanation! It was really interesting :D

[AverySmithGuitar]

chet atkins brought me here, and my passion for finger picking lol

[Ningirsutyr]

Gretsch Post brought me here

[dearmalika]

I love it!

[Smt96]

que grande

[ReponeCTV]

SOLID

[awfulguitarplucker]

did i already say "Cupcakes" sung by PInky Pie brought me here?

"Cuupcakes, bring it on meeee.."

[flickout]

If - just once - I could play a song that well, I'd die happy. Thanks, Chet. R.I.P.

[flickout]

If - just once - I could play a song that well, I'd die happy. Thanks, Chet. R.I.P.

[HMJohnsonGuitar]

Great!

[robbourassaguitarist]

One of the best videos on Youtube.

[jldkrank]

GAY PRIDE

[screwstontexas12345]

Chet Atkins brought me here

[cna4711]

Great Music from a great time...thanks for posting

[synesthesia67]

that guitar is probably worth something?...no?...is that a gretsch?

[KIAONE]

Back to the Future. No way!

[BCioban]

Chet Atkins bought me here

[Jonsk12394]

@BCioban - How much did he pay you?

[bigdjindustriez]

@BCioban Damn right he did. Chet doesn't need any pop culture references to make him cool.

[XaerOnify]

Simpsons brought me here

[MrUhapsen]

nobody brought me here I came with my own two feet and a very big ego

[whiteCadence]

Your keyboard must be dirty, try your hands.

[00papergirl]

@MrUhapsen :) yeahh

[MrUhapsen]

nobody brought me here I came with my own two feet and a very big ego

[thesuperfilms]

i feel like im getting hypnotized,

[igatian1951522umare]

素晴らしい音色、最高です。

[tickuh]

falmarin brought me here

[NorthinThecountry]

Great !

[TheSunPeeledDown]

what talent this man has

[LittelProblem]

Mr. Nobody brought me here.

[75619630]

MAGIC

[jellybennyful]

trying that since 6 months and i'm not getting closer to his style of playing...

please,

can someone tell me how to become a guitargod like him?

5000 books about guitarplaying, endless practising...

i wish i could be chet atkins :(

[BobDylansDream3]

@jellybennyful no offense, but i dont think its in any books man. but i know i feel the same

[surfstomp]

Chet in the 50's followed by Jimi in the 60's---

[nilger1000]

100 famous riffs brought me here..

[Darqs1986]

ahhhhh... te czasy... chciałbym sie choć na jeden dzień tam przenieść ...

[BlackassNinjaBoi]

combine this guitar riff with chordettes and u got the best song in the world

[1339LARS]

The one and only CHET !

[accuruneide]

PLEASE HELP!!!!

Somebody can tell me what the hell happened - TODAY - to the art of music????

I wanna put the clock back!!!!! I do not like the today music!!!

[ironmaiden947]

@accuruneide We all ask ourselves the same thing..

[accuruneide]

@ironmaiden947 very sad sad sad question...

[kidowl]

@accuruneide just because you don't hear amazing music doesn't mean it's not being made

[accuruneide]

@kidowl of course I hear good music. Maybe I have been not so clear to communicate my message? Or maybe is your teenage brain that is not in grade to understand exactly the same stuff you want to tell me but I've already wrote before? Can I help your retard? Be gentle, next time write to me in italian, so once we make it in english and once we make it in italian. Don't come to tell me you only know english!

[kidowl]

@accuruneide ogni generazione ha la musica stupefacente

[accuruneide]

@kidowl hahahaha very very very cheap job! google translator makes miracles with little brains like you! Now you whon what kind of person you are.

Next time, instead of talking about "culture" think about building it.

goodbye little brain... ask Mr Sandman to bring you a well furnished brain! hahahahhaha

[kidowl]

@accuruneide you're right. I'm generally dismayed by the quality of things around me. I choose to believe amazing things are still happening for my own health. That's not a fact. I'm probably wrong. And as for using google translator, your English is so uniquely off I thought you had used it yourself.

[wobblefluff]

Gotta love that rockabilly slapback echo - oh, and the playing.

[RomanJG2]

aaaaaaaawesome

[TheD67]

My super awesome taste brought me here. :^)

[chadbrochillington]

I did a note-for-note transcription of this, because there wasn't even a reasonably okay tab of this anywhere on the net. I believe I've got everything perfect down to all the voicings and hand positions; but I'm hesitant to post it anywhere for fear of getting raped by a publishing company. Anyone got an idea of how I could share the PDF?

[shadowcross321]

@chadbrochillington Generally they wont sue if you're not making anything off it. Although they may tell you eventually to stop spreading the file.

[Sebbiesan]

@chadbrochillington Please share it! I've been looking for a decent tab...

[anonymouslol]

damn he's a handsome mofo

[ViktorNumondsson]

Wonderful! :)

[passepartwo1]

gefällt mir sehr



[KStealed]

mellow

[UKEdenis]

very good video and this song can be played on ukulele

[Vercingetorix2006]

This man actually PLAYED songs on his guitar.

[neverindoubt]

This should have been the tipoff that electric guitars are an entirely new and powerful tool....country at its best, Chet is great.

[Beowaffle]

I'm John Fucking Zoidberg.

[Toracube]

Truly great !!

[kevin5d332003]

nowhere boy brought me here

[myRegression]

Chet had his guitar modified.

To get the echo on the bottom strings an keep the top strings sounding clear.

The amplifier was also modified to alow 2 channels, one with echo and one cealn.

These changes were made so you could not tell it, just by looking at it.

Listen to this song-- do you hear echo on the low strings?

[awfulguitarplucker]

@myRegression friggin genious! i just realized that, i shat Rockabrickies!

[myRegression]

@awfulguitarplucker I was told this info from Chet's brother Lowell.

Lowell lived in the same town as me. I was at his house with my Gretsch and he showed me a bunch of guitars that chet has given him, and we palyed for a bit.

He also swore up and down that when chet recorded, he used a wound G string, when he played live he used an unwound g string, and they used to joke about it back and forth a bit, 'cause people wondered how could that G string sound like that if it was unwound?

[SKAuthenticDank]

@awfulguitarplucker Noooooooooooooooooooo

I can't find myRegression's comment. What did he say?

[spookster94]

cool

[pawcio12vip]

damn, Chet was great..

[tessitura55]

Futurama brought me here

[MrZachgonz]

@tessitura55 the episode where Zoidberg has to kill the professor right?:)

[TheUotdefak]

@MrZachgonz

john. john zoidberg.

[LogiBizzle]

@tessitura55 I was going to tan...once...

[unclecraigy]

@tessitura55 how?



[Sortsylic]

@tessitura55 Bad...people forgot their heroes

[Yourmomathon]

@tessitura55 A good taste in music brought me here.

[IamJesusFreek]

i love this performance it's awesome. I hav also heard that its controversial this guy could be the best guitar player ever.

[TADEU2121]

SANT SCOTT!

[MrMaymac]

It is a jewel of interpretation, guitar master!

Thank you for sharing.

[outjazzer]

every time i hear this man play i learn something..miss u chet. thanks for posting.

[filardope]

so tasteful and mellow. what a badass!

[kimtorpedo]

futurama brought me here