Chet Atkins & Jethro Burns "Gallopin' Guitar"/ "Blackbird"

Chet and Jethro Burns picking two great tunes TOGETHER.

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[IFreakingEatPeople]

chets probably the best guitarest to ever live. im not joking either. that like unbelievable how he plays that

[mr8ballme4]

Chet always picked so clear. It was so nice

[historicus146]

What an historical clip!

And that other mandolin player behind Jethro is Don Steirnberg ....who became THE Jethro Disciple ...Don still plays in the Chicago area..... and is really good.

[tomnanD3]

Chet didn't play the guitar....he made love to it.

[brucew44guns]

At around 6:30 on Blackbird, you look over Chets left shoulder and see a woman with a black blouse and white neck scarf type thing on. That is Jethros wife, and Chets wife to her right. You see them several times actually, but again at about 2:35 and 4:00. I read once that if you saw Chet, chances were that she was nearby. Studying up on Chet is very interesting, quite a man for sure.

[Hikikomori013]

Mr. Guitar makes it look so easy and casual, doesn't he? I think I could do it to, if I went out and got a guitar.

And then practiced a few hours a day for a half century.

[cdonline1]

They don't play 'em like this anymore : - (

[hideyho67]

Few people know that jethro was a real artist on mandolin.he could play it all and well.

[TavishCat]

Chet & Jethro were brothers-in-law.

[retthok]

Wow, what a treasure.

[StvMcQueen1]

Chet's sister, Ruth Riggs lived next door to my uncle's farm in Blanchester, Ohio and I seem to recall Ruth saying that Jethro is somehow related to the Atkins family, but I forget how. By marriage, I assume. Chet was down-to-Earth real people and yes, the greatest guitarist who ever lived! RIP, Chester.

[brucew44guns]

I've come back here time and again to replay especially the Blackbird song, darn it, almost makes me choke up just seeing the masterpiece this is, done seemingly so effortlessly.