Chet Atkins and Lenny Breau

Here's Chet and Lenny from early 80's Nashville telethon before Lenny's untimely death. Sorry for the quality is a 5th generation copy.

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[muzikman74]

Sorry again about the quality folks...but sometimes you gotta make do with what ya got.

[Poohahaha]

watching the video makes me feel like i did drugs

[Modes9]

These guys are both great, but I'm particularly fond of Lenny Breau. Check out the post-Coltrane diminished pattern Chet lays down in the intro of Sweet Georgia Brown. For a guy who called himself "CGP" (country guitar picker), he was a very worldly and sophisticated musician. Don't you miss these guys?!

[lucancherby]

When Chet Atkins use the words "hero" and "legendary" you know you're in the presence of a virtuoso guitar player. It's very unfortunate that Lenny got killed when he had so much more music to give to the world. Being a drug addict, I think there was a contract on his head for unpaid drug debt but that's just my opinion.

[GPHawk1]

@GPHawk1 I was looking through my posts and found this...how weird because I never made this comment and it doesn't even make sense in context to the discussion....

[buckbuck666]

u cant hide mozart lol

[GPHawk1]

Fuk you moron....some peaople are idiots and you a filling those shoes real well.

[willzyx1980]

the predator ROCKS

[jasongogal]

Very cool video. Love their take on Sweet Georgia Brown.

[UncleCaptainMidnight]

Thanks for this!!!!

[papaskip]

the visuals look like they were shot by the predator. the mike placement sucks. these two masters deserve our very best.

[hueseph]

Miss them dearly. Awesome musicians. These two were so close. Chet talked about Lenny so fondly. Like a son.

[n601kb]

That's CGP "Certified Guitar Player". He used it in his signature like MBA or PHD. He really had a sense of humor.