Chet Atkins and Les Paul "Over The Rainbow"

This is about as beautiful a it comes..it's smooth, lazy, dreamy...these two legends do a marvelous job of capturing the spirit of this song

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[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

[daffydoug]

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

[daffydoug]

My pleasure!

[grcolley12]

Why is this beautiful performance not available?

[daffydoug]

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

[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.

[bluesboy25000]

RIP Chester and Lester

[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.

[3439ra]

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

[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.