This is a great performance by Steve Wariner both on guitar and vocals. It must have been a great feeling for Steve to play with the great Chet Atkins!
Playing with Chet I'm sure was always an honor, but I believe by this point in time, Steve had already been in Chets band for quite a while. Steve toured with Chet for years...and with Dotty West for years before that.
Love your description of Kentucky. Reminds me of how I feel about the palmetto flats that lie in the forks of Perdido River and Brushy Creek in the NW corner of NW Florida. There's a song that goes--Blue Ridge, do you call to all your children like you've been calling me. Blue Ridge, why are you calling me home? Done by Seldom Scene. Love Chet and Steve.
Beautiful melody originally written by the great Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (who also wrote Rocky Top among others). Tho my favorite version of this is by Kentuckians Osborne Brothers this is superb musicianship. The song makes me sad at times. KY is my home. Grew up, moved away for 15 years, saw other parts of the county and came back. There are "cooler" places but no place means as much to me as KY. In the rolling hills, horses grazing at sunset, a slight hint of sadness exists in such beauty..
Those tones.... my lord. And those scales and pickin. Jeez. And if you ever lived in western ky. Then youd know its a special place.. not so much east ky. Thsts like the east coast lol..
@blubberblink I know your post is 3 years old, but thought you might appreciate this. I saw Steve at James Burton's festival in Shreveport in 2005. I didn't meet him but I noticed he was pushing a wheelchair with a child I assumed was his, backstage. He seems like a genuine caring, nice person.
One that comes to mind is Tommy Emmanuel... one of the few that Chet gave the title "certified guitar player"... if you haven't enjoyed his music yet, do a search for Tommy Emmanuel Lutrell (a song he wrote for Chet about his home town). :-) PEACE!
I promised to sort of keep my mouth shut about guitarists; but, I just have to say that if there is one picker alive or deceased that had heard Chet and did not learn anything; I would love to hear about it.
How do you figure that Chet "screwed up on Elvis", and even if he did, how does that diminish the fact that he had a great ear? My understanding was that Steve Sholes, not Chet Atkins, was in charge of the Pop division of RCA.
If you played like Chet in a typical Nashville session theyd fire you in a heartbeat. How dare you upstage the singer. Which isn't happening as it is simply complimenting but originality is dead in music
Steve has such a pure voice like a bell. Talented. And Chet accompanying, wow!
I don't even know if I've ever been to Kentucky... but now I wanna go back!
I never get tired of hearing Chet ... now I can add Steve Wariner...great stuff.
That is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Chet is pure magic on this one.
This is a great combination. Chet and Steve make this beautiful song even more beautiful. Man, a bottle of bourbon would have been nice now.
That makes me smile when Steve says pick it Chet! Wow! Can you imagine? Steve was probably on cloud 9.
Very kewl!!! First video I've ever seen of my dad and Chet on the same stage.
CHET AT HIS USUAL BEST !!!!
I've had dreams of working with Chet....I can only imagine what Steve feels right here.
very great duo
thank you
Just Saw Steve Last night at Durant OK. Put on a great show and did a big segment on Chet. He is genuine.
I'm so happy UA-cam has a half-speed feature. Now to lift a bunch of those guitar licks.
Chet,.... we sure miss you buddy. Such a void, ....such a void.
This is a great performance by Steve Wariner both on guitar and vocals. It must have been a great feeling for Steve to play with the great Chet Atkins!
Playing with Chet I'm sure was always an honor, but I believe by this point in time, Steve had already been in Chets band for quite a while. Steve toured with Chet for years...and with Dotty West for years before that.
Nice piece...people forget what a talented guitar player Steve is because he's known as a singer
Love your description of Kentucky. Reminds me of how I feel about the palmetto flats that lie in the forks of Perdido River and Brushy Creek in the NW corner of NW Florida. There's a song that goes--Blue Ridge, do you call to all your children like you've been calling me. Blue Ridge, why are you calling me home? Done by Seldom Scene. Love Chet and Steve.
Its that Chets Peaver Steve is playing ? I saw this when it 1st aired in the 80s still gives me goose bumps .
@smokes2468 This show was on TBS in the early 80s. It was on Saturday nights. I know because it came on right after Georgia Championship Wrestling.
one of my favorites from the "Country After All these years" album
Beautiful melody originally written by the great Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (who also wrote Rocky Top among others). Tho my favorite version of this is by Kentuckians Osborne Brothers this is superb musicianship. The song makes me sad at times. KY is my home. Grew up, moved away for 15 years, saw other parts of the county and came back. There are "cooler" places but no place means as much to me as KY. In the rolling hills, horses grazing at sunset, a slight hint of sadness exists in such beauty..
Those tones.... my lord. And those scales and pickin. Jeez. And if you ever lived in western ky. Then youd know its a special place.. not so much east ky. Thsts like the east coast lol..
Chet Even sweeps on this one.
Marc Leist He was quite the guitar player!
Seems like such a nice guy, I bet he spent many a summer in KY visiting relatives..
@blubberblink I know your post is 3 years old, but thought you might appreciate this. I saw Steve at James Burton's festival in Shreveport in 2005. I didn't meet him but I noticed he was pushing a wheelchair with a child I assumed was his, backstage. He seems like a genuine caring, nice person.
One that comes to mind is Tommy Emmanuel... one of the few that Chet gave the title "certified guitar player"... if you haven't enjoyed his music yet, do a search for Tommy Emmanuel Lutrell (a song he wrote for Chet about his home town). :-) PEACE!
Thats my boi @ 2:13 to 2:16
I didn't know that Chet said that.
That looks like a peavey Steve is playing but sounds like a strat.
This was the show Ralph Emery hosted immediately after he resigned from "Pop Goes the Country."
I promised to sort of keep my mouth shut about guitarists; but, I just have to say that if there is one picker alive or deceased that had heard Chet and did not learn anything; I would love to hear about it.
Steve Wariner used to play bass for Dottie West, not Chet Atkins.
That must have been when Chet was with Gibson.
Everybody... let's give a big "thanks for dropping by" to the two "Dislikers"!
Seen better black and white movies from the 30's
How do you figure that Chet "screwed up on Elvis", and even if he did, how does that diminish the fact that he had a great ear?
My understanding was that Steve Sholes, not Chet Atkins, was in charge of the Pop division of RCA.
If you played like Chet in a typical Nashville session theyd fire you in a heartbeat. How dare you upstage the singer. Which isn't happening as it is simply complimenting but originality is dead in music
Don't sing Chester....just pick your guitar.