The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World is an album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel.[2][1] Recorded when Atkins was 73, this was his last release of original material in the 20th century. "Smokey Mountain Lullaby" was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Award for Country Instrumental Performance.

The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
Studio album by
Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel
Released11 March 1997
StudioCA Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length36:02
LabelColumbia[1]
Chet Atkins chronology
Almost Alone
(1996)		 The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
(1997)		 Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
(2000)
Tommy Emmanuel chronology
Can't Get Enough
(1996)		 The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
(1997)		 Collaboration
(1998)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Richard S. Ginell from AllMusic said "Chet Atkins still had another great recording in him." adding "Atkins' tune "Tip Toe Through the Bluegrass" plays the two styles off each other quite revealingly. Emmanuel turns out to be a top-notch tunesmith in his own right, too. His "Dixie McGuire" a disarmingly affectionate mid-tempo tune that won't let you go, inspires a performance that is one of the high points of Atkins'." Ginell said "The title track, which Atkins adapted from a lyric that dealt with bass players finds the two reciting and singing a mock-horror flick tale -- and "Ode to Mel Bay" good-naturedly mocks beginning string players everywhere."[6] Country Standard Time called it "yet another superb collaborative effort."[7]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Borsalino"Claude Bolling, Jack Fishman, Pierre Delanoë3:10
2."To 'B' or Not To 'B'"Chet Atkins, Randy Goodrum3:20
3."The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World"Atkins, Dave Pomeroy, Emily Kaitz3:39
4."Tip Toe Through the Bluegrass"Atkins3:07
5."News from the Outback"Atkins3:07
6."Ode to Mel Bay"Atkins, Mark Denny, Michael Granda2:55
7."Dixie McGuire"Emmanuel3:50
8."Saltwater"Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro, Leslie Spiro3:33
9."Mr. Guitar"Emmanuel2:52
10."Road to Gundaghi/Waltzing Matilda"Traditional, Banjo Patterson3:01
11."Smokey Mountain Lullaby"Atkins3:28

Personnel

References
  1. Reinhart, Mark S. (September 17, 2014). Chet Atkins: The Greatest Songs of Mister Guitar. McFarland. ISBN 9781476617831 – via Google Books.
  2. CAMPBELL, SUSAN. "THE DAY FINGER PICKERS TOOK OVER THE WORLD - CHET ATKINS WITH TOMMY EMMANUEL - CAVE UNRELENTING IN GLOOM; CLAPTON LIFTS SO-SO 'RETAIL'". courant.com.
  3. Allmusic
  4. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (July 27, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  6. "The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  7. "Chet Atkins with Tommy Emmanuel - The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World". www.countrystandardtime.com.
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