Street Dreams by Chet Atkins

Personnel: Chet Atkins, Lee Ritenour, Carlos Rios, Bruce Bolen, Paul Yandell (guitar); E. Granat, Alexander Horuath (violin); Mark O'Connor (fiddle); Kenneth Barward-Hoy (viola); Stephen Erdody (cello); Jim Horn (saxophone); Ronnie Foster (keyboards); Darryl Dybka (synthesizer, programming); Tom Scott (lyricon); Abraham Laboriel, David Hungate (bass); Harvey Mason (drums); Terry McMillan, Paulina DeCosta (percussion). Recorded at Yamaha Research & Development Studio, Glendale, California; Galaxy Sound Studios, Hollywood, California; Ca Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee. Atkins is primarily thought of as a country guitarist-perhaps THE country guitarist-but it's no secret that he's equally fluent in a multitude of styles. Consider his albums with Les Paul and his productions with the Everly Brothers. On STREET DREAMS, however, Atkins shows his facility in a rather unexpected idiom. This is the sort of slick, synthesizer-laden instrumental background music played on "smooth jazz" stations. If you like the sty... Minimize