Chet Atkins "Autumn Leaves"

"Mister Guitar" w/Boston Pops 1972

[@davidlarson226]

Chet Atkins was fabulous, I learned of him a few years ago. I'm 66. How I would like to have seen and listened to him live. He seems like he was a nice man. Which is wonderful.

[@tbcass]

There is no "best" but Chet is certainly among the best.

[@Shjanzey]

What a monster! The fact that he was humble enough to explore all the various styles to make himself a better guitarist makes him one of the greatest in my book. Seeing him go from shredding it on classical then moving to a rag was just great. Nice post!

[@སྒྲདབྱངས]

When you start listening to Chet Atkins, he just gets better and better. Click here 1:48 🎉

[@jeffkeith3654]

This Man Was a Self Taught Prodigy on Both Acustic And Electric Guitar and his Style has been mastered by so so few.

[@CreamyBone]

That flamenco influenced intro was pretty awesome... and the transition to the Atkins/Travis style gave me goosebumps.

[@hennihabeck8502]

Nicht umsonst hat Chet seine Tochter Merle genannt!

[@mlcrussian904]

This man played with his heart.

[@ultimo1205]

Did anyone else hear the Windy and Warm lick at the end? Chet was truly the master.

[@ranhar1]

Chet was a guitar player's guitar player. He played the way every guitar player wanted to play, if only they could. A genius with an unsurpassed, God-given talent. A salt of the earth human being - Many careers were created by this kindly, gentleman's gentleman. He was a mentor to scores of artists - not enough space to mention them here.

[@kmsmith49]

This is about as good as it gets. Chet's touch, tone and dynamics make this a flawless performance. This really showcases how great a guitarist he was.

[@DUGGER1947]

Excellente, extraordinaire, magnifiqique -- there is no excess of superlatives to describe this. Chet (god rest his soul) is STILL an inspiration to as many aspiring guitarists as anyone who's ever graced the guitar field.

[@thomasstephenson9006]

The man is a genius nuff said!!!

[@Porcelainheart1234]

What a talent. A person who believes in his music and delivers just that.. regardless...

[@chiranjeevkashyap7538]

no shit talking, straight away blows everyone's mind!

[@user-jo9by5oi4x]

この曲を弾いているチェットの表情がかっこいいですね。

[@TroubleinZION]

OMG I can't tell you how much I love this.

[@xaxaportilho]

Beautiful, sweet, amazing and lovely. I know that this words have been written... but i still have to comment. Thank you for sharing this.

[@PAYOON07]

He just did it his way, and this is brilliant!

[@MrCarlHaynes]

@ernlay He was known to love to play anything that was good music. You gotta admit he was really good at "PICKIN" them!

[@akroatis]

such an eternal melody! thank you Chet

[@wayneandbibi]

Incredible!

[@cnrbsmth]

Favourite chet vid!

[@wilsongaturu134]

Wow, just wow.

[@birdie399]

Immaculate playing, as usual.

[@SadhuSadhuSadhu]

so emotional

[@AcousticG713]

Thank you for sharing this. Absolutely amazing. 🙌🏽

[@chester777ful]

This sure beats the recorded version he just got better and better god how i love to hear him play.

[@andyzhang6534]

Legend forever.....

[@EmilErnebroGuitar]

How beautiful is that

[@Paul1963music]

Cada vez que escucho a Chet Atkins me dan ganas de tocar guitarra

[@rsorensen]

Thats a beautiful arrangement!! You gotta listen to all 1400 of Chet's tunes and try to play them yourself to get a real understanding of how talented he really was.

[@micmacnz]

@ernlay Sorry mate, this is the best version of Autumn Leaves I have ever heard. I literally brought a tear to my eye. Each to his own, and everyone has a right to an opinion, but honestly I can't see what's not to like here.

[@superdave2112]

Well put!

[@Copypirate3460]

Why it ends so fast? Fastest 3 mins in my life. I would listen this for like hours.

[@newislandguitar]

A Genius!!!

[@zymoon]

@ernlay every song is for everybody! in best case you do a song in your own way. mr. atikins did that! so it's good he played it, otherwise nobody had ever play it like that!

[@jodycrawford2841]

Wow!

[@pikiwiki]

sweet lovely

[@EvaAdorable]

How dare you!!!!!!! How could you!? I love him. ♥

[@mickeyy9111]

Tu écoutes toujours ?

[@torronect]

sensacional

[@SpaceVENTING]

0:20 cause that applause at the beginning is absolutely ear piercing

[@forevers1238]

Chet is the boss. Did he slip a little Windy and Warm in at 1:46 ???

[@hennihabeck8502]

Yes He did!

[@bubbagreensmith7174]

My guitar will not do that hmm. Trade it in I guess!!! Awesome

[@Estotambienpasara94]

2:13 what a moment

[@ernlay]

@MrCarlHaynes I must admit, If I had heard this rendition years ago and had not heard other versions, I would would have thought this was the best, even now. That said, I still prefer other versions that not quite so bouncy.

[@mcrobocreations]

if you like this youll like the chat atkins and jerry reed video were they play together

[@ernlay]

Can't think of any all guitar arrangements right now. But I like the arrangements behind Nat King Cole and also Eva Cassidy's. Anyway, it's just opinion.

[@clydehrichards]

yep

[@ernlay]

You're certainly right about that! I like this arrangement less than any other I've heard, and I've heard lots of them.

[@acj1000]

Come on in they said.....we'll have a WHALE of a good time! 🐳

[@simonnadja2804]

What kind of guitar he is using ? Is it a classical guitar ? I really love that kind of sound

[@nyterpfan]

I may be in the minority here---but how I wish Chet played the entire piece flamenco style. That first minute is just so beautiful--I get such chills when I hear those flamenco passages!! When he transitions to a more "country" style it's a letdown for me. That's not saying the "country" part is bad, not at all!! It's just that the flamenco is so breathtaking that I didn't want it to end!! (I don't even know if Joe Pass ever played a passage that beautifully---and boy THAT is saying something!!)

[@atyourserviceable]

nyterpfan you are right he just had to fuck it up with that country clip clop style of his

[@jasondonald9830]

interesting observation... I've always thought Travis picking had much more in common with stride piano than it did with traditional country music. at any rate I Like it and think it swings way harder than any traditional "jazz" version I've heard...

[@MrSkeeja]

I totally agree.

[@xcaluhbration]

atyourserviceable clip clop!! 😭😭😭

[@steveb9325]

@Mark Lis true

[@pugNdrum]

"Buy"

[@Twirretwarre]

Great! Roeleke

[@ernlay]

@micmacnz I listened to it again. I had forgotten about my comment, and some of the flack I received because of it. But, I will stick to my words. He may have played it for all his life. I still do not care for his rendition of this song. However, I do know that he was one of the best guitarists.

[@treatb09]

while the one complaint about chet atkins i have is that he played that same bass line for most of his work. this is one exception that is still brilliant to say the least.

[@robroy4058]

Wait..what?

[@MrTomanderson76]

Does anyone know where I can get the guitar tabs or the sheet music of this arrangement?

[@threarth]

Francois leduc on patreon did it for a very similar version found on youtube

[@KidRocks]

What is he playing as the intro?

[@WeepingZeeGuitars]

Chet atkins is a personal hero, but see if you can find Joe Pass doing his version on youtube. It is the gold standard. Chets's arrangement is OK but it is certainly "countried up." Stanley Jordan and others also cover this one nicely.

[@tubegucker1]

is their any Cd of Chet this song is on?

[@felixlgq]

The answer may be 5 years late, but maybe someone might wanna know. This song is on "Solo Flights", but it's not the same version, it's missing the flamenco intro on the disc. But it's a great disc, you might want to check it out.

[@FrettieFingers]

shiny shoes

[@musictranscription]

I have this sheet music

[@peternoftall1004]

Really?

[@jccanizal6410]

And they said Hendrix was the greatest...

[@frankgrimes1234]

He has set the bar.. Better get practicing

[@roybodden9243]

Chet tasty as ever. The greatest to be sure.

[@murton09]

whose*

[@MrRajah50]

This is not Autumn Leaves

[@delievegoedesint]

@HuntinBoots Joe pass!

[@ernlay]

I like Chet Atkins and think he was one of the "Greats", but this is not one for him!