Chet Atkins - Both Sides Now - The Tonight Show 1974

[@phazyme]

Wow. It was Chet that said when I don’t practice for a day I know it. If I don’t practice for two days you know it. Three days everybody knows it. There’s a lot of truth in that.

[@neurofire]

I betcha Joni Mitchell loves this - what a gorgeous salute this is to her classic melody and song. Chet was indeed a Giant.

[@Gregory-pm3hn]

I first heard Chet as a three year old child in 1962 and I continued as his ultra fan until NOW - June 2024 !!!

[@ilax6662]

Amazing his fingers are magic. I can hear every note so clearly and the lyrics are heard as well. Thank you for posting.

[@BeeDubDakota]

To portray the fragility and earnestness of this tune without the lyrics to help it along shows why Chet was one of the greatest of all time. Beautiful, perfect song by Joni, taken even deeper by a true master.

[@hannjenn]

Brooks West Joni's also a true master.

[@patrickgroll2046]

great insightful comment

[@PocoPortillo]

Awesome. I miss his guitar playing so much.

[@acrap56]

Since I saw this performance watching the "Tonight Show" back in 1974, I've thought about how great that performance was. Thanks to you posting and KZbin, I am able to hear it again and it's still as brilliant a performance as remember it. Thank you so much for posting!

[@bobareeniobobareenio2935]

Chet was such a decent human being; it brings a tear to my eyes every time I see him. Didn’t imitate or mock anything; no jokes involving race, no bigotry or racism or hate in his heart. A true loss and sorely missed…

[@wayneconn1079]

The Man ! Will always be the best 😢

[@stjepkoboban358]

showing respect, he always played as if it was his own song.................... genius ...................RIP...............My HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SealionDefenseBrigade]

We all only listen to one side now..

[@sonoman9095]

My hero, Chet was amazing. Thanks for sharing this video!

[@mckeevb]

I'm 70 yo now and heard Chet first time in 1960. I couldn't believe it was only one guitar. I played guitar back then but, when I heard Chet, I knew I didn't really play guitar at all.

[@johnmcgahern3946]

You mean, "you never really new guitar at all" :D

[@mckeevb]

@@johnmcgahern3946 What ?

[@johnmcgahern3946]

@@mckeevb It's the repeated line at the end of each chorus..."I never really don't know clouds, love, life at all"....Sorry, I should have written "I really don't know guitar at all" :)

[@mckeevb]

@@johnmcgahern3946 Oh. Thank you, now I see.

[@duanewilson3941]

When it comes to Chet Atkins, your not alone that's for sure.

[@shawnchaudry2126]

Chet never played with a metronome, the metronome always played with him.

[@realairpersonality]

Metronome? That's him tapping his foot.

[@utube9000]

@@realairpersonality I think that's exactly what he meant by his comment...

[@charleshill9649]

Chet could make a cowboy V major chord sound glorious, pristine, majestic. He had hands...

[@shin-i-chikozima]

My youth,s bittersweet memories come back to my heart like running lanterns . This song is my youth itself . From Tokyo in Japan deeply loves this song .

[@davidferrara1105]

Me too, hello from Saint Louis MO

[@gershwinfangersh6369]

omigosh this is so great

[@MrJbaker7]

Great arrangement of this Joni Mitchell tune. I tabbed this out many years ago and it is on my website...Jack Baker NYC

[@Astralpains]

Hey your website is still up but the files/tabs are not..any chance of updating would like to take a crack at that both sides now tab , thanks!

[@tatozy]

Magnifique, merci Chet !

[@marcscordato4385]

Wow Chet on a classical guitar this is really something special. Lovely song beautiful arrangement man I miss the 70s.

[@dallaskelley8021]

Doug Working More than one! Also Lover’s Guitar and The Other Chet Atkins. On lover’s he does recuerdos de la alhambra

[@GQJ]

thanks for this great document :-))

[@soundsenglish5590]

Chet there just banging it out, making it look easy, another day at the office. for him it was like that. for us mere mortals...much harder!

[@jimharris8597]

Steller....! Miss hearing ya Chet.

[@ダイチユウ]

前略：「癒しの、曲」ですね。いい感じですね。🍷🍷🍾は

[@evanmilenko]

Lot's of very cool blink and you'll miss it interesting harmonic choices here.

[@gordiannot77]

Joni♥️

[@rubicon1983]

Brilliant

[@duanewilson3941]

Tell me he's not the master--the chief.

[@afterglow2020]

If you like this, go find the Dave Van Ronk version.

[@jimsabatke1771]

To the tuning question. I'm pretty sure this is in the G6 tuning that he used often. DGDGBE

[@patrickgroll2046]

You sure? I was going to say open D. You could well be right though

[@horrorskopf]

Be sure, it's G6 :-)

[@robgrune3284]

easy piece for him. is the guitar a Gibson ?

[@waltergrade3462]

EXPLO Eu explodo os cérebros de quem está interferindo no meu celular agora, inclusive de quem manda fazer isso.

[@rhscnative]

I wonder if Chet Atkins and Andres Segovia ever met. I hope they did,

[@jeffcoat1959]

He did. I read an interview in Guitar Player magazine, many many years ago, where he talked about meeting Segovia.

[@johnblmccormick]

What's the metronomic sound I'm hearing on every quarter beat? It's not like he needs one (a metronome) especially considering the rubato nature of the tune. I don't think he's making the sound on the guitar, but if it's an audience member clapping I'd be so freaking mad.

[@patrickgrant9073]

I was wondering exactly the same thing!

[@nicksimons7391]

late comment, but i believe it’s the sound of him tapping his heel against the ground. you can see at the beginning of the video that as he begins tapping his foot, the metronome sound starts.

[@blinberland]

Mic's picking up the sound of his foot tapping

[@waltergrade3462]

EXPLO

[@mwj5368]

Hi! So glad you posted this fingerstyle123! Is Chet playing in open G tuning? It seems he is anyways. I'll be going back to this to at least look at his chording etc. Thanks for sharing!

[@kirkwarren5950]

Chet performed a longer version of this arrangement on the Merv Griffin show back in the early 70s. I keep hoping it will show up on KZbin one day.

[@dallaskelley8021]

I would love to see that

[@flawgee]

Ultimate Tab pro tab says it's G6 tuning, or DGDGBE.

[@mwj5368]

@@kirkwarren5950 Thanks Kirk! I just saw this now 6 yrs later! KZbin doesn't always send a notice when a reply comes. I hope too they would create the Merv Griffin Show performance.

[@mwj5368]

@@flawgee Hi Patrick! Thanks! I haven't heard of "Ultimate Tab Pro". I suppose they simply have a song list and artist list and if someone volunteered to enter the information, right?

[@patrickgroll2046]

This is a wonderful awesome arrangement. But I think there's a 61% chance I heard Chet blow a clam at 2:00. Not totally sure and it's not exactly a credible idea because I've never heard him make the slightest goof before. He doesn't repeat that note in any of the other refrains. Purely out of curiosity, what do you guys thing? Am I on crystal meth?

[@Ja-be5cy]

It sounds fine to me, but the smile on his face when he does that would prove your theory.

[@Kan-o-tex]

I don't think it was but if it was he turned it around and made it sound intentional. Like Tiny Moore said, you're never more than one fret away from a right note. I read somewhere, maybe in his excellent autobiography Country Gentleman, where Chet said that sometimes he'd throw in a mistake on purpose because he knew there were some people who came to his shows just to hear him make a mistake. If you want to see a very touching side of Chet, find the documentary that Lenny Breau's daughter did about her father and watch the part where she interviews Chet.

[@Kan-o-tex]

@Doug Working I saw it either here or on Vimeo, but his daughter revised it and added some things and now you can rent or buy it here. www.lennybreau.com/video/ If you're a Lenny Breau fan, it's well worth your time. I thought it was very well done and there's a lot of priceless performance footage, including studio footage when Chet was producing Lenny's RCA records.

[@Kan-o-tex]

@Doug Working I just received a notice that they're running a sale on the Lenny Breau website; the discount code is Lenny2020

[@FrettieFingers]

@@stayathomedad0 All misteaks are intentional

[@pb12661]

chet atkins was no snowflake.