6th Annual Chet Atkins Tribute, Franklin TN 7-12-11
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:36 am
I attended the Chet tribute concert, sponsored by Artisan Guitars (http://www.artisanguitars.com) on Tuesday. It was a great night. Tommy Emmanuel was the host. Brooks Robertson opened the show, with Tommy joining him on the first song playing Borsalina, then playing a solo set. It was the first time I had seen Brooks play in person...wow! He is a fantastic player. Brooks was followed by Pat Kirtley, who was joined at one point by The Endless Road Strings and Tommy. Muriel Anderson then came on, also joined by strings for several songs, as well as bringing on a 10 year old percussionist named Adam Wooten, who played a wooden box to great effect. Tommy then came back on stage, where he introduced "Little Johnny Knowles". Tommy and John played "San Antonio Stroll", before John did a few solo tunes. John was then joined by strings for the Joe Brown version of "I'll See You In My Dreams" (from the Tribute to George Harrison concert). Tommy then came back out, and John and Tommy played cuts from their recently recorded and yet-to-be-released Christmas album. Tommy then did a solo set (including a lengthy medley of Chet tunes) before being joined by strings again. Finally Tommy brought all the players back on stage for a great version of "Happy Again", which included Tommy trading percussion licks with Adam.
It was a fantastic show, with all artists paying great tribute to Chet throughout their sets. I snapped a few pics, and thought you might like to see them.
It was a fantastic show, with all artists paying great tribute to Chet throughout their sets. I snapped a few pics, and thought you might like to see them.