Saturday, June 27, 2020

Sometimes you just get swept away

There are times when, while browsing YouTube, you come across something that just carries you away to another time and place.  For a brief spell, you're not in 2020 anymore... you're back in the 1970s, or the 1990s, or whenever, and reminiscing of a time when life was slower and simpler and, frankly, a hell of a lot happier.

That's how I felt when I came across Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed performing "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess.  The original is blues-operatic, but Chet and Jerry put their own jazz/funk spin on it.

Also of note is that Chet is playing a fretless guitar during that song.  The fret markings are on the neck, but there are no actual metal frets.

The song starts at about 1:53.

There might some rare guitarists who are as good as Chet and Jerry, but there are none better.



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