C.G.P.

Infobox Album
Name = C.G.P.
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Chet Atkins


Released = 1988
Recorded =
Genre = Country, jazz, pop, rock
Length = 45:05
Label = Columbia
Producer = Chet Atkins, Darryl Dybka, David Hungate
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfixql5ldse link]
Chronology = Chet Atkins
Last album = "Sails"
(1987)
This album = "C.G.P."
(1988)
Next album = "Neck and Neck"
(1990)

"C.G.P." is an album by Chet Atkins. It was released in 1988 by Columbia Records. The initials in the title refer to the Atkins-coined title "Certified Guitar Player", a moniker he assigned not only to himself but other guitarists he admired and felt contributed to the legacy of guitar playing.

Atkins performs a rare vocal turn on the live rendition of "I Still Can't Say Goodbye".

Track listing

# "Chinook Winds" (Chet Atkins, Darryl Dybka) – 4:40
# "Put Your Clothes On" (Atkins, Gimble) – 4:51
# "Imagine" (John Lennon) – 4:05
# "Light-Hearted Lisa" (White) – 4:31
# "Knucklebusters" (Atkins, John Knowles) – 5:18
# "Jethreaux" (Atkins, Burns, Dybka) – 3:55
# "Which Way del Vecchio?" (Dybka) – 4:52
# "Daydream" (John Sebastian) – 3:42
# "Mockingbird Variations" (Atkins, Shel Silverstein) – 5:06
# "I Still Can't Say Goodbye" (Moore) – 4:05

Personnel

*Chet Atkins - guitar
*Darryl Dybka - keyboards, drum programming, synthesizer
*Johnny Gimble - fiddle
*Steve Gibson - guitar
*Mark Hammond - drum programming
*Jim Horn - saxophone
*Mike Haynes - trumpet, flugelhorn
*David Hungate - bass
*Clayton Ivey - keyboards
*Mark Knopfler - guitar
*Mike Lawler - synthesizer
*Larrie Londin - drums
*Randy McCormick - synthesizer
*Terry McMillan - percussion
*Larry Paxton - bass
*George Tidwell - trumpet, flugelhorn
*Don Sheffield - tumpet, flugelhorn

Production

*Produced by Chet Atkins, David Hungate, Daryl Dybka
*Mixed by Joseph Bogan and Mike Poston
*Mastered by Denny Purcell
*Editing by Rick Horton
*Engineered by Don Cobb and Mike Poston
*Photography by David Michael Kennedy
*Liner notes by Garrison Keillor

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L5cztPijfc Imagine Video with Mark Knopfler]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8590o8A4iU8 I Still Can't Say Goodbye video - Live 1987]