Read My Licks

Read My Licks is the fifty-sixth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins.

David Hungate and Atkins again co-produce with a number of guest musicians. Suzy Bogguss contributes a lead vocal on "After You've Gone". She and Atkins released a duet album the same year. Steve Wariner joins Atkins in a vocal as well as a guitar duet on "Read My Licks".

At the Grammy Awards of 1994, "Young Thing" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

Track listing

 * 1) "Young Thing" (Atkins) – 3:14
 * 2) "Mountains of Illinois" (Atkins, Pat Bergeson) – 4:10
 * 3) "After You've Gone" (Creamer, Layton) – 3:31
 * 4) "Every Now and Then" (Atkins, Goodrum) – 3:01
 * 5) "Somebody Loves Me Now" (R. L. Kass) – 4:07
 * 6) "Norway" (Claese Neeb) – 3:41
 * 7) "Read My Licks" (Allen, Jones) – 4:34
 * 8) "Take a Look at Her Now" (Bergeson, Kass) – 3:56
 * 9) "Around the Bend" (Atkins, Jerry Reed) – 3:45
 * 10) "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
 * 11) "Vincent" (Don McLean) – 3:48

Personnel

 * Chet Atkins – guitar, vocals
 * Suzy Bogguss – vocals
 * Pat Bergeson – guitar, percussion
 * David Hungate – bass
 * John Jarvis – keyboards
 * Randy Goodrum – keyboards
 * Floyd Cramer – keyboards
 * Darryl Dybka – keyboards
 * Larry Knechtel – piano
 * Jim Horn – saxophone
 * George Benson – guitar
 * Eric Johnson – guitar
 * Mark Knopfler – guitar
 * R. L. Kass – guitar
 * Steve Wariner – guitar, vocals
 * Paul Yandell – guitar
 * Stuart Duncan – fiddle
 * Lonnie Wilson – drums