MK & Chet Atkins interview

[Al]

 I think from an old Canadian special.

[Love Expresso]

Am listening right now. Thanks! "He wanted me to play on one thing. I can`t remember what it was but it got a Grammy..." 

LE

[Pottel]

loving it...

[Pottel]

mark playing lady madonna....sweet..

[sweetsurrender]

Thanks for the links. great listening.

[qjamesfloyd]

That was fantastic, thanks for that, it was very interesting hearing Mark talk about his love for Chet, and some great playing of various things, it did back up what I have thought for a while, that since Chet's passing Mark has gone away from the guitar playing towards more the songwriting, I think Chet pushed Mark as a player, but now he doesn't seem to have that person pushing him, so he is more of a songwriter, which is a shame as clearly he can still play guitar with the best of them. And it was telling that Chet said Mark doesn't think he's that good a musician!!

[Pottel]

valid point qjamesfloyd!!

[Rollergirl]

very interesting!
I like the bit at the begining when Mark explains finger picking (thumb on the low strings and fingers on the high ones). Sounds easy enough, I am going to try tonight! 

I can imagine what it was like for him to have Chet ringing him. Would be a bit like if Mark rang me to ask him to sing backing vocals on his next album (I am really good at hoowap doowap  )

[dustyvalentino]

Listening to this I'm fairly sure it's from a BBC documentary on Chet broadcast in 95 or 96.

I have the whole thing recorded somewhere in fact I was just thinking the other day that I need to get it transferred and uploaded to the tracker soon. 

[superval99]

Just had a root around and found it on tape in my archives, along with other interesting stuff, including a programme called "Roots"  in which MK talked about his favourite music, from being a baby onwards, a lot of which matched my musical favourites from 50's and 60's too.  

[tunnel85]

And it was telling that Chet said Mark doesn't think he's that good a musician!!

Isn't Mark the guy who introduces his band as master musicians, who can do everything, except for him ? 

[dustyvalentino]

Just had a root around and found it on tape in my archives, along with other interesting stuff, including a programme called "Roots"  in which MK talked about his favourite music, from being a baby onwards, a lot of which matched my musical favourites from 50's and 60's too.  

Yeah, I've got Roots too, another one one my "to do" list.

[Pottel]

i can smell an upload in here....
also, is this the same thing that is on the bristol 1996 bootleg? was that not also part of this Chet radio show?

[dustyvalentino]

i can smell an upload in here....
also, is this the same thing that is on the bristol 1996 bootleg? was that not also part of this Chet radio show?

Bristol was around the same era but not the same thing.

I think Chet was in the UK quite a bit around this time. There was a great joint interview in "The Guitar Magazine" (same mag that had the Ron Eve stuff) between the two of them. I used to have it but seem to have lost it. It had a pull out poster of the two iof them that was on my bedroom wall for many years, with Chet sitting smiling and MK pointing at him.

[superval99]

I have that edition.  MK has a rather strange hairstyle - sort of curly at the sides!