Neck and Neck

For the film, see Neck and Neck (film).

Neck and Neck
Studio album by
Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
ReleasedOctober 9, 1990 (1990-10-09)
Studio
GenreCountry, country rock, western swing
Length38:26
LabelColumbia
ProducerMark Knopfler
Chet Atkins Collaborations chronology
Standard Brands
(1981) 		Neck and Neck
(1990) 		Sneakin' Around
(1991)
Mark Knopfler chronology
Missing... Presumed Having a Good Time
(1989) 		Neck and Neck
(1990) 		Screenplaying
(1993)

Neck to Neck is a collaborative album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on October 9, 1990, by Columbia Records. "Poor Boy Blues" was released as a single.

At the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards in 1991, the track "Poor Boy Blues" won Best Country Vocal Collaboration, while the track "So Soft Your Goodbye" won Best Country Instrumental Performance.[2]

Atkins originally recorded "Yakety Axe", a parody of Boots' Randolph's "Yakety Sax", on his 1965 album More of That Guitar Country. This new recording features lyrics and a new arrangement that were composed by Merle Travis. Atkins also previously recorded "I'll See You in My Dreams" on an album with Travis.

The track "There'll Be Some Changes Made" was later included as track 10 of the 15-track 1996 Rolls-Royce Sound System Demonstration Disc and accompanying cassette.[3]

  1. ^ "Neck and Neck". Discogs. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Doug DeMuro (9 May 2017), Here's What a $300,000 Rolls-Royce Was Like... in 1996, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 13 July 2017