The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
Studio album by
Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel
Released11 March 1997
StudioCA Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length36:02
LabelColumbia[1]
Chet Atkins chronology
Almost Alone
(1996) 		The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
(1997) 		Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
(2000)
Tommy Emmanuel chronology
Can't Get Enough
(1996) 		The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
(1997) 		Collaboration
(1998)

The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World is an album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel.[2][1] Recorded when Atkins was 73, this was his last release of original material in the 20th century. "Smokey Mountain Lullaby" was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Award for Country Instrumental Performance.

  1. ^ a b Reinhart, Mark S. (17 September 2014). Chet Atkins: The Greatest Songs of Mister Guitar. McFarland. ISBN 9781476617831 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ CAMPBELL, SUSAN. "THE DAY FINGER PICKERS TOOK OVER THE WORLD - CHET ATKINS WITH TOMMY EMMANUEL - CAVE UNRELENTING IN GLOOM; CLAPTON LIFTS SO-SO 'RETAIL'". courant.com.