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The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
Studio album by Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel
Released	11 March 1997
Studio	CA Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Bluegrass jazz easy listening
Length	36:02
Label	Columbia
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. 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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

Richard S. Ginell from AllMusic said "Chet Atkins still had another great recording in him." adding "Atkins' tune "Tip Toe Through the Bluegrass" plays the two styles off each other quite revealingly. Emmanuel turns out to be a top-notch tunesmith in his own right, too. His "Dixie McGuire" a disarmingly affectionate mid-tempo tune that won't let you go, inspires a performance that is one of the high points of Atkins'." Ginell said "The title track, which Atkins adapted from a lyric that dealt with bass players finds the two reciting and singing a mock-horror flick tale -- and "Ode to Mel Bay" good-naturedly mocks beginning string players everywhere." Country Standard Time called it "yet another superb collaborative effort."

Track listing

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Tommy Emmanuel – guitar, bass, brushes
• Randy Goodrum – keyboards
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Clark Hagen – guitar
• Paul Yandell – guitar
• Giles Reeves – drums, double bass
• Terry McMillan – conga, harmonica, Jew's harp

References

1. ^ 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.
3. Allmusic
4. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (27 July 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
6. "The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
7. "Chet Atkins with Tommy Emmanuel - The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World". www.countrystandardtime.com.

• 1997 collaborative albums
• Tommy Emmanuel albums
• Chet Atkins albums