This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
These two pioneers of American music — country legend Chet Atkins and bluegrass giant Doc Watson — recorded this album on the fly some 20 years ago after a single day of rehearsal.
You’d never know it from this long-overdue CD rerelease of this long-lost treasure; Chet and Doc are so relaxed and together you’d swear they’ve spent years sittin’ out on the back porch, takin’ a nip every now and then while they pick out classics like Dill Pickle Rag and Old Joe Clark, offer impromptu tributes to Lester Flatt and improvise silly originals like Me And Chet Made A Record. But that’s why these guys are the legends they are; because they make it look as easy as falling off a log.
