Do you play Mr Sandman? - (Chet Atkins version Backup-track)

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 20 Oct 2018 10:08 am

I am playing along with this background track for Chet Atkins Mr. Sandman this morning, with an easy to follow chord chart in the video.
Background Track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp-yx-mWp-A
Original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsG1ukihl4

Any tuning will work.

The Theme lick is 13 notes (excluding the pick-up notes). You can hear it and teach it to yourself pretty quick.

He plays the theme lick in A, then a verse in A.
Then he plays the theme lick in D, and a verse in G.
Then he plays the theme lick in C, and plays a verse in C, ending with a half step walk down ending.

I thought maybe some other players would like this track.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 22 Oct 2018 6:20 pm

Nice Pete. I love that song. Now I'll have to work on it.

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 23 Oct 2018 5:41 am

Thanks for posting! I've been wanting to learn this tune on 6 string.

Bill Terry · Post by **Bill Terry** » 23 Oct 2018 6:37 am

That's way cool Pete!

About 8 or 10 years ago I tried my hand at a BIAB track for this song, going pretty much from memory. Your post jogged my memory and I went and found it. The arrangement is all 'wrong' but I wanted to have a track with the basic 'pieces' to practice with, and it worked for that.

http://www.lostpinesstudio.com/mp3/sandman_192.mp3

I played it on this Stringmaster. I always liked the sound of that guitar, alas lost in a house fire in 2011. I've since replaced it with a '54 Dual Pro, which is also very cool. I may have to take another pass with your MUCH more official track. Thanks for sharing!

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 23 Oct 2018 11:53 am

Hi folks,

I did Mr, Sandman on a Carter Steel standard E9th tuning several years ago and saved the clip. It's one pass. I am a true Atkins fan and always will be. Just do it in one key and it is short. Here's the link:

https://picosong.com/wVV2u

Larry Allen · Post by **Larry Allen** » 23 Oct 2018 5:10 pm

Got this from Jeff Newman in St Louis in the 90’s

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 23 Oct 2018 6:19 pm

Roy Thomson wrote:Hi folks,

I did Mr, Sandman on a Carter Steel standard E9th tuning several years ago and saved the clip. It's one pass. I am a true Atkins fan and always will be. Just do it in one key and it is short. Here's the link:

https://picosong.com/wVV2u

That was really great, Roy!
Great playing!

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 25 Oct 2018 1:39 pm

OK I took a shot at it!... ...and I still have a few bugs to work out, but...
For some reason it recorded prety hot so maybe turn your volume down a little...
https://youtu.be/dmkJNukswpM

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 26 Oct 2018 10:12 am

Here is one of my Travis/Atkins style hero's Bobby Garrett playing Mr Sandman.
This vid has a low volume issue, so turn up your computer speakers

Thanks to Bill Ferguson for the vid!
Go directly to 24min30sec:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxNurHT ... tlB2ctVB_8

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 26 Oct 2018 6:03 pm

Gang I'm sorry but I took another pass at it on my Sierra.
More bugs worked out

Actually learned more than just the first two lines of the melody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nirDGpb ... e=youtu.be