Boogie Down (Me): Centipede Boogie (#7)

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The bad thing is that it’s my turn. The good thing is that this isn’t all that country. We keep on the boogie train with another song that will get you moving…and, since it’s an instrumental, there’s no whiny vocals to be afraid of! #7: Centipede Boogie - Chet Atkins Chet Atkins was pretty busy the day he recorded this song. He did his own session, then worked on a session with Slim Whitman, then worked with his brother-in-law on one of their sessions. Jethro paid Chet back, though: you can hear his jazzy mandolin in this song, as well as Homer keeping perfect rhythm (and putting that roll in there as well). Homer and Jethro were, as I like to say, jazz musicians who passed themselves off as country comedians. A similar thing can be said about Chet Atkins. I’ve been discovering Tal Farlow lately, and I hear a lot of similarities in their guitar styles. He may have been a preeminent name in country music, but Atkins is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a reason: he could play anything. Centipede Boogie Written by Chet Atkins Recorded by Chet Atkins Released as a single, 1949 Boogie on that mandolin, Jethro!