Simpatico is an album by Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins, released in 1994.
Contents
History
Atkins and Bogguss were recognized for their collaborations by several music awarding bodies. They were nominated for the 1996 Grammy award for Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration (for the song "All My Loving" on the Beatles tribute album Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles) but did not win.
They were also nominated for the 1995 CMA Vocal Event of the Year award, for "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word". The winners were Shenandoah and Alison Krauss for "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart".
At the 1995 TNN/Music City News Country Awards, they were nominated for the Vocal Collaboration award. George Jones and Alan Jackson won.
Track listing
"In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:11
"When She Smiled at Him" (Joanie Beeson, Michael Johnson) – 3:06
"Forget About It" (R. L. Kass) – 4:22
"Wives Don't Like Old Girlfriends" (Shane Fontayne, Randy VanWarmer) – 4:12
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 3:59
"Two Shades of Blue" (Deborah Allen, Bobby Braddock, Rafe Van Hoy) – 3:25
"One More for the Road" (Atkins, Bogguss, Doug Crider) – 4:26
"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) – 3:40
"You Bring Out the Best in Me" (Bogguss, Crider, Steve Dorff) – 3:34
"This Is the Beginning" (Pat Donohue) – 5:12
Personnel
Musicians
Suzy Bogguss – vocals
Chet Atkins – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, Del Vecchio guitar
Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
Mike Lawler – synthesizers
Flaco Jiménez – concertina
Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
Pat Bergeson – acoustic guitar, harmonica
R. L. Kass – acoustic guitar
Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass
Leland Sklar – bass
Glenn Worf – bass
Harry Stinson – drums, backing vocals
Carlos Vega – drums
Tom Roady – percussion
Mark O'Connor – fiddle
Nashville String Machine – strings
David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor
Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
Gerald Boyd – backing vocals
Beth Nielsen Chapman – backing vocals
Vince Gill – backing vocals
Sons of the San Joaquin (Jack Hannah, Joe Hannah and Lon Hannah) – backing vocals
Production
Suzy Bogguss – producer
John Guess – producer, recording, mixing
Derek Bason – additional recording, recording assistant, mix assistant
Doug Crider – additional engineer
John Thomas II – additional recording assistant
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics
Janie West – production coordinator
Virginia Team – art direction
Jerry Joyner – design
Frank W. Ockenfels III – photography
Claudia Fowler – stylist
Earl Cox – hair stylist
Mary Beth Felts – make-up
EMI Music Dist. – distributor