Chet, Floyd & Boots is a studio
album by American guitarist
Chet Atkins, pianist
Floyd Cramer and saxophone player
Boots Randolph. Boots had a novelty hit with Yakety Sax which Chet covered, playing the saxophone lead on guitar, as Yakety Axe - which also became a hit. Cramer was a regular session musician at the Nashville studios, playing with a multitude of artists including
Elvis Presley and
Brenda Lee, helping to define the "
Nashville Sound" that Atkins had also helped develop. The trio briefly toured together.
Chet, Floyd & Boots was originally released on
RCA's budget label,
RCA Camden. The album was later reissued on the
Pickwick label and re-released on
compact disc in 1992 on RCA Camden.
