Neck and Neck is a collaborative album by Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler. It was released on October 9th, 1990 by Columbia Records. The track "Poor Boy Blues" was released as a single.

Atkins originally recorded "Yakety Axe", a parody of Boots' Randolph's "Yakety Sax", on his 1965 album "More Of That Guitar Country", This new recording features lyrics and a new arrangement that were composed by Merle Travis. Atkins also previously recorded "I'll See You in My Dreams" on an album with Merle Travis.

Knopler wrote only one song for this album.

Additional Personnel: Floyd Cramer, Mark O'Connor, Larry Londin, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner