Guitar legend Chet Atkins is renowned for his distinctive fingerstyle playing, which combined a walking bass line with melody and rhythm. As a producer, he was an architect of the Nashville Sound, a ...

Sonic expansion or evolutionary dead-end? The acoustic-electric has undergone a radical reinvention over the years ...

Elegant guitarist Chet Atkins is one of the most regularly honored of roots-music makers, as a contributor to country and rock, as a broad musical influencer, and as a producer, label executive and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not only is Brothers in Arms widely considered to be Dire Straits' magnum opus, it's also deemed to be a nine-track showcase of ...

Chet Atkins' recollection of Hank Williams in the studio casts "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" in a whole new light.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On what would have been his 100th birthday, a certifiable, guitar-picking country icon is being celebrated by both the Country ...

April 10 (UPI) --CMT will explore the making of the Chet Atkins tribute album 'We Still Can't Say Goodbye' - A Musicians' Tribute to Chet Atkins in a new documentary. The one-hour special 'We Still ...

Atkins climbed from humble beginnings to become a major record producer and one of the most famous guitarists of his era. Ten years after his... Chet Atkins: The Lasting Influence Of 'Mr. Guitar' Chet ...

Chet Atkins was an inductee of the following Halls of Fame: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. You wear many hats: author, ...

When country music really exploded in America in the early parts of the 20th century, two acts emerged as its first real stars: The Carter Family and Chet Atkins. Each influenced then genre in their ...

The seventies were bountiful years for guitar fans. Looking now at Guitar Player magazines of the period, it's almost dizzying to see how many veteran guitarists were doing some of their most ...

Over 8,000 friends and fans filled the Municipal Auditorium for the tribute to the world-famous guitarist. Around 800 of the guests, wearing black-tie and formal attire gathered in the lobby of the ...