Don Cusic. Photo Credit: Martin B. Cherry. Don Cusic. Photo Credit: Martin B. Cherry. Music historian Don Cusic chatted about his new book “Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar (Music of the American South).” Chet ...

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 ...

Chet Atkins was, first and foremost, a guitar player. He became a producer and a record executive, but he started as a musician and continued learning his craft until he passed away in 2001. Often ...

MAYNARDVILLE — When Chet Atkins touched the guitar strings, the world stopped. "Where there was talk of the best guitarists, he was never mentioned," country singer and friend Eddy Arnold said. "That ...

Limehouse Blues; I Want to Be Happy; Over the Rainbow; Meditation; Lazy River; I’m Your Greatest Fan; It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing); I Surrender Dear; Brazil; Give My Love to Nell ...

On what would have been his 100th birthday, a certifiable, guitar-picking country icon is being celebrated by both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the Nashville Ballet. Yes, Chet Atkins ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Chet Atkins, whose guitar style influenced a generation of rock musicians even as he helped develop an easygoing country style to compete with it, died Saturday. He was 77. Atkins ...

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 ...

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 ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The beloved bronze statue of Chet Atkins in downtown Nashville has a new home. The guitar genius and country music hitmaker passed away in 2001 in Nashville. Before his death ...