The album will feature some of the best guitar ... [RELATED: A Primer for the Country-Curious: 5 Fascinating Chet Atkins Facts] Before his passing in 2001, Atkins bestowed the title of Certified ...

Chet Atkins is no longer the household name he was ... As a recording artist, he made nearly 90 studio albums and released more than 100 singles, featuring intricate arrangements of everything ...

came from Chet Atkins. When fans hear Steve Wariner's upcoming album, 'Guitar Laboratory' -- scheduled to be released in February 2011 -- the 15-year Opry member warns, their opinions could go ...

Chet Atkins, a seminal figure in country music as ... As a leading guitarist, Atkins performed on more than 75 albums that sold tens of millions of copies around the world. His playing can be ...

June 30 -- Chet Atkins, whose guitar style influenced a ... A Long Legacy Atkins recorded more than 75 albums of guitar instrumentals andsold more than 75 million albums. He played on hundreds ...

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 ...

RCA began issuing instrumental albums by Atkins in 1953. George Harrison, whose guitar work on early Beatles records is heavily influenced by Atkins, wrote the liner notes for “Chet Atkins Picks ...

His own albums sold more than 75 million copies ... (Playing "Waltz for the Lonely" ) Chet Atkins had battled cancer for a number of years. He died at his home in Nashville.

June 30 -- Chet Atkins, whose guitar style influenced a ... A Long Legacy Atkins recorded more than 75 albums of guitar instrumentals andsold more than 75 million albums. He played on hundreds ...