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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(He later became a member of the Opry as part of the Carter Family.) Atkins' debut album, Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar, was released in 1953, but RCA Victor's Sholes recognized his talent in ...

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 ...

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 ...