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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...