Chet Atkins is no longer the household name he was in the 1960s, when he was all over TV and radio with his guitar. But every year, the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society packs a Nashville hotel. This ...

“The Stratocaster was the first good electric guitar I ever had as a kid,” said guitarist, singer and songwriter Sean Weaver, who is playing Pacifica Performances on Saturday night. “I really wanted ...

Nasvhille guitar god Chet Atkins--whose pioneering fingerpicking style accompanied the likes of Elvis Presley and Hank Williams, influenced the Beatles and helped transform the entire genre of country ...

CHET ATKINS, 77, whose guitar style influenced a generation of rock musicians even as he helped develop an easygoing country style to compete with it; he recorded more than 75 albums of guitar ...

Chet Atkins was a pioneer of the Nashville Sound, along with Owen Bradley, Bob Ferguson, Bill Porter, and Don Law. In the 50s and 60s, these five artists and producers altered the typical sound of ...

We Still Can’t Say Good Bye: A Musicians’ Tribute to Chet Atkins will hit shelves and streaming services on April 19. Today, fans get their first taste of the tribute record. Listen to “Mr. Guitar” by ...

Chet Atkins' contributions to music as a producer were so immense that they rivaled his brilliance as an instrumentalist. Atkins supervised hit albums for a host of stars, ranging from Perry Como to ...

Gibson Montana, the Bozeman, Mont.-based acoustic guitar division of Gibson Musical Instruments, has introduced the Chet Atkins Studio, a nylon-string classical guitar. By Christopher Walsh Gibson ...

Chet Atkins is no longer the household name he was in the 1960s, when he was all over TV and radio with his guitar. But every year, the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society packs a Nashville hotel. This ...

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 ...