Steve Wariner was one of only a handful of guitarists ever to receive the coveted CGP title from Chet Atkins, and he pays tribute to his friend and mentor and that honor in a track on his new album, ...

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 ...

Vince Gill was at the top of his game in the mid-90s. By 1996, he had won 11 CMA Awards including three consecutive Male Vocalist of the Year awards and an Entertainer of the Year award. At the same ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On what would have been his 100th birthday, a certifiable, guitar-picking country icon is being celebrated by both the Country ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ 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.

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 ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A very familiar face here in Music City has just suddenly vanished. The beloved statue of legendary musician Chet Atkins downtown is gone, and people are up in arms. The ...

Chet Atkins, known as Mr. Guitar, died on Saturday morning (June 30th) at his home in Nashville at age seventy-seven, after battling cancer for several years. Like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Willie, ...

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 ...