Like Joplin, Chet Atkins was born poor. He grew up in East Tennessee and later said that “ [w]e were so poor and everybody around us was so poor that it was the forties before anyone even knew ...

Don Felder says he played up to 14 different guitar parts on the Eagles' 1977 single hit “Hotel California” using both six- ...

Chet Atkins and Les Paul: Guitar Monsters album review by Skip Heller, published on April 15, 2013. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

Few people have left a larger mark on the face of American music in general and country music in particular than Chet Atkins. As the most-recorded instrumentalist in history, countless people have ...

Atkins’ dad, James Atkins, was a music teacher. His mother, Ida, played piano. However, his parents divorced, and Ida remarried. Chet started to learn the guitar and fiddle so he could play with ...

Music historian Don Cusic chatted about his new book “Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar (Music of the American South).” Chet Atkins was an inductee of the following Halls of Fame: the Rock and Roll Hall ...

Influential guitarist Chet Atkins, who helped modernize country music in the 1960s, paving the way for the massive commercial force that it is today, died Saturday in Nashville. He was 77.

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Country Music Classics Webb Pierce and Chet Atkins (1991). Explore cast details and learn more on ...