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Chet Atkins
Sign in to saveAlso known as Chester Burton Atkins, Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins
American guitarist (1924–2001)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Mark Knopfler - Chet Atkins
- Chet Atkins Guitar Songbook
- Play Like Chet Atkins
- Chet Atkins - Vintage Fingerstyle
- Chet Atkins - Vintage Fingerstyle (Songbook)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1924-06-20
- Active to
- 2001-06-30
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 307,105
- Total plays
- 3,411,927
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Chester Burton Atkins born 20 June 1924 - Died 30 June 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (1942–1996) . was an American guitarist and record producer. Together with Owen Bradley, Atkins created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to include adult pop music fans as well. His virtuoso picking style - inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul - brought him admirers both within and outside the coun
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Key facts
- Also known as
- "Mister Guitar", "The Country Gentleman"
- Born
- Chester Burton Atkins , ( 1924-06-20 ) June 20, 1924, Luttrell, Tennessee , U.S.
- Died
- June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30) (aged 77), Forest Hills, Tennessee , U.S.
- Genres
- Country pop rock jazz classical folk rockabilly country rock
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter producer
- Instrument
- Guitar
- Works
- Chet Atkins discography
- Years active
- 1942–1996
- Labels
- RCA Victor , Columbia
- Formerly of
- The Country All-Stars Arthur Fiedler Les Paul Jerry Reed Hank Snow Merle Travis The Carter Sisters Mark Knopfler Tommy Emmanuel Jim Carney
- Website
- misterguitar .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), nicknamed "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was a fingerpicking guitar player, arranger and producer who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, created the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily a guitarist, but he also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele, and occasionally sang.
Atkins's signature picking style was inspired by Merle Travis. His other major guitar influences were Django Reinhardt, George Barnes, Les Paul, and, later, Jerry Reed. His distinctive picking style and musicianship brought him admirers inside and outside the country scene, both in the United States and abroad. Atkins spent most of his career at RCA Victor and produced records for the Browns, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Perry Como, Floyd Cramer, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Roger Whittaker, Ann-Margret and many others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chet Atkins” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.