A native of England, Smith picked up a guitar at age 5 after seeing his father playing an Atkins tune. At 11, Smith had the chance to play alongside the country music legend during a showcase in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...