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Chet Atkins
Sign in to saveAlso known as Chester Burton Atkins, Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins
American guitarist (1924–2001)
Film & TV
Luttrell, Tennessee, USA
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins, known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, who along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, among others, created the country music style that came to be known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily known as a…
Known for
- Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1) — Self2016
- The Winding Stream — Self (archive footage)2014
- Country at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2011
- Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame — Self (archive footage)2007
- Chet Atkins: A Life in Music — Self2000
- In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story — Self1999
- The Genius of Lenny Breau — Self1999
- Neil Diamond: Under a Tennessee Moon — Self - Guest Artist1996
- Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story — Chet Atkins1995
- Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms — Self1993
via TMDB
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Atkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Luttrell
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- violin
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.misterguitar.us
- Image
- Chet Atkins.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1924-06-20
- Commons category
- Chet Atkins
- date of death
- 2001-06-30
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- end of work period
- 1996-00-00
- name in native language
- Chet Atkins
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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.