There are many ways to play the guitar, and certainly many Legendary Guitarists, such as Chet Atkins, Joni Mitchell, and ...

The seventies were bountiful years for guitar fans. Looking now at Guitar Player magazines of the period, it's almost dizzying to see how many veteran guitarists were doing some of their most ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The Stratocaster was the first good electric guitar I ever had as a kid,” said guitarist, singer and songwriter Sean Weaver, who is playing Pacifica Performances on Saturday night. “I really wanted ...

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 ...

Elegant guitarist Chet Atkins is one of the most regularly honored of roots-music makers, as a contributor to country and rock, as a broad musical influencer, and as a producer, label executive and ...

Show of hands. How many of you have heard of guitarist Muriel Anderson? I’m guessing there are a few acoustic guitar players out there with their hands up, but most people are probably as clueless as ...

SULLIVAN - In 1963, young Jerry Ozee got a new record titled "Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns." That struck a chord. It also began the Sullivan native's lifetime love affair with a playing style ...