Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
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Artist Information
Genres: Traditional Country, Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Instrumental Country, Country Boogie, Finger-Picked Guitar
Active: 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's
Born: June 20, 1924 in Luttrell, TN
Influences
Mother Maybelle Carter, Merle Travis, Les Paul, Django Reinhardt, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, George Van Eps, Bucky Pizzarelli, Tal Farlow, Charlie Christian, Hank Thompson, Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Milton Brown & His Brownies
Similar Artists
Roy Clark, Speedy West, James Burton, The Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell, Paul Yandell, Mark Knopfler, Skeeter Davis, Lenny Breau, David Paul, Floyd Cramer, Don Gibson, Jerry Reed, Jim Reeves, Doc Watson, Conway Twitty, Roy Lanham, Roger Miller, Jørgen Ingmann
Followers
Philip DeGruy, Eugene Chadbourne, Junior Brown, The Notting Hillbillies, Dire Straits, Dave Edmunds, Larry Coryell, Albert Lee, Will Ackerman, The Shadows, Danny Davis, Link Wray, Lenny Breau, Earl Klugh, Eric Johnson, Gary Potter, Steve Wariner, David Paul, Eddie Pennington
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Biography
Without Chet Atkins, country music may never have crossed over into the pop charts in the '50s and '60s. Although he recorded hundreds of solo records, Atkins' largest influence came as a session musician and a record producer.
Discography
Release: May 18, 2010
Label: El Records
Release: May 19, 2009
Label: Primo Records