Paul McCartney's Father, James McCartney, didn't fancy himself as a professional songwriter, but on one occasion, he was.

Chet Atkins and Les Paul: Guitar Monsters album review by Skip Heller, published on April 15, 2013. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

Atkins is restrained, fanciful, almost delicate; Paul is verbose, witty and given to fluttering flights up the fingerboard. The fun these two fellows were having is contagious.

Jazz musician Chet Atkins's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.

Look for some of the earliest known film of Chet Atkins performing, in Ken Burns' documentary series "Country Music" on PBS.

“I remember, Chet Atkins gave me a [call],” he remembers. “Because we were both pickers in that sense – but, of course, Chet was otherworldly.

The story was told so many times that its possibly apocryphal origins became irrelevant. In the '60s, when Nashville superstar guitarist Chet Atkins and songwriter John D. Loudermilk took their ...

Atkins made his first solo recordings in the mid-1940s, but it would take him until 1955 to land his first hit, "Mr. Sandman." He was 31 by then, and more than a decade into his professional career.

April 10 (UPI) -- CMT will explore the making of the Chet Atkins tribute album ' We Still Can't Say Goodbye' - A Musicians' Tribute to Chet Atkin s in a new documentary. The one-hour special 'We ...

Chet Atkins statue restored, unveiled at new Musicians Hall of Fame location The 23-year-old Russell Faxon-crafted, 800-pound statue was moved from Bank of America building to its new downtown ...