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.

Weaver played Chet’s solo guitar arrangement of “Ain’t Misbehavin” — the one that Jim Nichols helped him learn many years back. Weaver played it on pedal steel guitar.

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 ...

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.

One of those figures, as Knopfler recalls in the new issue of Guitar World, was fellow fingerstyle hero Chet Akins. However, when the pair linked up to trade licks, it didn’t quite go as ...

Vince Gill Receives Praise from Chet Atkins Before they played a rendition of the traditional song “Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad,” Vince Gill received some praise from his hero.

'We Still Can't Say Good Bye: A Musicians' Tribute to Chet Atkins' will feature a long list of stellar guitarists and artists.

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 ...

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 ...