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 ...

Chet Atkins was a pioneer of the Nashville Sound, along with Owen Bradley, Bob Ferguson, Bill Porter, and Don Law. In the 50s and 60s, these five artists and producers altered the typical sound of ...

June 30 -- Chet Atkins, whose guitar style influenced a generation of rock musicians even as he helped develop an easy listening country style to compete with it, died Saturday. He was 77. Funeral ...

Upon the announced renovation of the 435,525-square-foot Bank of America building at Fifth and Union Street, the statue of iconic country musician, songwriter and label executive Chet Atkins that ...