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    Chet Atkins. Official website "Chet Atkins". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Chet Atkins at the Country Music Hall of Fame Allmusic entry for Chet Atkins...
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  • Chet Atkins' discography is large and diverse. Not only did he release principal studio albums as a solo artist, he was a prolific and much sought-after...
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  • by Parton and was first released as a duet with Chet Atkins on his 1976 album, The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends. Parton performed the song live throughout...
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  • Gretsch began a collaboration with guitarist Chet Atkins to manufacture a line of electric guitars with Atkins' endorsement, resulting in the Gretsch 6120...
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    Gretsch and first appearing in the mid-1950s with the endorsement of Chet Atkins. It was quickly adopted by rockabilly artists Eddie Cochran, Duane Eddy...
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    The Gibson Chet Atkins SST was a solid body acoustic-electric designed by the musician Chet Atkins and manufactured and marketed by Gibson. The steel-string...
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    accompany her playing lap steel guitar. In 1961, at the age of six, he heard Chet Atkins playing on the radio. He vividly remembers that moment and said it greatly...
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    Based in Nashville, he is best known for his live and session work with Chet Atkins, Lyle Lovett, Suzy Bogguss and Les Brers. Bergeson was born in Batavia...
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    has released ten studio albums, two collaborative studio albums with Chet Atkins and Emmylou Harris, and twenty-two singles. In addition, Knopfler has...
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    Mr. Sandman (category Chet Atkins songs)
    countries in 1981. Other versions of the song have been produced by Chet Atkins (1954) and Bert Kaempfert (1968). Vaughn Monroe, with his orchestra,...
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  • recorded a cover version in 1960. It was adapted and re-recorded by Chet Atkins in 1956, and was a track on the LP Hi-Fi In Focus. This arrangement was...
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    several bands and listened to singers like Elvis Presley and guitarists Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore, B.B King, Django Reinhardt, Hank Marvin, and James Burton...
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  • The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC was a classical electric guitar manufactured by Gibson and released in 1982. Developed with guitarist Chet Atkins and Kentucky...
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  • added, "I thought to myself: 'How the hell can I compete with that?'" Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed recorded an instrumental version of the song and released...
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  • country, classical, and flamenco. Inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used fingerstyle techniques not often used in jazz guitar. By...
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    Watson named his son Merle Watson, and Travis admirer Chet Atkins named his daughter Merle Atkins, in Travis' honor. Travis' string of chart-topping honky-tonk...
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    female vocal group) and "Hully Gully Guitar", which found their way to Chet Atkins at RCA Victor, who produced Reed's 1965 "If I Don't Live Up to It". In...
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  • progenitor of several Russian families Chet Allen (1939–1984), American child opera and choir performer Chester Chet Atkins (1924–2001), American country guitarist...
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    of American guitarists such as Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and Jerry Reed. He became a friend of country star Chet Atkins. Marcel Dadi was born in Sousse...
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    for most of his acoustic performances but uses a custom-made Gibson Chet Atkins guitar for his live performances of "Big Love". He has also used an Ovation...
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    Acuff David "Stringbean" Akeman Jack Anglin Eddy Arnold Ernest Ashworth Chet Atkins DeFord Bailey Bashful Brother Oswald Humphrey Bate Binkley Brothers'...
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    Having a Good Time (with the Notting Hillbillies) Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins) All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) Real Live Roadrunning (with...
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    formed a trio in 1937 with rhythm guitarist Jim Atkins (older half-brother of guitarist Chet Atkins) and bassist/percussionist Ernie "Darius" Newton...
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  • Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins is the name of two albums: Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953 album) Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1955 album) This...
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  • Neck and Neck (category Chet Atkins albums)
    Neck to Neck is a collaborative album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on October...
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  • A Session with Chet Atkins is the third studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It features Atkins introducing standard pop and jazz melded...
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  • Yakety Sax (category Chet Atkins songs)
    Billboard Hot 100 chart. Guitarist Chet Atkins recorded a version of the song in 1965 called "Yakety Axe". Atkins' version used a similar tempo and showcased...
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    Formby and Django Reinhardt; subsequent influences were Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry. By 1965, he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk...
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    while the brothers were in high school. They gained the attention of Chet Atkins, who began to promote them for national attention. They began writing...
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    microphone. Amid protests from RCA, but with the endorsement of his producer Chet Atkins, Reeves used this new style in a 1957 recording, a demonstration song...
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