finetune artist: Chet Atkins

Among fingerstyle country guitar players, perhaps only Merle Travis can rival Chet Atkins, whose distinctive sound defined an entire generation of Nashville country. Atkins has played an equally important role as a record producer. As RCA's chief Nashville producer in the '50s and '60s, Atkins oversaw sessions for Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Jim Reeves, Don Gibson, and countless others. He was one of the chief architects of the polished country style that came to be known as the "Nashville sound," but his own productions were more tasteful and appealing than those for which the genre is frequently lambasted. Atkins remained active into the '90s, but succumbed to cancer in 2001.

Listen to Chet Atkins at Finetune.

(2007) The Essential Chet Atkins
(2007) Christmas With Chet Atkins
(2001) Chet Atkins - The Master And His Music
(2001) Chet Atkins: RCA Country Legends
(2000) Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
(1998) Super Hits
(1998) Super Hits
(1998) Chester & Lester: Guitar Monsters
(1998) Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
(1996) Picks On The Beatles
(1996) The Essential Chet Atkins
(1988) Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
(1987) Sails
(1986) Street Dreams
(1983) The Essential Chet Atkins - The Columbia Years
(1983) East Tennessee Christmas
(1962) Caribbean Guitar/Travelin'

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