Atkins, Chet
Atkins, (Chester Burton) Chet
(1924– ) guitarist, record producer; born near Luttrell, Tenn. In the 1940s he performed with the Carter Family and Red Foley and first appeared in the "Grand Ole Opry." In Nashville in the 1950s he made the electric guitar popular as a solo instrument for country music. As a producer for RCA he promoted such singers as Hank Snow and Waylon Jennings, reviving country music in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1982 he began recording for CBS records.
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Manny's was the music store of choice for musicians ranging from Kiss to Chet
Atkins, Chet Baker and Dizzy Gillespie: THE WALL OF FAME is a rock celebration of these musicians, offers a gorgeous blend of a concert diary and rarely-seen souvenir photos, and reproduces nearly 200 autographed photos from the store's walls.
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