Chet Atkins


Chet Atkins

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Born: June 20, 1924 in Luttrell, TN
Years Active: 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Died: June 30, 2001 in Nashville, TN
Genre: Country

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Biography:
Without Chet Atkins, country music may never have crossed over into the pop charts in the '50s and '60s. Although he recorded hundreds of solo records, Atkins' largest influence came as a session musician and a record producer. During the '50s and '60s, he helped create the Nashville sound, a style of country music that owed nearly as much to pop a... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2002 Discover Japan
1997 Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
1996 Almost Alone
1994 Read My Licks
1991 Sneakin' Around
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Filmography:
2007 The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show, 1969-1971
2001 Chet Atkins: Rare Performances 1976-1995
2001 All Star Jam
2000 Chet Atkins: A Life in Music
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Member Of:
Country All Stars
The Nashville String Band
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Speedy West
The Everly Brothers
Roy Clark
James Burton
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Influenced By:
Merle Travis
Les Paul
Django Reinhardt
Mother Maybelle Carter
The Carter Family
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Followers:
Eugene Chadbourne
Junior Brown
Philip Degruy
The Notting Hillbillies
Will Ackerman
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