Atkins, Chet

Chet “Mr. Guitar” Atkins is the most recorded solo instrumentalist in the history of country music, his work being found in the recordings of dozens of musical legends. Chester Burton Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, in Luttrell, Tennessee, and brought up in a family of musicians: his father was a touring evangelical singer, his mother a piano player and singer, and his grandfather played the fiddle in traditional country style. Atkins did not see much of his...