One of country music’s most influential figures, Chet Atkins was a key player in inventing the “Nashville Sound,” a style of country that was steeped in pop and made the genre more appealing to the ...

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In Nashville, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, studio producers on Music Row like Owen Bradley and Chet Atkins began experimenting with ways to reach a broader audience: adding a few sweet violins ...

MAYNARDVILLE — When Chet Atkins touched the guitar strings, the world stopped. "Where there was talk of the best guitarists, he was never mentioned," country singer and friend Eddy Arnold said. "That ...

Back in 1961 the Country Music Association founded the Country Music Hall of Fame to recognize the top artists songwriters broadcasters and executives in the business Hall of Fame set honors the ...

Born in Chicago, Sheldon Allman moved to Canada when young, joining the Canadian air force and being wounded overseas. While convalescing, he got into comedy, later appearing in movies and television ...

Guitarist great Chet Atkins and some of his friends got together for the taping of “Chet Atkins & Friends,” a Cinemax TV special slated for national broadcast in the fall, at Vanderbilt University’s ...

Upon the announced renovation of the 435,525-square-foot Bank of America building at Fifth and Union Street, the statue of iconic country musician, songwriter and label executive Chet Atkins that ...