Chet Atkins
Certified Guitar Player

John Rumble (Author), Fred Gretsch (Foreword by), Walter Carter (Author), Michael Cochran (Author), Tommy Emmanuel (Author), Rich Kienzle (Author), Mark Pritcher (Author), Steve Wariner (Author), Kyle Young (Contributions by), (Author)

9780915608003

Paperback / softback, published 13 June 2023

96 pages, 60 color photographs, 55 black & white photographs, 1 illustration, 19 documents
27.9 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm, 0.481 kg

Chet Atkins is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential and universally admired guitarists of all time. The high standards he set as a performer, session player, solo recording artist, record producer, and label executive have inspired, comforted, and gladdened the hearts of generations.

Published as a companion to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player, this book examines the fascinating career of one of America’s most influential musicians. In addition to images of many rare treasures saved by Atkins and his family, the book includes words from, among others, three of Atkins’s four fellow Certified Guitar Players: Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, and Steve Wariner.

Introduction

Contributors