The seventies were bountiful years for guitar fans. Looking now at Guitar Player magazines of the period, it's almost dizzying to see how many veteran guitarists were doing some of their most ...

Chet Atkins was, first and foremost, a guitar player. He became a producer and a record executive, but he started as a musician and continued learning his craft until he passed away in 2001. Often ...

Don Cusic. Photo Credit: Martin B. Cherry. Don Cusic. Photo Credit: Martin B. Cherry. Music historian Don Cusic chatted about his new book “Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar (Music of the American South).” Chet ...

Few people have left a larger mark on the face of American music in general and country music in particular than Chet Atkins. As the most-recorded instrumentalist in history, countless people have ...

When a young Knopfler started to copycat the sound he heard on Everly Brothers records, he didn't even realise which legend ...

The latest videos from WKRN News 2 A masterful tribute to the man who reshaped country music—Don Cusic chronicles the life and legacy of Chet Atkins, the legendary 'Mr. Guitar.

From 1975: Guitar legend Chet Atkins headlined a pops concert at the Spokane Opera (Opry?) House, and Atkins opened by saying, “I hope you like guitar pickin’, because that’s all I do.” Yet a few ...

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Don Felder says he played up to 14 different guitar parts on the Eagles' 1977 single hit “Hotel California” using both six- and 12-string guitars. But determining how to re-create the song live left ...