Chet Atkins
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I heard Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel, browsing YouTube videos and researched them and tried to play like them
Yes is a bit of a mixture of styles, and always has been ... In joining, Steve brought a myriad of sounds with him, which included some jazz influences and, in an odd way, country influences, as well. Steve, when he was young, was a big Chet Atkins fans. The whole musical landscape that Yes was achieving was broadened at that point.More quotes »
Around the web
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Reba, Martina McBride, and Chet Atkins are all up for adoption
Introducing Martina McBride the pit bull The other day while cruising around PetFinder.com I came across something interesting ... there were an awful lot of dogs with country singer names. Then I got to paying attention and realized that most of the dogs 5/23/13 from Nashville Gab Read more »
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Vince Gill brings a softer side to Pops opener
Vince Gill was a kid he idolized Chet Atkins. That led the Grammy-winning country star to discover the records that Atkins made with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. The orchestra, says Gill, “were like rock stars to me.” The Oklahoma native had the privilege from Boston.com Read more »
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Check out new albums by Brad Paisley, Molly Ringwald and OMD
Paisley has more talent than his peers: a strong voice, songwriting chops and guitar chicken pickin’ to make Chet Atkins grin. But too many songs on new disc “Wheelhouse” are damn corny — it’s like Richard Marx rewrote John Cougar and added some twang. Paisley from Boston Herald Read more »
