Chet Atkins, a seminal figure in country music as an innovative guitarist and producer who was instrumental in shaping "The Nashville Sound," died Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. He was 77. Atkins, who ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Chet Atkins, whose guitar style influenced a generation of rock musicians even as he helped develop an easygoing country style to compete with it, died Saturday. He was 77. Atkins ...

Nasvhille guitar god Chet Atkins--whose pioneering fingerpicking style accompanied the likes of Elvis Presley and Hank Williams, influenced the Beatles and helped transform the entire genre of country ...

Elegant guitarist Chet Atkins is one of the most regularly honored of roots-music makers, as a contributor to country and rock, as a broad musical influencer, and as a producer, label executive and ...