Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images Famed acoustic guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel has been a longtime Chet Atkins fan – ever since ...

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 ...

We Still Can’t Say Good Bye: A Musicians’ Tribute to Chet Atkins will hit shelves and streaming services on April 19. Today, fans get their first taste of the tribute record. Listen to “Mr. Guitar” by ...

When Tommy Emmanuel was 11 years old, he wrote a fan letter to his favorite guitarist. A lot of youngsters have done similar things -- mailed off words of praise to their heroes. What's rare is when ...

TOMMY EMMANUEL is an acoustic guitarist extraordinaire, composer, global touring artist, and Grammy® Award winner. He is also one of five people ever named a C.G.P. (Certified Guitar Player) by Chet ...

April 10 (UPI) --CMT will explore the making of the Chet Atkins tribute album 'We Still Can't Say Goodbye' - A Musicians' Tribute to Chet Atkins in a new documentary. The one-hour special 'We Still ...

Tommy Emmanuel began his musical career at age 6, playing guitar in his family's band as they busked around the Australian bush more than six decades ago. An invitation from guitar legend Chet Atkins ...

Chet Atkins never went to music school, so he gave himself the honorary degree of CGP (certified guitar player). He shared it with only a handful of pickers, but one of them was the legendary ...

In 1997 Australian-born guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel recorded an album with Chet Atkins titled "The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World." Atkins, who was hospitalized with a brain tumor on the ...