El Condor Pasa By Chet Atkins

STEREO Version. Chet Atkins was an American guitarist and record producer who helped create the music style known as the Nashville sound. While mostly associated with country music, he also recorded and performed most other genres, including jazz and classical. He produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson . . . As well as Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings and many others. He became a design consultant for Gretsch, who manufactured a popular Chet Atkins line of electric guitars from 1955-1980. He became manager of RCA's Nashville studio, eventually inspiring and seeing the completion of the legendary RCA Studio B. He received 14 Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and 9 CMA Instrumentalist of the Year awards. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 1973. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. He joined with pianist Floyd Cramer and saxophonist Boots Randolph as a member of the "Million Dollar Band". This selection is from his album "For the Good Times And Other Country Moods" released in 1971.

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Music

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• Stereo
• fantastic
• guitar
• pop
• standard
• country
• jazz

[whenmyguitar]

Thank you very much !

[WillyJay3461]

Yes, he was truly an amazing guitar player. He did more for the guitar than any guitar player by bring to the forefront a broad range of music styles. His tonal qualities were exceptional. He is truly an inspiration for up and coming guitar players. Besides being a quality person he defintely was a guitar player's guitar player.....

R.I.P Chet we still miss you.....