Chet Atkins
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Chet Atkins właśc. Chester Burton Atkins (ur. 20 czerwca 1924, zm. 30 czerwca 2001), Luttrell, Tennessee, Stany Zjednoczone. Pochodził z farmerskiej rodziny z tradycjami muzycznymi. Już w okresie dzieciństwa uczył się grać na gitarze i skrzypcach. Przed solową karierą towarzyszył w nagraniach popularnych wykonawców country, m.in. Redowi Foleyowi, Billowi Carlisle, grupie The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle. Był bardzo znanym i popularnym kompozytorem, gitarzystą country, był także producentem wielu płyt innych wykonawców tego stylu. Współpracował z wieloma muzykami, m.in. z Elvisem Presleyem, Johnnym Cashem, Markiem Knopflerem, Waylonem Jenningsem, Georgem Bensonem, czy The Everly Brothers. Jako mistrz gitary stał się dla wielu młodych muzyków wzorem. Wywarł ogromny wpływ m.in. na twórczość i styl gry Marka Knopflera z grupy Dire Straits. O jego płodności twórczej mogą świadczyć m.in. płyty, które nagrał w latach 1952-2001 w wytwórniach RCA i Columbia.
[edytuj] Grammy Awards
- 1967 Best Instrumental Performance (za "Chet Atkins Picks The Best")
- 1970 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za "Me & Jerry")
- 1971 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za singel "Snowbird")
- 1974 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za album "The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show")
- 1975 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za utwór "The Entertainer")
- 1976 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za album "Chester & Lester")
- 1981 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za "After All These Years")
- 1985 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za "Cosmic Square Dance" z płyty "Stay Tuned")
- 1990 Best Country Vocal Collaboration (za singel "Poor Boy Blues")
- 1990 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za "So Soft, Your Goodbye" z płyty "Neck and Neck")
- 1992 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za "Sneakin' Around" z płyty "Sneakin' Around")
- 1994 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za "Young Thing" z płyty "Read My Licks")
- 1996 Best Country Instrumental Performance (za "Jam Man" z płyty "Almost Alone")
[edytuj] Oficjalna dyskografia
- 1952 - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (10")
- 1953 - Stringin Along (10")
- 1953 - String Dustin'
- 1954 - A Session with Chet Atkins
- 1955 - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins
- 1955 - Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
- 1955 - The Amazing Chet Atkins
- 1956 - Finger Style Guitar
- 1957 - Hi Fi in Focus
- 1958 - Chet Atkins at Home
- 1959 - Mister Guitar
- 1959 - Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
- 1959 - Chet Atkins in Hollywood
- 1960 - The Other Chet Atkins
- 1960 - Teensville
- 1960 - After the Riot at Newport
- 1961 - Chet Atkins' Workshop
- 1961 - The Most Popular Guitar
- 1961 - Chet Atkins Plays Great Movie Themes (33 płyty)
- 1961 - Christmas with Chet Atkins
- 1961 - Down Home
- 1962 - Plays Back Home Hymns
- 1962 - Caribbean Guitar
- 1963 - Our Man in Nashville
- 1963 - Teen Scene
- 1963 - Travelin'
- 1963 - The Guitar Genius
- 1964 - Guitar Country
- 1964 - Progressive Pickin'
- 1964 - Reminiscing
- 1964 - The Best of Chet Atkins
- 1964 - The Early Years of Chet Atkins & His Guitar
- 1965 - My Favorite Guitars
- 1965 - More of That Guitar Country
- 1966 - Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
- 1966 - From Nashville with Love
- 1966 - The Pops Goes Country
- 1966 - The Best of Chet Atkins Vol. 2
- 1966 - Music from Nashville, My Hometown
- 1967 - It's A Guitar World
- 1967 - Chet Atkins Picks the Best
- 1967 - Class Guitar
- 1967 - Chet
- 1968 - Solo Flights
- 1968 - Solid Gold 68
- 1968 - Play Guitar with Chet Atkins
- 1968 - Chet All The Way (Importowana)
- 1968 - Hometown Guitar
- 1969 - Relaxin' with Chet
- 1969 - Lovers Guitar
- 1969 - Solid Gold 69
- 1969 - The Nashville String Band
- 1969 - C.B. Atkins & C.E. Snow by Special Request
- 1969 - Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops
- 1970 - Yestergroovin'
- 1970 - Solid Gold 70
- 1970 - Me & Jerry
- 1970 - Down Home
- 1970 - Pickin' My Way
- 1970 - This Is Chet Atkins
- 1971 - Mr. Atkins, Guitar Picker
- 1971 - Chet Atkins Guitar Method Volume 1 & 2
- 1971 - For the Good Times
- 1971 - Strung Up
- 1971 - Country Pickin'
- 1971 - Identified!
- 1971 - Chet Floyd & Boots
- 1972 - Me & Chet
- 1972 - World's Greatest Melodies
- 1972 - Now & Then
- 1972 - American Salute
- 1972 - The Bandit
- 1972 - Nashville Gold
- 1973 - Picks on the Hits
- 1973 - Greatest Hits of the 50's
- 1973 - Finger Pickin' Good
- 1973 - Discover Japan (tylko w Japonii)
- 1974 - Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed
- 1974 - Superpickers
- 1974 - The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show
- 1975 - The Night Atlanta Burned
- 1975 - Famous Country Music Makers
- 1975 - In Concert
- 1975 - The Golden Guitar of Chet Atkins
- 1975 - Alone
- 1975 - Chester & Lester
- 1975 - Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
- 1975 - Teen Scene (reissue)
- 1976 - Love Letters
- 1976 - The Best of Chet Atkins and Friends
- 1977 - Me and My Guitar
- 1977 - Chet Floyd & Danny
- 1977 - A Legendary Performer
- 1978 - Guitar Monsters
- 1979 - And Then Came Chet (tylko w Francji)
- 1979 - First Nashville Guitar Quartet
- 1980 - The Best of Chet on the Road - Live
- 1980 - Reflections
- 1981 - Country After All These Years
- 1981 - Standard Brands
- 1981 - Country Music
- 1982 - Solid Gold Guitar
- 1983 - Guitar Pickin' Man
- 1983 - Great Hits of the Past
- 1983 - Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
- 1983 - East Tennessee Christmas
- 1984 - Tennessee Guitar Man
- 1984 - A Man & His Guitar
- 1985 - Collectors Series
- 1985 - Guitar for all Seasons
- 1985 - Stay Tuned
- 1986 - 20 of the Best
- 1986 - Street Dreams
- 1987 - Sails
- 1988 - Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
- 1988 - Pickin' on Country
- 1989 - Masters of the Guitar: Together
- 1989 - Pickin' the Hits
- 1990 - Neck & Neck (z Markiem Knopflerem)
- 1990 - The Magic of Chet Atkins
- 1990 - Country Gems
- 1991 - The Romantic Guitar
- 1992 - Sneakin' Around
- 1992 - The RCA Years
- 1993 - The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat
- 1993 - Gallopin' Guitar
- 1993 - Jazz From The Hills
- 1994 - Simpatico
- 1994 - Read My Licks
- 1996 - The Essential Chet Atkins
- 1996 - Almost Alone
- 1997 - The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
- 1998 - Super Hits
- 1998 - Masters (importowana)
- 2000 - Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- 2000 - Guitar Man
- 2001 - RCA Country Legends
- 2001 - The Master and His Music
- 2002 - Chet Atkins Picks on the Grammys
- 2002 - Tribute to Bluegrass
- 2003 - The Best of Chet Atkins (tylko w Belgii)
- 2003 - Solo Sessions 2CD
[edytuj] Linki zewnętrzne
- Chet Atkins w Internet Movie Database (IMDb) (en)
- Chet Atkins w NNDB (en)
- Chet Atkins w Filmweb.pl
