Chet Atkins 'Mr Guitar' 3 of his very best

[Pete.Franco]

My dad told me when I could play guitar like Chet Atkins, he would upgrade my acoustic guitar to an electric guitar. It was not until years later I realized my fathers sense of humor...

[patriciacountryman]

Chet is the greatest and my dad Dennis Elrod was second. I miss them both terribly.

[steatipygous]

I had the great honour of meeting Chet in RCA studios way back in 1967 on the day he was recording Jerry Reed singing & playing Guitar Man. Following the recording he was going to lunch with Roy Orbison. Had the pleasure & honour of shaking the Big Os hand when he came to meet with Chet. Dim & Distant past but great memories. Sadly they have all passed on but we still have their great music to treasure.

[williamkelley]

I’m 75, I’ve been listening to Chet since the 50s. I own a country gentleman guitar and, I learned some of my favorite Chet songs. I play them sometimes just for me.

[tawakoni]

0:27 Blue Angel
2:42 Tahitian Skies
5:20 Cascade

[ibleedoranbla]

His fretting hand technique is incredible. It literally never comes away from the neck and his hand just glides like it's a stick of butter. This man is a legend.

[jackakascko]

Today i discovered Chet Atkins and my life is a bit better for it, good day

[johnroberts]

My Dad did & could play like Chet... He took me to a bar once (mom made him take me to keep him out of trouble) where a band was but no one was dancing. When they went on break one of them asked Dad if he wanted to play during break. When Dad started playing, just about everyone got up to dance ! Yep my pop was good :) He got me my 1st electric for my 14th BD, in 1966. A 1966 Gibson ES335 .. Still have and play it..

[cruiseguitar]

The grandmaster of fingerstyle guitar, nobody was smoother, more tasteful, or more versatile than the great Chet Atkins- that was a masterclass!

[tomcoryell]

I was about 17 or so and just started getting into guitar. I was a solid Jimmy Hendrix and also Eric Clapton fan. My mom said “ If you really want to hear a good guitar player, you need to listen to Chet Atkins.” She then bought a Chet album for me for my birthday. It was a real eye opener and I nearly wore it out. Those vinyl albums were precious treasures to me back then.

[TheNostramo]

From my point of view, Chet is the most complete guitar player ever. He can play classic guitar, country, jazz and anything he likes. Bless him.

[MyklFTW]

My dad was a big Chet fan. Played his records a lot. As a kid I loved when Chet kicked on the echo, made me feel like I was flying. When I got in my teens, rock and blues were my addiction and I wanted to play guitar. Started taking lessons and wished I had a Les Paul or a Strat like my rock and blues heroes. My dad went out for my birthday and bought me a Gretsch! I thought, 'oh no, he's gonna want me to play Chet's music!' Because he was so perfect in his playing. Over time, I came to appreciate Chet greatly. I repaid my dad in the early 90s by taking him to see Chet with Jerry Reed live. He was beaming from ear to ear. Chet and my dad are both long gone, but I still have my Gretsch guitar, and I still can't play like him, lol.

[false-flagburner]

If you haven't heard or hear of Chet Atkins, they you are missing out some of the most perfect guitar sounds of all time in the whole universe my friends.

[loly]

Just like mark knopfler said, “ Chet is another planet “

[Alex-mxic]

If you’d ever thought to yourself: “No one’s perfect”

Well you’d be right. Except Chet. Chet is perfect.

[admobeer]

Effortlessly, beautiful guitar playing. Chet Atkins is the real deal.

[bl]

Chet Akins and Roy Clark two of the best guitar players in country music that most younger people have never heard of before!

[flylooper]

Probably the best guitarist this country's ever produced. The guy was just phenomenal. Rhythmic as all get-out, melodic, great tone.

[paulsmith]

That was mind boggling! He did this in front of an audience and national TV . No room for mistakes. Just wow! I like to listen to him and Roy Clark and Glen Campbell jam.

[shawnscott]

A pity the way we categorize music. I never listened to this guy until after he was dead, because he was "country", and I didn't like country. A friend was playing some of his stuff, and I was really impressed. When I asked who it was I was told "Chet Atkins". Amazing.