Of course I didn’t know how he was doing that, because we had no TV-not that there were any programs. All I knew was that he was playing everything at once. Eventually I got to where I could kind of find my way around and then I’d make up the rest, which I realize now is the way to do it.Įmmanuel: I wasn’t aware that Chet was playing with a thumb pick. So I started having to really extend my knowledge of the fingerboard.
Then I was like, “The melody is up here, but the chords are down here. For a long time I just played the bass part. I picked out “The Glow Worm” because it was in the key of A and it didn’t have a lot of chords. Knowles: I remember getting that record Finger-Style Guitar. How did you begin investigating Chet’s work? I can’t even imagine my world without him. I remember when I was really young he’d play me a Jim Reeves record and say, “Chet produced that.” He’d play a Don Gibson record: “Chet produced that.” Everything was connected to Chet. He had an ear for that, didn’t he? My dad was a wonderful teacher. The concept starts there, with incredible talent. Wariner: What he did was to start with awesome singers and performers. And if you think back on how in-tune he was on these records-and there were no digital tuners in those days-he must have had an amazing ear as well. He was such a vast dimension of a person.
Of course, when I grew up and got to know him, I realized that he was just like the rest of us, in that his love for playing was the most important thing to him. Tommy EmmanuelĪcoustic Guitar: What does Chet Atkins mean to you?Įmmanuel: He was the name on everyone’s lips when I was a kid. The one thing they hadn’t ever done was get together as CGP honorees to discuss Atkins-not until the day they gathered at Nashville’s Gruhn Guitars for a few hours of picking and reminiscing about their mentor and friend. Pages more can be written about each of their achievements.Īll three guitarists recorded and performed with Atkins and parlayed what they learned from the master guitarist into their own unique styles. Wariner is a triple-threat whose instrumental prowess mirrors his accomplishments as a songwriter and CMA Award–winning singer with more than a dozen No. Knowles gave up his career as a physicist to pursue music, win a Grammy, and inspire guitarists with his FingerStyle Quarterly. Their bona fides are many and varied: In recognition of his musical accomplishments, Emmanuel has been named both a member of the Order of Australia and an official Kentucky Colonel. Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, and Steve Wariner share the distinction of being Certified Guitar Players (CGPs), along with the late Jerry Reed and Atkins’ longtime guitar partner Paul Yandell, who was invited into the group by Atkins’ daughter Merle after her father’s death in 2001. Just four got the nod during his lifetime, three of whom survive to this day. The only way in was to be anointed by Atkins himself. He was also the founder of the most exclusive guitarist club in the world.
A technical revolutionary, who built on Merle Travis’ fingerstyle approach to reach a level of sophistication previously accessible only to classical guitarists.Īs a record label executive and producer, Atkins was the prime mover in transforming Nashville into a music industry mecca. The late Chet Atkins was many things: A self-taught guitar virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist.
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