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I worked with Mr Atkins way back i'm nineteensix four, all those guitarra pass thru My hands untill Mr gretch died and his son moved they company yo Kentucky and i Lost My job i still listenig yo his music. Great music ....good memoris
I had the great honor and privilege to meet chet when I was a kid in the 60s when my father was a studio musician in Nashville and occasionally New York and Alabama. my father was also a phenomenal guitarist as well and I can remember one occasion I was around 6 years old and we had a makeshift studio in our basement and there was my father with chet , Roy Clark playing there guitars and knocking back a few cold black label beers lol ! I recall one thing about this guy that stood out in my memory of what a humble man and was so nice to me and my sisters . very nice guy . but Roy was just a barrel of fun and I'll not go into the details of his mischief lol ! great guys and this brought back very fond memorys for me . at 63 years of age now and playing guitar in my own band i always am still amazed at how easy guys like him made it look . i suppose to a great God given talent it probably was easy for them and I'm so glad i was blessed to be a part of our musical world and all of the amazing musicians I've had the pleasure to meet and play with over the years , but I gotta tell ya , ol chet was a hard act to follow as a guitarist and a person .
I get emotional whenever I see a Chet Atkins video , since he is not with us anymore . . So sad , so sad to me .. he is sorely missed. A kind and generous human. He had not one racist , bigoted bone in his body. All he cared about was a persons musical talent . You could be a black man, a jewish man, or whatever and if you were talented he was your friend . . We really need such kind human beings on Earth NOW !
Chet just had this aura about him when he played that just is beyond mesmerizing......the peace and calmness he had while playing such a wonderful and signature style! Amazing!
I love that trill at the end of the first tune. And I love what he's doing with harmonics. Such iconic Chet sounds. If it wasn't for Chet, there would probably be no Jerry Reed or Tommy Emmanuel. And there would probably be no fingerstyle guitar as we know it today. And he was just so prolific, producing several albums every year. He has definitely earned his place in the history books.
@@gitaareddy Funny you should say that. I only just started working out Cannonball Rag on guitar and came across the following 1958 vintage guitar video clip of Merle Travis th-cam.com/video/WLaY1kBdWKs/w-d-xo.html
Yes he was. Got hooked on his music style of country when I was 8 years old thanks to my late dad's interested in his style of picking wether electric or acoustic.
If you think about the time this man spent learning his craft, knowing all those songs, all those styles, all those notes and complex picking, and who does it seemingly so utterly effortlessly, he plays like the rest of us breathe, just fluid, gorgeous, perfect playing... Then think about the top artists/songs playing RIGHT NOW, and compare what they're doing to this... His style might not be to everyone's taste, certainly, times change; but the rank amateurs and the crap they put out that passes for music now doesn't come close, doesn't come within a mile of, miles and miles of, what this man was doing decades ago, and to top it off, he was young, humble, modest, charming, and dressed in his Sunday Best, because he was an ARTIST and a PERFORMER, thru and thru... May we count ourselves as fortunate to have had people like him giving us so, so much, and doing it in so modest a manner... Times have changed, indeed...
Atkins was much more than just a great guitarist. Along with Merle Travis he invented these incredibly important fundamental country electric guitar techniques. And he took those techniques for picking and exploiting electric guitars very seriously. That's why his playing is sometimes so dry and simple it gets a little boring. But Atkins often played with a very droll, calm sound because he had deep respect for simple, classic melodies and was a professor of the electric guitar teaching others how to play it properly. That's why he played with such patience and discipline. In that regard he always reminded me of Andres Segovia, the modern father of the classical guitar. In time Atkins would bring that patience and discipline into the world of record producing and eventually as the most important record company executive in Nashville overseeing so many of the recordings during country music's greatest years. I think of him as more than a music maker . To me Atkins was a Great American.
I was raised on music like Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark among many others, was a GREAT time to be young. these days what some call music makes me cringe......
When I watch these type of shows with celebrities with such abilities and compare them to today's media scene (generally! Music, Movie, Art and etc, etc, etc), I become sure that I have been born in the WRONG god damn TIME!!!!
In this video, Chet was an established national star guitar player for about 15 years. He had jumped to prominence when the Carter family brought him in and recorded with him in 1949. At first the Nashville music establishment told the Carters that Atkins "wasn't allowed" to come and perform with them because they thought he'd threaten too many guitar players' livelihoods. The truth was Chet would become a primary producer in Nashville hiring scores of great players and then would become responsible for finding the next generation of superstars, many that previous establishment had rejected. He's also responsible for guitars that don't hum but also don't sound muddy. He had just as much to do with popularizing echo as Les Paul did and with recording effects as the Ventures would. Electric finger-style, harmonics and tapped notes would become big 20 years after he already astounded his fans with it. Chet inspired every guitar star from England that "invaded" the US scene from 64 through 74 and his youtube videos are among the most popular guitar melody performances. The importance of Chet Atkins on electric guitar and recorded music cannot be overstated.
chet isnt tapping (which im assuming is what u mean by 2 hands) van halen used tapping but chet is using artificial harmonics which are still really difficult
I am not a country music fan, so I have not heard most of Chet's work. However, I have often thought, through the years, that if there were a "greatest guitar player of all" title, it would be him. It's just an intuitive sense or feeling, but every time I watch a video of him, he blows me away. I have very high regard for many players and I am not completely comfortable with direct comparisons but he just seems to have a profound level of mastery I have not seen nor heard from anyone else. I can't quite put my finger on it.
Very good!! Great Chet Atkins. What I find most hilarious is a scenario showing a barn on a farm and the guys dressed in a jacket and tie. Everything to do ... kkk
In all my years following Chet, I had never seen him do that before... Wow!!! What a guy. What most people do not know is that Chet's father was an itinerant preachers worship leader for quite some time. Read his autobiography if you get a chance. It is a wonderful read about growing up in the Holler during the thirties and forties...
I never saw Chet Atkins before this video. I now know why they made a Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean guitar. (And now I'm pissed that I sold my 66 last year.) The ability to play 2 songs at a time is amazing- as is his guitar playing. No doubt he was highly watched by my 2 favorites- Glen Campbell and Roy Clark.
Jimmie Webster was one of the first to do two hand tapping. In the 50s. The amp is a Standel, first choice of many C&W players in the 1950s. Usually equipped with a JBL 15" speaker with a hi fi circuit, custom made one at a time. Originals are uber rare today. Not all Gretsch pick guards had Atkins' name on them. The clip is from c.1964, Atkins began with Gretsch in 1954. He also may have been playing a prototype as it looks like the pickups are the blade type Super 'trons which " hadn't appeared yet" in '64.
I’m so glad I got Chet to sign my wrist with a felt tipped pen his roadie gave me when I met Chet backstage at a San Francisco concert! Chet put very fine artistry to the electric guitar! I was just hearing a TH-cam demonstration about the latest Boss electric effects pedal that so many rockers are hooked on! If Chet’s type of music fades through time n disappears, it will be a crying shame! It almost seems that the metal players went left n Chet went RIGHT:^)
Its interesting that now you know.....But spose someone else wanted to know? DGDGBD for others look here www.misterguitar.us/news/alternate.html NOW ANYONE CAN KNOW..... THANKS FOR SHARING
I like many different artists....but Chet is really something.....you could ask for any song and he could play it perfect the first time....amazing God given talent
No doubt about it trend setters just like an old favourite of mine roy clarke top men at their game at that time, justin johnson is one of my great guitarists now
I worked with Mr Atkins way back i'm nineteensix four, all those guitarra pass thru My hands untill Mr gretch died and his son moved they company yo Kentucky and i Lost My job i still listenig yo his music. Great music ....good memoris
Yes, Gretsch was sold to the Baldwin Piano Company and left New York. .
wow very interesting, you sure have a lot to say about Chet
This is the same guitar model that George Harrison played on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. He was a big fan of Chet.
He is playing a double cutaway Gretsch G6122-1959 Country Gentleman.
The more you hear of Chet the more you realise how incredible he was. Very musical, yet he was a great improviser as well. And that sense of humour!
i read that Cet Atkins practiced his guitar constantly, he would play his guitar until he fell asleep! What an amazing man.
I had the great honor and privilege to meet chet when I was a kid in the 60s when my father was a studio musician in Nashville and occasionally New York and Alabama. my father was also a phenomenal guitarist as well and I can remember one occasion I was around 6 years old and we had a makeshift studio in our basement and there was my father with chet , Roy Clark playing there guitars and knocking back a few cold black label beers lol ! I recall one thing about this guy that stood out in my memory of what a humble man and was so nice to me and my sisters . very nice guy . but Roy was just a barrel of fun and I'll not go into the details of his mischief lol ! great guys and this brought back very fond memorys for me . at 63 years of age now and playing guitar in my own band i always am still amazed at how easy guys like him made it look . i suppose to a great God given talent it probably was easy for them and I'm so glad i was blessed to be a part of our musical world and all of the amazing musicians I've had the pleasure to meet and play with over the years , but I gotta tell ya , ol chet was a hard act to follow as a guitarist and a person .
I get emotional whenever I see a Chet Atkins video , since he is not with us anymore . . So sad , so sad to me .. he is sorely missed. A kind and generous human. He had not one racist , bigoted bone in his body. All he cared about was a persons musical talent . You could be a black man, a jewish man, or whatever and if you were talented he was your friend . . We really need such kind human beings on Earth NOW !
So he’s playing the the rhythm and the melody at the same time while he tunes up and down to the keys he wants. That’s bad ass!
Chet just had this aura about him when he played that just is beyond mesmerizing......the peace and calmness he had while playing such a wonderful and signature style! Amazing!
I grew up in England, thinking Hank Marvin sounded like no one else on earth. Then I heard a Chet Atkins LP
I love that trill at the end of the first tune. And I love what he's doing with harmonics. Such iconic Chet sounds. If it wasn't for Chet, there would probably be no Jerry Reed or Tommy Emmanuel. And there would probably be no fingerstyle guitar as we know it today. And he was just so prolific, producing several albums every year. He has definitely earned his place in the history books.
True! But without Merle Travis there wouldn't be Chet Atkins finger picking 😅
@@gitaareddy Funny you should say that. I only just started working out Cannonball Rag on guitar and came across the following 1958 vintage guitar video clip of Merle Travis
th-cam.com/video/WLaY1kBdWKs/w-d-xo.html
Chet Atkins is the worlds greatest guitar player .
My 10 thumbs agree.
Yes he was. Got hooked on his music style of country when I was 8 years old thanks to my late dad's interested in his style of picking wether electric or acoustic.
If you think about the time this man spent learning his craft, knowing all those songs, all those styles, all those notes and complex picking, and who does it seemingly so utterly effortlessly, he plays like the rest of us breathe, just fluid, gorgeous, perfect playing... Then think about the top artists/songs playing RIGHT NOW, and compare what they're doing to this... His style might not be to everyone's taste, certainly, times change; but the rank amateurs and the crap they put out that passes for music now doesn't come close, doesn't come within a mile of, miles and miles of, what this man was doing decades ago, and to top it off, he was young, humble, modest, charming, and dressed in his Sunday Best, because he was an ARTIST and a PERFORMER, thru and thru... May we count ourselves as fortunate to have had people like him giving us so, so much, and doing it in so modest a manner... Times have changed, indeed...
Atkins was much more than just a great guitarist. Along with Merle Travis he invented these incredibly important fundamental country electric guitar techniques. And he took those techniques for picking and exploiting electric guitars very seriously. That's why his playing is sometimes so dry and simple it gets a little boring. But Atkins often played with a very droll, calm sound because he had deep respect for simple, classic melodies and was a professor of the electric guitar teaching others how to play it properly. That's why he played with such patience and discipline. In that regard he always reminded me of Andres Segovia, the modern father of the classical guitar. In time Atkins would bring that patience and discipline into the world of record producing and eventually as the most important record company executive in Nashville overseeing so many of the recordings during country music's greatest years. I think of him as more than a music maker .
To me Atkins was a Great American.
Great Person.
I was raised on music like Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark among many others, was a GREAT time to be young. these days what some call music makes me cringe......
Definitely the best guitarist that paved the road for all different styles of music
Very cool....classic Chet fashion.....makes the hardest stuff look like child's play.....👍👍
0:38 the way he just looks around is priceless!
When I watch these type of shows with celebrities with such abilities and compare them to today's media scene (generally! Music, Movie, Art and etc, etc, etc), I become sure that I have been born in the WRONG god damn TIME!!!!
not only playing the strings but playing the tuning keys too, amazing capability all in that great relaxed manner
In this video, Chet was an established national star guitar player for about 15 years. He had jumped to prominence when the Carter family brought him in and recorded with him in 1949. At first the Nashville music establishment told the Carters that Atkins "wasn't allowed" to come and perform with them because they thought he'd threaten too many guitar players' livelihoods. The truth was Chet would become a primary producer in Nashville hiring scores of great players and then would become responsible for finding the next generation of superstars, many that previous establishment had rejected. He's also responsible for guitars that don't hum but also don't sound muddy. He had just as much to do with popularizing echo as Les Paul did and with recording effects as the Ventures would. Electric finger-style, harmonics and tapped notes would become big 20 years after he already astounded his fans with it. Chet inspired every guitar star from England that "invaded" the US scene from 64 through 74 and his youtube videos are among the most popular guitar melody performances. The importance of Chet Atkins on electric guitar and recorded music cannot be overstated.
As the great Tommy Emmanuel once said, "Everyone steals from Chet"
Technically brilliant.
Played with deep feeling.
Incredible performer.
We could not ask for more.
Chet did two hands at least 20 years before Van Halen. Here’s the king of guitar.
not to mention 10 billion times the guitarist
chet isnt tapping (which im assuming is what u mean by 2 hands) van halen used tapping but chet is using artificial harmonics which are still really difficult
@@bobs.stevenson9704 for fuck sakes shut you dumb fuck, they're both amazing in their own right.
even more difficult
@@johnhodges8264 significantly more difficult... two handed tapping is like nothing, using artificial harmonics melodically is so much harder.
Been listening to this genius since 1958. Back then it was on AFN from Germany early mornings,old valve radio.
Thanks to U tube and all the posters.
What a beast!! This man does NOT get enough hype!!
This is great. It's fun to watch because Chet's so casual -- and so good.
He is very humble...
Just...one hell of a guitar player, he was!
Mesmerising player. And both of them good-natured and charming.
Now I know why Grandpa loved this man.
I am not a country music fan, so I have not heard most of Chet's work. However, I have often thought, through the years, that if there were a "greatest guitar player of all" title, it would be him. It's just an intuitive sense or feeling, but every time I watch a video of him, he blows me away.
I have very high regard for many players and I am not completely comfortable with direct comparisons but he just seems to have a profound level of mastery I have not seen nor heard from anyone else. I can't quite put my finger on it.
First time I realized he sometimes used alternate tuning even used tuning. Machine. Live back and forth in the middle of a song.❤
Nothing today will equal that God given talent
Amazing
Very good!! Great Chet Atkins. What I find most hilarious is a scenario showing a barn on a farm and the guys dressed in a jacket and tie. Everything to do ... kkk
The god of guitar. The master.
Chett is Still my Guitar Hero !!!
Thinking about breakfast tomorrow.
That tuning thing he did....Chet!
In all my years following Chet, I had never seen him do that before... Wow!!! What a guy. What most people do not know is that Chet's father was an itinerant preachers worship leader for quite some time. Read his autobiography if you get a chance. It is a wonderful read about growing up in the Holler during the thirties and forties...
Wow, how young Chet is in this footage. Thanks for posting it 🏄😎🎸
I'm pretty sure it's early to mid 60's.
He would be around 40 in this footage
@@b_rabbit435 taking a closer look you're right
Hes just smiling the whole time!!
I never saw Chet Atkins before this video. I now know why they made a Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean guitar. (And now I'm pissed that I sold my 66 last year.)
The ability to play 2 songs at a time is amazing- as is his guitar playing. No doubt he was highly watched by my 2 favorites- Glen Campbell and Roy Clark.
Talk about layed back and relaxed and at home thats chet for you
Jimmie Webster was one of the first to do two hand tapping. In the 50s.
The amp is a Standel, first choice of many C&W players in the 1950s. Usually equipped with a JBL 15" speaker with a hi fi circuit, custom made one at a time. Originals are uber rare today.
Not all Gretsch pick guards had Atkins' name on them. The clip is from c.1964, Atkins began with Gretsch in 1954.
He also may have been playing a prototype as it looks like the pickups are the blade type Super 'trons which " hadn't appeared yet" in '64.
He made it look so easy ;)
He even seems to sigh sometimes....
What a pro!
I’m so glad I got Chet to sign my wrist with a felt tipped pen his roadie gave me when I met Chet backstage at a San Francisco concert! Chet put very fine artistry to the electric guitar! I was just hearing a TH-cam demonstration about the latest Boss electric effects pedal that so many rockers are hooked on! If Chet’s type of music fades through time n disappears, it will be a crying shame! It almost seems that the metal players went left n Chet went RIGHT:^)
thetiler : Actually, metal players went South...
Always great to hear Chet play !! I've got lots of Chet albums !
I've always loved Yankee Doodle Dixie, But the Swanee River/Humoresque was fantastic!
Good Lord - he looks & acts like he's just messin' around. ;)
Chet is just the best guitar picker next to the late Roy Clark. He's so smooth when moving from one song into another..
I was fortunate to to see Mr guitar with the Dallas symphony when I was about thirteen. I wish I could remember what he played.
Love his smile when playing !!
Great legend!! Thanks for uploading this!. Cheers.
That is IT.
Тепло и свет от этого человека льётся легко и непринуждённо
The GOOD stuff
Chet was a genius. A master of the guitar, electric or otherwise.
A self taught guitar genius.
He was soooo smooth..
Genius
chet is the best ever regardless of style.
This is gold, thanks for uploading!
Esa guitarra paso por mis manos yo.le puse el cuello a esa guitarra en ese año yo trabajé con Mr,gretch y conocí a Mr,chet Atkins,
Thank you.
My favorite guitarist as well as Chuck Berry
Just smiles and plays, so simple, like nuthin to it
So badass.
I've always wondered how he tuned down for Cloudy and Cool.... now I know
Same here
Sounds a bit like John Lennon's Come Together. I know nothing about guitars.
Its interesting that now you know.....But spose someone else wanted to know? DGDGBD for others look here www.misterguitar.us/news/alternate.html NOW ANYONE CAN KNOW..... THANKS FOR SHARING
I like many different artists....but Chet is really something.....you could ask for any song and he could play it perfect the first time....amazing God given talent
why does it have to be god given?
Yes, He. Was familiär with e every genre
Chet plays two different songs at the same time? Dang !
Loved it when he played with Charlie Macoy !
I like Chet Adkins Finger picking more than any other.
No guitarist, in any genre, matches Chet. Chet is nothing less than perfection or, at the very least, superhuman.
The master 🙌 invented false harmonic 2 handed taping wen eddy van halen was👌 😎 7 years old
I noticed that. I was looking to see if anyone else commented. Chet Atkins was incredible.
Love This!
The suit, the guitar, and the person himself are too COOL！
Of course, not to forget that he was AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just amazing!!!!
That's the two cutaway Gretsch G-6122 Country Gentleman.
Chet says more in the first 1:50 of this video then most musicians do in their entire lives.
Exímio guitarrista , perfecionista no instrumento que toca, ele é muito bom. maneco - Porto Alegre-RS -Brasil.
Who the heck changes guitar tunings within a song? Chet the innovator, that's who. So many firsts - he did it all.
He makes it so dern easy!
thank u
THE best!!
Chet was named the best guitarist in the world.
Awesome!
That Loudermilk piece is astonishing.
James Burton told me: "Chet, one of my favorite." MV
This confirms it! Chet is the Best!
Chet is one of the best
Chet!,what else is there to say?
Chester Atkins is the best of the best but seldom gets recognized as the best.
...love the false harmonics after 0:25 mark
Smooth.
Великолепно!..🎸
One word ‘’effortless’’.
No doubt about it trend setters just like an old favourite of mine roy clarke top men at their game at that time, justin johnson is one of my great guitarists now
God is playing guitar
Humbled to be in the presence of genius
i wish i can see tommy emmanuel face when he watch this
Chet was probably in his 20's but he seems so much older.
I think he was more like 40.
Chet Atkins was born 1924. So here he is min.35 . /CD
@@corneliadenninger5395 Wow, I am almost 37 and he looks 50 to me.
Eric Johnson likes to do those ‘finger on the fret’ harmonics. I’m sure Atkins was an influence.