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Its name refers to Red Wing, Minnesota, which is named for Mdewakanton Dakota Chief Red Wing. [2] Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys recorded a Western swing cover of Red Wing in the 1940s. George Lewis helped make it a standard of the traditional jazz revival era. An instrumental version, with Chet Atkins on guitar, was released by Asleep at the ...
In addition to recording, Atkins was a design consultant for Gretsch, which manufactured a popular Chet Atkins line of electric guitars from 1955 to 1980. He became manager of RCA Victor's Nashville studios, eventually inspiring and seeing the completion of the legendary RCA Studio B , the first studio built specifically for the purpose of ...
This large boxed set (four CDs, 116 songs) focuses on Atkins' earliest recordings from 1940 to 1954. Early in his career, Atkins was signed and marketed mainly as a vocalist who played guitar.
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys were a major influence on the music of Asleep at the Wheel during its formative years. According to frontman Ray Benson, the band was initially "pretty primitive ... playing hippie-country-western-rock", before he heard Merle Haggard's tribute to Wills, A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills), which was released in ...
Bob Ferguson, Chet Atkins: Chet Atkins chronology; Chet Floyd & Boots (1971) Identified! (1971) Picks on the Hits ... "Red Wing" (Kerry Mills, Thurland Chattaway ...
The 158 tracks on this five-disc compilation cover Atkins' career from his very first single ("Guitar Blues") released on Bullet Records to 1957 and Finger Style Guitar. The selections include quite a few of Atkins' vocal performances, from the very earliest 78's he recorded.
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Chet Atkins Plays Great Movie Themes: Release date: 1961; Label: RCA Victor — The Guitar Genius: Release date: 1963; Label: RCA Camden — The Best of Chet Atkins: Release date: 1964; Label: RCA Victor — The Early Years of Chet Atkins & His Guitar: Release date: 1964; Label: RCA Camden — The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2: Release date: 1966 ...