Chet Atkins: The Architect of the Nashville Sound
American guitarist, producer, and record executive known as 'Mr. Guitar' and the principal architect of the Nashville Sound.Born in rural Tennessee, Atkins overcame childhood poverty and health issues to become RCA Victor's Nashville studio manager. His innovative production techniques and virtuosic fingerstyle guitar playing helped modernize country music, earning him 14 Grammy Awards and inductions into both the Country Music and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame....