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As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Your Guitarist Name: Chet Atkins

Write your essay here! : Chet (Chester) Atkins was famous for playing country music. Country music is a form of "American popular music song". Atkins evolved his own style, using a thumb and three fingers; it was, as he later put it, "more classical sounding," and it became his trademark.

When Atkins was a young, his family was poor and he had many siblings. Much of his family was skilled and enjoyed playing country music and hymns on the fiddle, guitar, and piano and singing in local churches. In high school he made a name for himself by playing during recesses and lunch periods. He also suffered from asthma, which kept him home for most of his first grade year. In that time he learned to play the ukulele. He received his first guitar at 9 years old. He got married to Leona Johnson.

Chet Atkins has released dozens of albums. His first hit record was his instrumental version of the pop song "Mister Sandman", which reached number thirteen on the charts in 1955. Also another very popular song was "Yakety sax". Atkins released this is 1965 and hit top five on the charts! Atkins would not have been the musician he was if it wasn't for the people and music that really influenced. For example, his father. He was also a musician. Also Merle Travis, whom he tried to emulate and when he was young, he listened to radio broadcasts of Sons of the Pioneers, and other well known country music groups.

Atkins has influenced the whole country music world. Most Nashville country music stars play this style of music today. He won 14 grammy awards and was also the youngest person ever to be in the country hall of fame. He has changed the musical world because the played the guitar a special way. Like I stated above, he used his thumb and three fingers.

In my opinion, the most important fact would be the way he played the guitar. I'm not sure how many other people use this style, but i think its pretty neat. I also like how he learned to play the ukulele when he had to stay home from school.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. sample: "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

Kuhn, Laura Diane. //Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music.// New York: Schirmer, 1999. Print.
 * Your Source List:** Keene, Ann T. "Chet Atkins." //American National Biography// (2010): 1. //Biography Reference Center//. Web. 21 Oct. 2013.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || Atkins and Mark Knopfler received the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance for the track “Cosmic Square Dance” in 1985. || What do you like about his/her style? || Most Nashville country music stars. I like that he created his own style of playing and how that helped make him very popular. ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Country ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Chet Atkins ||
 * This guitarist lived from _ to __ || June 20th 1924 to June 30th 2001 ||
 * Define and describe the guitar style you are researching. || Country music is a form of "American popular music song" ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || His first instruments were the ukulele and violin. Much of the family-immediate as well as extended-was musical, playing country music and hymns on the fiddle, guitar, and piano and singing in local churches ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || Merle Travis, whom he tried to emulate. Also when he was young, he listened to radio broadcasts of Sons of the Pioneers and other well-known country music groups. ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Sometimes he played jazz. He would sometimes mix country and jazz together. ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || The acoustic guitar ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || In high school he made a name for himself by playing during recesses and lunch periods. He also suffered from asthma, which kept him home for most of his first grade year. In that time he learned to play the ukulele. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || Atkins headed to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he went to work at the station WNOX, first as a country fiddler and then as a guitarist for several of the station's local live music programs. Soon he was given a full-time job as a rhythm guitarist in the station's staff band. ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || He got married to Leona Johnson
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || Atkins’s first hit record was his instrumental version of the pop song “Mister Sandman,” which reached number thirteen on the charts in 1955. Also i n November, 1990, Atkins released an album of duets with Dire Straits’ guitarist Mark Knopfler. This was his biggest success since 1966, and it introduced Atkins’s new renditions on a number of classic country and pop standards, some new material, and a rather different version of “Yakety Axe.” ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || He won 14 grammy awards and was also the youngest person ever to be in the country hall of fame. ||