CHET ATKINS Elegant Chet: The Art Of Chet Atkins (2010 issue UK 31-track 2-on 1 CD album - Chet Atkins played a major role in creating what came to be known as 'The Nashville Sound' and throughout his career he maintained a reputation as a leading performer, producer and talent-spotter. As a guitarist he was influenced by Django Reinhardt and Les Paul and brought to country music a new sophistication. No self respecting guitar player should be without Chet Atkins in his or her collection; his virtuosity, eclectic taste and almost incomprehensible range of playing are simply unparalleled. Chet Atkins released over a hundred solo albums [selling an estimated 35 million records], but the centrepiece of this edition are two LPs that are widely regarded to be amongst his finest: 'Teensville' and 'Chet Atkins In Hollywood'. These exquisite long out of print late fifties albums, find Atkins in gorgeous sound [in solo, small group and orchestral context] and at the height of his powers).