Talk:Chet Atkins

message: no one can say this reads like an encyclopedia at all. i don't know anything about atkins. someone needs to fix this, because it reads like the rants of some fan and is a current waste of space
Corzia 02:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias! 

message: Hey ho.
The article could use some organization.  Right now, the biography section is huge, but I'm not so sure that everything there is really biographical.  At the least that section should be split into subsections.  Much thanks. Phiwum 20:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I made an attempt.  I hope it's an improvement. Respectfully, SamBlob 00:12, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  wikify tag 

message: Little mention is made of Chet Atkins line of Gretsch guitars and just about none is made of the solid-body electro-acoustics he developed with Gibson.
I remember reading somewhere that a Gretsch spokesman and product tester named Jimmy Webster tried to get Chet Atkins to endorse their guitars.  Atkins refused, claiming that his d'Angelicos gave him all he needed.  Webster got permission from Gretsch management to offer Atkins a guitar model built to his specifications.  Atkins accepted Webster's offer and the new model became the starting point for a line of Chet Atkins guitars, including the Nashville, the Tennesseean, and the Country Gentleman.  If I could remember where I read that, I'd add it. Respectfully, SamBlob 00:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chet Atkins guitars 

message: It says on the Django Reinhardt page that Chet ranked him #1 on his list of top 10 guitarists, ranking himself at #5. I'm curious to know, who were the other guitarists on his list? We could maybe put this in the article as well. --Bluerain talk 18:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top 10 guitarists 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Chet atkins.jpg

message: No mention at all of "Chester and Lester", Chet and Les Paul, release date: 1976, RCA, and "Guitar Monsters", release date: 1978, RCA. These collaborations of Chet and Les Paul MUST be included in Chet's discography, just as they are on Les Paul's Wikipedia entry.
Mehamner (talk) 02:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chester & Lester 

message: I've been trying make headway on adding Chet's albums to the discography. I'm not always sure of the chronology though as they seem to differ in a number of places. Any editing help there will be appreciated. Airproofing (talk) 16:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography 

message: I added a photo of Hank Snow and Chet from Reminiscing back cover. If it isn't clear enough or inappropriate, someone could replace or remove it. Thanks. Airproofing (talk) 14:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another photo

message: Think we can get this reviewed to move up from Start-Class? Anyone know how or agree?Airproofing (talk) 17:03, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upgrade class? 

message: Here's a non-free image that could be used in this article if it were given a proper rationale: :File:RCA Studio B - Chet Atkins, Bill Porter.jpg. It has Atkins centered in the shot, sitting in RCA Studio B's control room in the early 1960s, listening to Bill Porter mix a tune. Binksternet (talk) 00:42, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I added and a paragraph about Porter. Binksternet (talk) 19:10, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible non-free image 

message: I notice there's no personal section here describing his family, etc. Is there enough knowledge to build one? 138.162.128.52 (talk) 14:40, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal? 

message: There is no mention at all about Atkins' involvement with the Carter Family.  Please research and add.
PCB - 24 Aug 2013  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.237.28.60 (talk) 21:01, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Carter Family 

message: also in 1967...
listen closely on the 3rd/final verse of the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four", one can surely hear George H., picking away Chet style. Or was it Chet?!! anybody know? 76.218.248.127 (talk) 19:01, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Most likely it was not Chet. I've got a book that details guest appearances on Beatle recordings and Chet is not among the "guests". You could possibly be hearing John, Paul or George as they all could play in a style like Chet's. Since it was Paul's tune I would guess you're hearing him, but who knows at this point?THX1136 (talk) 19:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legacy influ....