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TENNESSEE'S CHET ATKINS FOR THE 1998 NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
04-20-1998
WEEKLY COLUMN CONTACT: ALEX PRATT/ESTHER CAMPI APRIL
20, 1998 202-224-4944
Tennessee's Chet Atkins for the 1998 National Medal of Arts by Senator
Fred Thompson
Every year the President awards the National Medal of Arts to individuals
or groups who have contributed to the excellence, growth, support and availability
of the arts in the United States. I have been a...
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; `Chet Atkins: Read My Licks' 7 and 11 p.m. Wednesday The Nashville Network It's impossible to separate Chet Atkins' subtle performance style from his humble personality. Although he has recorded 75 albums, sold more than 30 million records and is the youngest person to be inducted in the Country
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Guitar great Chet Atkins is dead at 77
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CHET ATKINS TAKES HIS LICKS
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CHAD JOHNSON, THE BEST OF CHET ATKINS
Acoustic Guitar
; CHAD JOHNSON, THE BEST OF CHET ATKINS. This book of 12 transcriptions of Chet Atkins' best-known arrangements-including "Chinatown, My Chinatown," "Mr. Sandman," "Blue Angel," and "You Do Something to Me"-is a real boon for fingerstyle guitarists. For each arrangement there are extensive,
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Obituary: Chet Atkins
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Chet Atkins says he beat cancer
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