Chet+Atkins

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 Name (First Name, Last Initial):Sam Victorino Type Your Essay Here!:

There are many great country artist including Toby Kieth, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, and many others but Chet Atkins was probably the best and well-known Country musician.

Chet Atkins was born into a large and poor family on a farm near Luttrell, Tennessee on June 20,1924. As a child Chet was very shy and had two siblings and parents who were all musically talented. At age six Chet played his first instrument which was a ukelele with which he replaced the broken strings with wire from a screen door. A few years after his brother and him played together at local gatherings and collected money in a hat. in 1936 he was sent to live with his father in Georgia. While living there he was influenced and listened to Merle Travis on a radio he assembled himself and he tried to copy Merle's guitar style.

A few years later When Chet was nine he traded a pistol for a guitar.later in high school Chet dropped out and performed on several radio stations. Chet's first contract was when Steve Shoels offered him a contract with RCA records.his two biggest hit songs were "Yakety axe"in 1965 and "I love you so" in 1970. From there on he went to win eleven Grammy Awards, be nominated instrumentalists of the year by the Country Music Awards for two years, develop the signature thumb and finger guitar- picking style and develop "Nashville Sound" music. He eventually died on June 30,2001

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.

Your Source List: Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2002 Contemporary Musicians, November 15, 1999 Contemporary Authors Online, 2006 "Chet Atkins." //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 2002. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 17 Oct. 2012.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || What do you like about his/her style? || Toby Kieth, Trace Adkins, George Strait, Tim Mcgraw, Tobin Bell, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, and the Zac Brown Band. ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Country ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Chet Atkins ||
 * This guitarist lived from || June 20, 1924-june30,2001 ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching. || Patriotic, can be slow of fast paced. ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || none ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || country. ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || Merle Travis ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || none. ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || Acoustic ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || extremely shy, first instrument was a ukelele which he used wire from a screen door to replace the broken strings. He also played the fiddle as a young child. Won 11 Grammy awards. Traded a pistol for a guitar. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || performed on radio stations ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || invented the signature thumb and finger guitar-picking style and won the 1967 and 1968 country music award for instrumentalists of the year. ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || "Yakety axe" 1965 and "and I love you so" 1970 ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || invented "Nashville sound" music and the signature finger and thumb guitar-picking style. ||