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Article: Chet Atkins' class act
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 6, 1998
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NASHVILLE Chet Atkins is the world's most universally known
guitarist. It can sadden the soul to see him walk slowly into his
Music Row office with a wooden cane and a willing heart.
But give him time.
A humble spirit and Tennessee wit will soon fill the room.
Atkins, 74, has spent much of the last year recovering from a
stroke and surgery to remove a brain tumor. On a sunny Friday
afternoon, he sits behind an old desk and carefully props his cane on
the desktop.
Atkins holds up his lean left hand, which flavored the
rhythm-guitar parts on Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" and "Your Cheatin'
Heart," Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Hound Dog," and the
Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be ...
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