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Robbie McIntosh is in session

Guitarist Robbie McIntosh joins Bob live in the studio to play some of the instrumentals from his new album Thanks Chet, which is a tribute to his hero Chet Atkins.

Guitarist Robbie McIntosh - The Pretenders, Paul McCartney - joins Bob live in the studio to play some of the instrumentals from his new album "Thanks Chet", which is a tribute to his hero, Chet Atkins.

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 - June 30, 2001), known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, who along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, among others, created the country music style that came to be known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily known as a guitarist. He also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele.

Atkins spent most of his career at RCA Victor and produced records for the Browns, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Perry Como, Floyd Cramer, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, and many others.

Rolling Stone credited Atkins with inventing the "popwise 'Nashville sound' that rescued country music from a commercial slump," and ranked him number 21 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time"'

Among many other honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received nine Country Music Association awards for Instrumentalist of the Year. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Music Played

  • Elvis Presley

    Heartbreak Hotel

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Catherine McGrath

    Don't Let Me Forget, (feat. Hunter Hayes)

    • Talk Of This Town.
    • Warner Brothers.
    • 006.

  • Sara Douga

    We're Just Dancin'

    • Boots, Bras & Drawers.
    • Sara Douga.
    • 001.

  • Jason Boland & The Stragglers

    Right Where I Began

    • Hard Times Are Relative.
    • Proud Souls Entertainment.
    • 001.

  • Sugarland

    Mother

    • Bigger.
    • Big Machine.
    • 004.

  • Robbie McIntosh

    Quick Step

    Bob Harris Country Session, 14.06.18

  • Robbie McIntosh

    Country Gent

    Bob Harris Country Session, 14.06.18

  • Robbie McIntosh

    Thanks Chet

    Bob Harris Country Session, 14.06.18

  • Don Gibson

    Sea Of Heartbreak

    • The Chet Atkins Story.
    • Proper.
    • PROPERBOX.
    • 22.

  • Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins

    Yakety Axe

    • CBS.
    • 4674352.

  • Dierks Bentley

    Riser

    • Riser.
    • Capitol.
    • 0602553750.
    • 8.

  • Travis Meadows

    Underdogs

    • First Cigarette.
    • McDowell Rd / Blaster Records.
    • BLS-02-176.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Jun 2018 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2