Chet Atkins is one of those musicians who has had a great career in Nashville, and he truly deserves it. I have listened to him off and on for years on TV shows, but the follow YouTube video showed me how truly great he is.
See, he plays in this video with Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, another of my favorite bands. Mark credits Chet as one of his great influences , and you can hear it in this video. If you watch the entire concert, you will see other true greats, Waylon and Willy, Emmy Lou Harris, the Everly Brothers.
Chet Atkins with Mark Knopfler
The whole PBS show , which I highly recommend watching. A lot of just plain pretty music.
... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEJOily0AcA
notice Michael McDonald plays keyboard with Chet!
I love "Wake up Little Susie"... not that it ever happened to me.
Some of the vocal harmonies on this show, where , for example, Emmy Lou joins the Everly Brothers just to sing backup vocals are just amazing.
I love the fact that although Mark Knopfler is quite a star in his own right, is not too egotistical to just move to the 2nd row of the band and just accompany the other guests. Quite a genteman as well as a musician.
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