Chet Atkins occupies a unique place in country history. Besides being the producer responsible for the upscale Nashville Sound of the ‘50s, with its elegant arrangements full of string orchestrations and choral backing vocals, Atkins was the guitar hero of Music City. His superhuman solos left mere mortal musicians in the dust. It's impossible not to be bowled over by the lightning licks that leapt from the master musician’s fingers, but it's also crucial to note his stylistic range, whether he took a jazzy journey with a Duke Ellington composition or displayed his fingerpicking prowess with a twanged-up take on a pop standard.