I was happy for him. He always looked up to me and Chet (a former South wrestler and current Rebel assistant). ... It feels really good to have my little brother start getting a little press.
I was happy for him. He always looked up to me and Chet (a former South wrestler and current Rebel assistant). ... It feels really good to have my little brother start getting a little press.
I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.
A lot of the gentle singing style of (jazzman) Chet Baker I noticed more than once showing up in my delivery,
Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
It didn't work last time. Chet doesn't need to rely on big names from outside of our district because he campaigns on his proven record of being an independent-minded and effective voice in Congress.
That play was all Chet. He just makes everyone miss. He's a playmaker.
I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.
There's no great guitarist that doesn't sit down and listen to Chet Atkins and Eddie Van Halen, and all these other great players.
Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.
Meeting Chet was a life changing moment for me.
Chet did a nice job. He had a couple of real nice punts. He'll go into this game as the punter. But we're always going to hold people to a standard as we move through this.
Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
Chet, there you go again. I can tilt at windmills or try to make a difference. I choose to try to make a difference.
Good night, Chet. Good night, David.
You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins' name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn't have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.
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