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Chester & Lester

Back when rock supersessions were supposed to be hot shit, this kind of musical jam wouldn't have had a rat's chance of being recorded, much less noticed, by anyone other than guitar fans.

Happily, all that has changed and now the uniting on wax of these guitar masters for the first time ever (one...

1976 RS: Not Rated

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With more than 35 million copies of his 75-plus original releases sold, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Chet Atkins was one of the most successful guitarists in history; as a country music producer, he was largely responsible for the pop-oriented "Nashville Sound" of the '60s.

Raised in poverty, Atkins received musical training from his evangelical-singer father and an older half...

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