如果乡村音乐对你起不了什么作用, 或者不是个老音乐迷, 那你大概没机会认识 Chet Atkins 。作为一个著名的吉它演奏者，歌手，录音，唱片制作大师，Chet Atkins被昵称为 吉他先生 ，绅士吉他手，1924年生于Tennessee,其祖父是一乡村小提琴手，父亲是一钢琴教师，母亲也喜欢弹钢琴和唱歌。Che atkins哥哥也是一吉他手。 在50、60年代摇滚乐对乡村音乐造成冲击时，他对乡村音乐进行了改造，采用了折中的方法减少乡村味，增加流行的元素，创造了Nashville sound，挽救了垂危的乡村音乐。作为一个吉他手，Atkins的成就也是无人能及，他发展了Merle Travis的弹奏风格，使用拇指击打低音弦，他使这种弹奏法成为了乡村吉他演奏的标准。
1953 年, RCA 聘请 Chet 掌管公司在 Nashville 艺人的录音工作, 这个工作包括了乐器弹奏,录音…
(Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
(parody lyrics by Chet Atkins,
Mark Knopfler, Margaret Archer)
There'll be a change in the weather
And a change in the scene
How is that?
I'm gonna start wearin' leather
And change my routine
I'll wear dark glasses maybe a toupee
I'll get down and boogie and become risquй
I'll start wearin' make-up like Jackson and Prince
You'll see me ridin' in my Mercedes Benz
Nobody wants you when you just play guitar
There'll be some changes made tomorrow
There'll be some changes made
Y'know Chet, you're never gonna get
To play that rock & roll
Why is that?
You're kinda country, a little bit old
That hurts
But your money for nothin'
And your chicks for free
Well, them groupie girls
Ain't what they're cracked up to be
Well, not all of them anyway
Well, I'd really like to find out
For myself, don't you know
I've had a kind of quiet life
Down here on music row
Oh, I know
Well uh? Like a man, what do you think?
Man, I don't know
I really think that I can make the grade
Daddy-o, Daddy-o
There'll be some changes made
I think I was sharp there
Just play one, just play
Yeah
You've played before
Watch it, watch it
Stand back boy
Well, I'd really like to find out for myself
Don't you know, 'cause
Like I said I've had a sheltered life
Down here on music row
I don't believe so
Well, what? What do you think Mark?
I don't know
I really think that I can make the grade
There'll be some changes
Now listen to this
I'm gonna play some rock and roll
There'll be some changes made, yeah
There'll be some changes made
Now let's all play
Anybody hurt?
I learned this at? At summer Bible school
Well, I never could trust a saint
I'm only a part-time saint
Pretty good but you're no Mark Knopfler
What about that one there?
Not all that bad
I like that
I like that
Don't make me look bad now
Don't make me look bad
Respect for your elders
There'll be some changes made