TOMMY EMMANUEL and MICHAEL CLEVELAND Perform “Mr. Guitar” Together At The Opry Helping To Kick Off The Chet Atkins Appreciation Society’s 4-Day Event
DATE: JULY 25, 2024
FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/LYNDIE WENNER, SRO PR
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING GUITARIST/ARTIST
TOMMY EMMANUEL
AND GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BLUEGRASS FIDDLER
MICHAEL CLEVELAND
JOINED TOGETHER TO HELP KICK OFF THE CHET ATKINS APPRECIATION SOCIETY’S 4-DAY ANNUAL EVENT
THE TWO ARTISTS PERFORMED “MR. GUITAR”—THEIR COLLABORATIVE TRACK ON THE CURRENT CHET ATKINS TRIBUTE ALBUM, ‘WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOOD BYE’—
AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY
IN HONOR OF CHET ATKINS 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Pictured, L-R: Ken Leister, Executive Producer at Morningstar Music Productions, and guitarist/artist Tommy Emmanuel, CGP, at the Grand Ole Opry
Photo Credit: Morningstar Music Productions
Grammy Award-winning acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel and Grammy Award-winning bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland joined together on July 10 to help kick off the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society’s four-day annual event that was held at the Music City Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville. Emmanuel and Cleveland appeared together onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, performing “Mr. Guitar,” their collaborative track on the current and critically acclaimed Chet Atkins tribute album, WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOOD BYE—A Musicians’ Tribute To Chet Atkins. Both the show and CAAS event honored the legendary music icon and guitar great’s 100th anniversary celebration.
Released April 19 on the Morningstar Music Productions label, the album features 15 tracks and 22 artists from the country, rock, bluegrass and acoustic musical realms. Conceived and produced by the legendary 3-time Grammy-winning, bluegrass and country songwriter, producer and guitarist Carl Jackson, the album contains some of the world’s best artists and guitar players including Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, Tommy Emmanuel C.G.P., Ricky Skaggs, James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley, Sierra Hull, and many more. Read a press release here about the album and Chet Atkins’ 100th anniversary celebration HERE and view a sizzle reel about the album HERE.
“Salutes to Chet Atkins’s unique career and contributions are unlikely to stop, but this latest entry is a manifestly heartfelt and repeatedly listenable one.”
–Barry Mazor, Wall Street Journal, 4/15/2024
Purchase “We Still Can’t Say Good Bye” HERE or visit the Chet Forever website HERE.
ABOUT MORNINGSTAR MUSIC PRODUCTIONS:
Morningstar Music Productions was created by executive producers and longtime great friends Rodger Glaspey and Ken Leister. The two partners performed in groups that recorded albums during the 70’s as collegians during the Folk/Rock invasion. Producer and musician Carl Jackson approached Rodger and Ken with the desire to produce an album to honor Chet Atkins. The temptation to executive produce an album in Nashville paying homage to Chet Atkins with some of the finest artists and guitar players in the world including Vince Gill, Tommy Emmanuel, Brad Paisley, and other greats was too captivating to pass up… and thus, Morningstar Music Productions was born, with their first album release We Still Can’t Say Good Bye – A Musicians’ Tribute To Chet Atkins was released April 19.
For press inquiries regarding WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOOD BYE, contact:
SRO PR:
Mitch Schneider // mschneider@sropr.com
Lyndie Wenner // lwenner@sropr.com
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