I just spotted this on Ebay for a good price:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chet-Atkins-COUNTRY-GENTLEMAN-1974-1st-ed-HB-DJ-/141085111861
Every Chet fan needs a copy of this book. If I didn't already have one I would buy it.
Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
Thanks,
Chuck Schwickerath
http://guitarchuck.fourfour.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chuck-Schwickerath/508226169273145
Chuck Schwickerath
http://guitarchuck.fourfour.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chuck-Schwickerath/508226169273145
- guitarchuck
- Posts: 988
- Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:28 pm
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
Thanks for the heads up! I just bought it. I only have an electronic copy, but now I will have the real thing to re-read and treasure.
- Terry Tolley
- Posts: 180
- Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:23 pm
- Location: Buckeye, Arizona
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
You're welcome! I'm glad someone from the Chetboard got it!
Thanks,
Chuck Schwickerath
http://guitarchuck.fourfour.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chuck-Schwickerath/508226169273145
Chuck Schwickerath
http://guitarchuck.fourfour.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chuck-Schwickerath/508226169273145
- guitarchuck
- Posts: 988
- Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:28 pm
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
My wife & I bought a copy of Country Gentleman for my father not long after the book came out, probably in the spring of '75. Chet was at a Knoxville book store, signing copies. When my wife approached Chet and told him dad had been a fan since Chet's days on the Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round, just down Gay Street from the book store, he talked with her 5 to 10 minutes about his start in East Tennessee, as there were few, if anyone else, awaiting to buy the book and have it signed. I will always remember my wife saying when she came home with book, "he is indeed a gentleman." In the front of the book, in that unmistakable handwriting, Chet wrote, "To (dad's name). Happy Father's Day. Chet Atkins." Shortly after dad's death, mother passed the book back to us. It's one of my proudest possessions.
- Jack Miller
- Posts: 4
- Joined: Fri Dec 24, 2010 3:35 pm
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
Terry Tolley wrote:Thanks for the heads up! I just bought it. I only have an electronic copy, but now I will have the real thing to re-read and treasure.
Where did you get an electronic copy? I would love to read this book. Unfortunately, the print edition isn't available in Germany.
- the-ocean87
- Posts: 113
- Joined: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:51 am
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
Hey guys, I just clicked on the link Chuck posted and it came up for sale and I bought it. I'd been looking a while back for this. I hope I don't hear that it is not for sale. Fingers crossed!!
- Roger Pratt
- Posts: 708
- Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:45 pm
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
I bought this book second hand on Amazon a few years ago, first printing. Itś a must for any Chet fan. If you get the opportunity, buy it!
- Vidar Lund
- Posts: 441
- Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:20 am
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
I bought a paperback copy of this book in the early 80's and read the entire thing and it brought tears to my eyes. I somehow lost it during a number of moves but I found a hard copy a few years ago and will never lose track of it!
Rande Dager
We are all capable of doing more than we think we can!
We are all capable of doing more than we think we can!
- DagerRande
- Posts: 1102
- Joined: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:53 pm
- Location: Battle Creek, MI
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
It's available from Amazon. Not cheap exactly:
https://www.amazon.com/Country-Gentlema ... 428&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Country-Gentlema ... 428&sr=8-1
- Vidar Lund
- Posts: 441
- Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:20 am
Re: Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Book
Whenever I want to read it (again), I take it out from a local library that luckily still has a copy!
- nasonm
- Posts: 50
- Joined: Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:38 pm