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Thread #36052   Message #495834
Posted By: GUEST,Whistleworks
01-Jul-01 - 09:18 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Farewell, Chet Atkins.... (1924-June 2001)
Subject: RE: Farewell, Chet Atkins....
I was lucky to have lunch with Chet Atkins in 1990. He told me this story: He was practicing his guitar on the upper deck of a cruise ship as this man, a jogger, passed him by every few minutes. After a few passes, the jogger stopped and listened to him finish a tune. The jogger then said "You're pretty good, but you're no Chet Atkins." Absolutely true. So long, Chet.

Bob Pegritz