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Today: Chet Atkins passed away in 2001 – 11 year ago

From Wikipedia:

Chester Burton “Chet” Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001) was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country’s appeal to adult pop music fans as well.

From Allmusic:

Without Chet Atkins, country music may never have crossed over into the pop charts in the ’50s and ’60s. Although he is an exceptionally talented guitarist with hundreds of solo records to his credit, Atkins’ largest influence came as a session musician and a record producer. During the ’50s and ’60s, he helped create the Nashville sound, a style of country music that owed nearly as much to pop as it did to honky tonk.
— Stephen Thomas Erlewine 

Industry awards

Country Music Association

  • 1967 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1968 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1969 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1981 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1982 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1983 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1984 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1985 Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 1988 Instrumentalist of the Year

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

  • Inducted in 1973

Grammy Awards

  • 1971 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Jerry Reed – Me and Jerry
  • 1972 Best Country Instrumental Performance – “Snowbird”
  • 1975 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Merle Travis – The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
  • 1976 Best Country Instrumental Performance – “The Entertainer”
  • 1977 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Les Paul – Chester and Lester
  • 1982 Best Country Instrumental Performance – Country After All These Years
  • 1986 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Mark Knopfler – “Cosmic Square Dance”
  • 1991 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Mark Knopfler – “So Soft, Your Goodbye”
  • 1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration with Mark Knopfler – “Poor Boy Blues”
  • 1993 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Jerry Reed – Sneakin’ Around
  • 1993 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award’
  • 1994 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Asleep at the WheelEldon ShamblinJohnny GimbleMarty Stuart, Reuben “Lucky Oceans” Gosfield & Vince Gill – “Red Wing”
  • 1995 Best Country Instrumental Performance – “Young Thing”
  • 1997 Best Country Instrumental Performance – “Jam Man”

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  • Posthumously inducted in 2002

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Today: Brian Eno is 64

From Wikipedia:

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno, is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.

Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex, England, taking inspiration from minimalist painting. During his time on the art course at the Institute, he also gained experience in playing and making music through teaching sessions held in the adjacent music school.

Eno has also worked as an influential music and album producer. By the end of the 1970s, Eno had worked with David Bowie on the seminal “Berlin Trilogy” and helped popularise the American band Devo and the punk-influenced “No Wave” genre. He produced and performed on three albums by Talking Heads, including Remain in Light (1980), and produced seven albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree (1987). Eno has also worked on records by JamesLaurie AndersonColdplayDepeche ModePaul SimonGrace Jonesand Slowdive, among others.

An Ending (Ascent) (1983):
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