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    • Jul 21, 1996
    Hootie + The Blowfish are joined by several surprise guests on a rainy night at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre: Radney Foster, Chet Atkins, Nanci Griffith, banjo player Bela Fleck, percussionist Pat McInerney and opening act John Hiatt
    Aug 5, 1996
    Chet Atkins kicks off a series of Monday-night performances at Nashville's Caffe Milano. He's joined for the evening by Suzy Bogguss, songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler, fiddler Mark O'Connor and Alison Krauss, who sings "That's The Way Love Goes"
    Oct 28, 1996
    When Chet Atkins performs at Nashville's Caffe Milano, Johnny Cash & June Carter make a surprise visit. They sing one song together with Atkins, and Cash does "Folsom Prison Blues"
    Dec 25, 1996
    The John Travolta movie "Michael" appears in theaters. It includes music by Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, The Mavericks, Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Al Green, Randy Newman, Frank Sinatra and Van Morrison
    Feb 26, 1997
    Chet Atkins' "Jam Man" wins Best Country Instrumental Performance during the 39th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York
    Mar 3, 1997
    Chet Atkins gives away his most recent Grammy award--the last of 14 he receives during his lifetime--to fellow guitarist and protege Steve Wariner during a performance at Nashville's Caffe Milano, despite the protests of the Recording Academy
    Jun 10, 1997
    Chet Atkins says a cancer that had dogged him as recently as March is in remission
    Jun 25, 1997
    On Chet Atkins Day in Nashville, more than 70 artists and musicians pay tribute to the guitarist at a Ryman Auditorium concert. Among the night's performers are Steve Wariner, Ray Stevens, Ronnie McDowell, Mark Knopfler, Marty Stuart, Bobby Bare and Hank Williams III
    Aug 16, 1997
    On the 20-year anniversary of his death, The King is remembered in a syndicated TV special, "Elvis: His Life And Times." The program is hosted by Priscilla Presley, Mac Davis and Lisa Hartman with guests James Burton, Chet Atkins and Sam Phillips
    Sep 1, 1997
    During a tour stop in Nashville, James Taylor spends three hours swapping music war stories with Chet Atkins
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