TOMORROW, April 19, A Musician's Tribute To Chet Atkins ‘WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOOD BYE’ Album Releases And CMT Premieres Documentary @ 9PM E.T.

‘WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOOD BYE’  A MUSICIANS’ TRIBUTE TO CHET ATKINS OUT TOMORROW, APRIL 19   “THE MAKING OF A MUSICIANS’ TRIBUTE TO CHET ATKINS AND HIS LEGACY REMEMBERED” ALSO PREMIERES TOMORROW (APRIL 19) AT 10 PM ET/9 PM CT ON CMT AND WILL AIR EXCLUSIVELY FOR THREE MONTHS   THE 15-TRACK COLLECTOR’S ALBUM PERFORMED BY SOME OF THE WORLD’S BEST ARTISTS AND GUITAR PLAYERS INCLUDING VINCE GILL, ERIC CLAPTON, TOMMY EMMANUEL C.G.P. ,SIERRA HULL, JAMES TAYLOR, ALISON KRAUSS, RICKY SKAGGS, BRAD PAISLEY, MICHAEL CLEVELAND AND MANY MORE

“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 HERE.   The excitement continues to build for this Friday’s (April 19) release of WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOODBYE – A Musicians’ Tribute to Chet Atkins via Morningstar Music Productions as Nashville and the music industry prepare to celebrate what would have been Chet Atkins’ 100th birthday on June 20.   For the very first time on one album, some of the world’s best guitar players and artists join together to pay a musicians’ tribute to the innovator, songwriter, producer, record company executive and visionary Chet Atkins. View a sizzle reel about the album HERE. MVD Entertainment is the worldwide digital and physical product distributor making this music available on all digital platforms HERE. Opry Entertainment Group and Opry Store are the main national selling channels for a variety of physical packages, including vinyl albums, limited edition numbered vinyl, and orange color vinyl and CDs.

Purchase HERE or visit the Chet Forever website HERE.   The album WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOOD BYE was conceived and produced by 3-time Grammy-winning, bluegrass and country songwriter, producer and guitarist Carl Jackson, a longtime Glen Campbell collaborator, vocal arranger for TRIO II with Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton; Jackson also produced the 2003 Grammy-winning Country Album of the Year Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’ - Songs Of The Louvin Brothers. He has had songs recorded by Garth Brooks, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, Emmylou Harris, and Trisha Yearwood and was recorded at Station West in Nashville, TN with Luke Wooten engineering and mixing. Eric Clapton’s guitars were recorded by Simon Climie.   In other Chet Atkins news, a documentary “The Making of A Musicians’ Tribute to Chet Atkins and his Legacy Remembered” also premieres tomorrow (April 19) at 10 PM E.T./ 9 PM C.T. on CMT and will air exclusively for three months with encores scheduled for Saturday, April 20 at 9 PM ET / 8 PM CT and Sunday, April 21 at 5 PM ET / 4 PM CT, both airing on CMT Music. The program is an engaging 1-hour documentary about the making of this tribute album to Chet Atkins featuring 22 artists (read full list of artists HERE) from the country, rock, bluegrass and acoustic musical realms and 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. The documentary was produced by Opry Entertainment Group in collaboration with Morningstar Music Productions and was executive produced by Martin Fischer and produced and directed by Kathryn Russ for Opry Entertainment Group. Watch the Opry Entertainment Group sizzle reel HERE.

The documentary is available to order on DVD HERE. The album’s first single “Mr. Guitar” was released Friday, March 15 and is performed by Grammy Award-winning guitarist and artist Tommy Emmanuel C.G.P. and Grammy-winning bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland. Read more HERE. “All I Ever Need Is You,” the album’s second single is performed by SIERRA HULL, the 2x Grammy-nominated artist and award-winning mandolin and guitarist, songwriter and vocalist was released Friday, April 5. Read more HERE.   CHET ATKINS is the most recorded solo instrumentalist in music history who traveled far to become “Mr. Guitar.” The journey took the legendary icon from Appalachian poverty to international acclaim, from utter obscurity to three Halls of Fame. He is a 14x Grammy Award winner, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient, A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee.

Chet Atkins Archival Photo: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum   The track listing for WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOOD BYE is as follows: 1. Mr. Guitar: Tommy Emmanuel C.G.P. & Michael Cleveland 2. Lover Come Back To Me: Brent Mason 3. Alley Cat: Ashley Campbell & Thor Jensen 4. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad): Vince Gill & Bradley Walker featuring Eric Clapton 5. Yakety Axe: Ricky Skaggs with Charlie McCoy 6. Sleepwalk: Jerry Douglas & Bryan Sutton 7. In His Hands: Carl Jackson 8. Mr. Sandman: Gareth Pearson 9. Windy And Warm: Brad Paisley 10. How’s The World Treating You: James Taylor & Alison Krauss 11. Caravan: Guthrie Trapp 12. All I Ever Need Is You: Sierra Hull 13. The Entertainer: John Knowles C.G.P. with Catherine Marx 14. I Still Can’t Say Goodbye: Vince Gill 15. Freight Train: The Chester Bees (Campbell, Clapton, Emmanuel, Gill, Hull, Jackson, Jensen, Knowles, Mason, Moore, Paisley, Pearson, Skaggs, Sutton and Trapp)