# Country Gentleman guitar solo > The guitar solo on Country Gentleman by Chet Atkins (1953). From the album non-album single. Ranked #283 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Chet Atkins, 1953, from *non-album single*. Solo by *Chet Atkins*. A breezy, sophisticated original that later gave its name to his signature Gretsch model. Country Gentleman by Chet Atkins is ranked #283 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Chet Atkins and the song was released in 1953. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #21 (uDiscover Music). ## In our lists - [The Best Chet Atkins Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chet-atkins-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1953](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1953/) — #1 - [The 16 Best Country Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/country-guitar-solos/) — #16 ## Sources - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #21 ### Who played the guitar solo on Country Gentleman? Chet Atkins played the solo on Chet Atkins's Country Gentleman (1953). ### Where does Country Gentleman rank among the greatest guitar solos? #283 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)