John Knowles (guitarist)

John Knowles (born 1942) is an American acoustic guitarist.

Career

He is one of the C.G.P.[1] (Certified Guitar Players), a title given by Chet Atkins to fingerstyle guitarists he admired. The others are Tommy Emmanuel, Marcel Dadi, Jerry Reed, and Steve Wariner. Four of the CGP had their titles formalized by the CAAS (Chet Atkins Appreciation Society): Knowles, Emmanuel, Wariner, and Reed. After Atkins's death, his daughter gave a posthumous CGP to Paul Yandell, Atkins's guitar partner.

Knowles first learned music by playing the accordion, then ukulele, transposing the accordion's keyboard on the ukulele's fretboard. He studied guitar in high school, then attended Texas Christian University, where he received a degree in physics while playing guitar in his free time.[2]

Honors

  • CGP member, Chet Atkins, 1996
  • Induction, National Thumb Picker's Hall of Fame, 2004
  • Grammy Award, two Emmy Award nominations

References

  1. ↑ Chet Atkins’ Certified Guitar Players
  2. ↑ "John Knowles – Guitarist". John Knowles. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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