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    • Oct 10, 1988
    Chet Atkins wins Musician of the Year, previously known as Instrumentalist of the Year, during the 22nd Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House, joining Alabama and The Statlers as the only acts to have won nine CMA honors
    Nov 2, 1988
    Unhappy he couldn't accept his Musician of the Year award on the telecast of the Country Music Association awards, Chet Atkins laments that "they forgot what the M in CMA stands for"
    Oct 30, 1990
    Ferlin Husky leaves Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he's undergone a heart bypass. On hand to celebrate his recovery are Brenda Lee, Chet Atkins, Johnny Russell, Jean Shepard, Skeeter Davis, Jack Greene, Connie Smith and Bill Anderson
    Feb 20, 1991
    Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler win twice during the 33rd annual Grammy Awards in New York. "Poor Boy Blues" takes Best Country Vocal Collaboration, and "So Soft, Your Goodbye" takes Best Country Instrumental Performance
    May 8, 1991
    A four-block section of South Street in Nashville is renamed Chet Atkins Place. On hand for the dedication are Minnie Pearl, Eddy Arnold, Ray Stevens, Owen Bradley and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler
    Dec 8, 1991
    Roy Acuff is the first country artist recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors, attended by president George Bush. Among the participants in the Washington, D.C., ceremony, shot for a CBS-TV special: Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Steve Wariner and Bill Monroe
    Dec 26, 1991
    Bill Monroe, Steve Wariner and Emmylou Harris sing "I Saw The Light" with a band that features Chet Atkins and Mark O'Connor as "The Kennedy Center Honors" pay tribute to Roy Acuff on CBS. In the balcony are George and Barbara Bush
    Jun 20, 1992
    Nashville mayor Phil Bredesen declares Chet Atkins Day
    Sep 29, 1992
    President George Bush speaks at Nashville's Roy Acuff Theater, joined by a bundle of country artists: Ricky Skaggs, T.G. Sheppard, Baillie & The Boys, The Oak Ridge Boys, Paul Overstreet, Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Mark Chesnutt, George "Goober" Lindsey, Naomi Judd, Crystal Gayle and Lee Greenwood
    Oct 17, 1992
    Chet Atkins performs at the dedication of an outhouse at a Gravel Switch, Kentucky, store that previously had no toilet. "I think it's something that's needed," Atkins quips, "and it's certainly an improvement over what they had"
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