Appalachian Folk Artists & the Gear They Use

Woody Guthrie

Singer, Guitarist · The Almanac Singers

Tony Rice

Guitarist · The Bluegrass Album Band

Lead Belly

Singer, Guitarist

Doc Watson

Guitarist · Doc & Merle Watson

Jerry Douglas

Guitarist · Alison Krauss & Union Station

Rhiannon Giddens

Singer, Guitarist · The New Basement Tapes

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Pete Seeger

Singer · The Almanac Singers

Ira Louvin

Singer · The Louvin Brothers

John Hartford

Composer

Stephen Lind

Guitarist · Foghorn Stringband

P. T. Grover, Jr.

Foghorn Stringband

Nadine Landry

Guitarist · Foghorn Stringband

Rodney Dillard

Composer · The Dillards

Bobby Osborne

Singer · The Osborne Brothers

Abigail Washburn

Singer · The Sparrow Quartet

Fred Travers

Singer · The Seldom Scene

Ronnie Simpkins

Bassist · The Seldom Scene

Dudley Connell

Guitarist · The Seldom Scene

Tom Gray

Bassist · The Seldom Scene

John Duffey

Singer · The Seldom Scene

Philip Rosenthal

Guitarist · The Seldom Scene

Brian Bagdona

Bassist · Foghorn Stringband

Kevin Sandri

Guitarist · Foghorn Stringband

Fred Cockerham

Alton Delmore

Composer · The Delmore Brothers

Caleb Klauder

Guitarist · Foghorn Stringband

KC Groves

Uncle Earl

Kristin Andreassen

Uncle Earl

Uncle Sinner

Lou Reid

Guitarist · The Seldom Scene

Hobart Smith

Rabon Delmore

Composer · The Delmore Brothers

Jean Ritchie

Composer

Roscoe Holcomb

Guitarist

Rayna Gellert

Uncle Earl

Sonny Osborne

Singer · The Osborne Brothers

Patrick Lind

Guitarist · Foghorn Stringband

Peter Leone

Foghorn Stringband

Merle Watson

Guitarist · Doc & Merle Watson

Hazel Dickens

Composer

Reeb Willms

Guitarist · Foghorn Stringband

Dewey Martin

Drummer · Buffalo Springfield

Todd Philips

Music Producer · The Bluegrass Album Band

Herb Pedersen

Singer · The Dillards

Charlie Louvin

Singer · The Louvin Brothers

Douglas Dillard

Composer · The Dillards

Dock Boggs

Composer

Casey Bill Weldon

Guitarist · Memphis Jug Band

Will Shade

Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Vol Stevens

Singer · Memphis Jug Band

Charlie Burse

Memphis Jug Band

Ben Ramey

Memphis Jug Band

Jab Jones

Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Dewey Corley

Bassist, Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Charlie Pierce

Memphis Jug Band

Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson

Memphis Jug Band

Charlie Polk

Memphis Jug Band

Ben Eldridge

Guitarist · The Seldom Scene

Hubby Jenkins

Guitarist · Carolina Chocolate Drops

Adam Matta

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Justin Robinson

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Dom Flemons

Guitarist · Carolina Chocolate Drops

Leyla McCalla

Singer, Guitarist · Carolina Chocolate Drops

Ralph Stanley

Singer · The Stanley Brothers

Mitchell F. Jayne

Bassist, Composer · The Dillards

Shane Lail

The Dillards

Billy Ray Latham

The Dillards

Beverly Cotten-Dillard

Singer · The Dillards

Mike Auldridge

Guitarist · The Seldom Scene

Jim Glaspy

The Dillards

George Giddens

The Dillards