Country Blues Artists & the Gear They Use

Clarence Ashley

Guitarist · Carolina Tar Heels

Tom Paley

Guitarist · The New Lost City Ramblers

Jesse Fuller

Guitarist

Frank Stokes

Guitarist · Beale Street Sheiks

Dick Justice

Washboard Sam

Singer

Sylvester Weaver

Guitarist

Big Jack Johnson

Guitarist · Jelly Roll Kings

Charles Caldwell

Guitarist

K.C. Douglas

Zeke Morris

J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Garley Foster

Carolina Tar Heels

J.E. Mainer

Composer · J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Paul Rishell

Paul Rishell and Annie Raines

Alger "Texas" Alexander

Composer

Elle King

Singer

Malcolm Holcombe

Hans Theessink

Guitarist · Vienna Art Orchestra

Ed Cassidy

Drummer · Rising Sons

Blind Willie Johnson

Guitarist

Texas Gladden

Singer

Charlie Musselwhite

Singer · The Louisiana Gator Boys

Chris Thomas King

Guitarist

Ernest Phipps

Composer · Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers

William Elliott Whitmore

Singer

Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers

Hosea Woods

Composer · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Coley Jones

Kate Campbell

Janel Leppin

Keyboardist · Janel and Anthony

Earl Johnson

Guitarist · Moxy

Louisiana Red

Singer

Blind Roosevelt Graves

Fleurs du mal

Snooks Eaglin

Guitarist

Mance Lipscomb

Guitarist

Eric Von Schmidt

Guitarist

Dock Boggs

Composer

Papa Charlie McCoy

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Lonnie Chatmon

Composer · Mississippi Sheiks

Houston Stackhouse

Guitarist

Bessie Tucker

Singer

Alan Lomax

Composer, Music Producer

Casey Bill Weldon

Guitarist · Memphis Jug Band

John Wesley Work

Singer, Music Producer

Breezy Peyton

Singer · The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Composer

Elvie Thomas

Paul Geremia

Composer

Dewey Corley

Bassist, Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Charlie Pierce

Memphis Jug Band

Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson

Memphis Jug Band

Kelly Harrell

Singer

Charlie Poole

Composer · Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers

Leroy Carr

Singer

Precious Bryant

Catfish Keith

Guitarist

Kokomo Arnold

Guitarist

David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Guitarist

Bessie Jones

Singer

Ernest Stoneman

Singer · The Stoneman Family

Rev. Edward W. Clayborn

Peetie Wheatstraw

Singer

Blind Joe Reynolds

Singer

Texas Alexander

Willie Brown

Guitarist

Elizabeth LaPrelle

Singer · Anna & Elizabeth

Brad Pemberton

Drummer · Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

Kansas Joe

Merle Watson

Guitarist · Doc & Merle Watson

Little Brother Montgomery

Composer

John Henry Barbee

Guitarist

Red Fox Chasers

The Mississippi Moaner

Brownie McGee

Cedell Davis

Guitarist

Fiddlin’ Joe Martin

Singer

Calvin Frazier

Guitarist

Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys

Jaybird Coleman

Singer

Hambone Willie Newbern

Composer

Lonnie Pitchford

Guitarist

Otto Virgial

Mike Dowling

Blind Joe Taggart

Singer

Mattie Delaney

Guitarist

Julius Daniels

Stripling Brothers

Watermelon Slim & The Workers

Annie Raines

Paul Rishell and Annie Raines

Joshua White

Freddie Spruell

Amythyst Kiah

Guitarist, Singer · Our Native Daughters

Henry Whitter

Composer · Grayson and Whitter

Chris Cacavas

Singer, Composer · Green on Red

Patton Magee

Singer, Guitarist · The Nude Party