Ragtime Artists & the Gear They Use

Lonnie Johnson

Guitarist

Django Reinhardt

Guitarist · Quintette du Hot Club de France

Mississippi John Hurt

Singer, Guitarist

Billy Jones

Singer, Guitarist

Buster B. Jones

Guitarist

Jack Rose

Guitarist · Pelt

Bob Brozman

Guitarist

Sam Chatmon

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Memphis Minnie

Guitarist, Singer

Blind Blake

Guitarist

Terry Miles

Singer, Keyboardist · Go Kart Mozart

Scrapper Blackwell

Guitarist

Reverend Gary Davis

Guitarist

Skip James

Guitarist

Earl Hines

Singer, Keyboardist · Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

Curley Weaver

Roosevelt Sykes

Composer

Fletcher Henderson

Keyboardist · The Benny Goodman Sextet

Victoria Spivey

Singer

Tampa Red

Guitarist

Alberta Hunter

Singer

John Mooney

Guitarist

Leon Redbone

Singer, Guitarist

Charley Patton

Guitarist

Jesse Fuller

Guitarist

Tom Paley

Guitarist · The New Lost City Ramblers

Mildred Bailey

Singer

David Bromberg

Blind Boy Fuller

Guitarist

PB Shane

Asylum Street Spankers

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Singer, Guitarist

Ma Rainey

Singer

Frank Stokes

Guitarist · Beale Street Sheiks

Washboard Sam

Singer

Shawn Dean

Asylum Street Spankers

Sylvester Weaver

Guitarist

Tom Morgan

Guitarist · California Ramblers

Billy Kyle

Keyboardist · Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

Henri Herbert

Keyboardist · The Jim Jones Revue

Charlie King

Singer · Asylum Street Spankers

Bo Carter

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Shelly Manne

Drummer, Music Producer

Trevor Smith

Guitarist · Asylum Street Spankers

Ward Lay

Bassist · California Ramblers

Thrad Lee

Asylum Street Spankers

Dick Hyman

Keyboardist, Composer

Fiddlin John Carson

Scott Marcus

Asylum Street Spankers

Eddie Lang

Guitarist · Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra

Ishman Bracey

Sammy Fain

Singer, Keyboardist · California Ramblers

Charley Jordan

Guitarist

Yank Rachell

Guitarist

Vernon Dalhart

Composer

Phil Legg

Singer, Music Producer

Swing Sisters

Knocky Parker

Keyboardist · The Light Crust Doughboys

Ed Bell

Tommy Johnson

Guitarist, Drummer · Bobaflex

Benny Goodman

Composer · Benny Goodman Orchestra

Brian Holland

Composer, Music Producer · Holland–Dozier–Holland

Kurt Bloom

Singer · California Ramblers

Arizona Dranes

Singer

Ashley Thompson

Guitarist · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Mary Flower

Composer

Mike Dowling

Herbert Winfield Spencer

Composer · California Ramblers

Blind Willie McTell

Guitarist

Luke Jordan

Singer, Guitarist

Mike Bloom

Rilo Kiley

Scott Joplin

Guitarist · Fairweather

Clive Palmer

Singer · The Incredible String Band

Bix Beiderbecke

Keyboardist · Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra

Mance Lipscomb

Guitarist

Lonnie Chatmon

Composer · Mississippi Sheiks

Walter Vinson

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Art Tatum

Singer, Keyboardist · Art Tatum’s All Stars

Dick Mcdonough

Guitarist · The Boswell Sisters

Casey Bill Weldon

Guitarist · Memphis Jug Band

Will Shade

Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Vol Stevens

Singer · Memphis Jug Band

Charlie Burse

Memphis Jug Band

Buddy Moss

Guitarist

Jason Marsalis

Drummer, Music Producer · The Marsalis Family

Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson

Memphis Jug Band

Charlie Polk

Memphis Jug Band

Henry Thomas

Composer

Stefan Grossman

Guitarist

Billy Murray

Singer · California Ramblers

Tommy Dorsey

Singer · Art Tatum’s All Stars

Jimmy McPartland

Singer · Benny Goodman and His Boys

Kokomo Arnold

Guitarist

Barbecue Bob

Guitarist

Etta Baker

Guitarist

Peetie Wheatstraw

Singer

Sterling Bose

Singer · Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven