B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Doc Watson, Freddie King, Tony Rice, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Hurt, Clarence White, Maybelle Carter, Merle Travis, Karl Marx Farr, Eldon Shamblin, Charlie Christian, T-Bone Walker, early Tom Rush, Leadbelly, Son House, Jimmy Bryant, Buddy Guy, Kenny Burrell, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Mance Lipscomb, Elmore James.