Andrew Hardin - Tom Russell's permanent guitarist. If I could have anyone in the world just to back me (on guitar, anyway) while I'm singing, he'd be it.

Grady Martin - particularly his "Mexican flavored" stuff on the old Marty Robbins cowboy recordings - "El Paso," etc.

Jack Lawrence - has been Doc Watson's "sideman" for lo these many years. If he weren't in Doc's shadow, and there were any justice, he'd be considered one of the greats in flatpick guitar in his own right.

Kristina Cady, a/k/a Mizchuck - can follow anything I can sing on fiddle, or sing harmony to it, as needed. A more trad. fiddler asked her once how she improvised fiddle parts and fills so easily. She just said, "I just play the part I'd sing if my voice range went that high." Other fiddler said "Oh," and wandered away muttering to himself.

Peter.