Jerry Douglas is an American Dobro player. He is often referred to as "flux" by his peers, a nickname given to him as a result of his ability to play at amazing speeds with the slide. In addition to his eleven solo releases and countless special projects, Douglas' stellar fretwork has graced over 1000 albums encompassing a dizzying range of musical styles. As a sideman, he's recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Peter Rowan, Béla Fleck, …

Phil Leadbetter is one of the leading players of the resonator guitar. In 2005 he was voted International Bluegrass Music Association Dobro Player Of The Year at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, the third person in history to win that award, and the 1st ever to win in Nashville, TN. That same year he also took home the award for "Instrumental Album Of The Year" for his CD "Slide Effects".

Josh Graves (September 27, 1927 Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee – September 30, 2006), born Burkett Howard Graves, was an American bluegrass musician. Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited with introducing the dobro into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1977.

Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White was a delta blues guitarist and singer born near Houston, Mississippi. Even though he didn't like the spelling "Bukka", he was best known by that name. He gave his more famous cousin B.B. King his first guitar, a Stella. Bukka himself is remembered as a player of National Steel guitars. He also played, but was less adept at, the piano.

Tampa Red (1904-1981), born Hudson Woodbridge, was an influential American musician. He is best known for his accomplished guitar playing in the blues field, but in a career spanning over 30 years he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum (see below) records. He was born in Smithville, Georgia, but later moved to Tampa, Florida, which became part of his nickname (the other part came from his red hair).

John Dopyera (1893-1988) was a Slovak-American inventor and entrepreneur, and a maker of stringed instruments. His inventions include the resonator guitar and important contributions in the early development of the electric guitar.

Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) (1907-1941) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist.

Eric Sardinas, is an American blues-rock guitarist born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1970. He's noted for his use of the electric resonator guitar and his powerful live performances. Sardinas first picked up the guitar at age six and leaned toward vintage recordings by such Delta bluesmen as Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James and Muddy Waters.

James Michael Thompson is the co designer and sole player of the world first Ellis 8 string baritone tricone resonator guitar. The concept was first considered after Thompson had played the Ellis 7 String resonator at a guitar festival. This guitar is now currently in the hands of Jeff Martin from The Tea Party. The instrument is tuned in an extension of the 'Open A Tuning'. It is tuned low to high: A E A E A C# e/e.

Charlie Parr is a country blues musician from Duluth, Minnesota. His influences include Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Reverend Gary Davis, and Dave Van Ronk. He plays a National resonator guitar and a 12-string guitar in the piedmont blues style.

Peetie Wheatstraw (December 21, 1902 - December 21, 1941) was the name adopted by singer William Bunch, a greatly influential figure among 1930s blues singers. Although the only known picture of Bunch shows him holding a National brand tricone resonator guitar, his primary instrument was the piano.

Clifton Hyde (b. November 27th, 1976) is a Hattiesburg, Mississippi born guitarist/composer/multi-instrumentalist currently living and working in New York City. As a sideman he is often seen playing Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Resonator Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mandolin, Lap Steel, Piano, Organ, Ukulele, C melody saxophone, Electric & Double Basses. Covering styles as diverse as Mississippi Delta Blues, Avant Garde, Metal, Country, Rock, Modern Classical, …

Heather Luttrell (born December 5, 1977) is a musician from Atlanta, Georgia. =Early Life= Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977, she was raised in Decatur, Georgia by her mother, an ER nurse, and her father, Ralph Luttrell, a resonator guitar player in the bluegrass band "Possum Trot". She grew up listening to her father play in Atlanta area bars such as "The Alibi" and "The Freight Room".