- Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the "boom-chick-a-boom" or "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his dark clothing, and demeanor, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black." He started all his concerts with the simple introduction "Hello, … - Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
When Bruce Springsteen finally broke through to national recognition in the fall of 1975 after a decade of trying, critics hailed him as the savior of rock & roll, the single artist who brought together all the exuberance of '50s rock and the thoughtfulness of '60s rock, molded into a '70s style. He rocked as hard as Jerry Lee Lewis , his lyrics... Continue Bio >> - Miley Cyrus
Destiny Hope Cyrus (born November 23, 1992), better known by her stage name Miley Cyrus, is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is perhaps best known for starring as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel Original Series, Hannah Montana. She was named Destiny Hope because her parents believed that she would accomplish great things. Cyrus gained her nickname "Miley" because she kept smiling ("Smiley") as a youngster. - Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s. - B. B. King
Riley B. King, better known as B. B. King or "The King of Blues" (born September 16 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi), is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, widely considered one of the best and most respected blues musicians of all time. He was also ranked 3<sup>rd</sup> on the Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. - Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus August 25, 1954 in London) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. His full given name is often listed as Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus; however, Aloysius was not one of his names at birth, being added years later, around the time of the release of "King of America" (typically, it was a tongue-in-cheek gesture, … - Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. In his more than 30-year long career, Frank Zappa established himself as one of the most prolific and distinctive musician-composer-band leaders of his era. Zappa worked in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesisers and symphony orchestra, as well as radiophonic works constructed from pre-recorded, … - Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965 - 1973). The band gained relatively little notice during its life, but is widely considered by some to be one of the seeds of alternative rock music. - George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. Following the band's demise, Harrison had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys super group where he was known as both Nelson Wilbury and Spike Wilbury. - Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones in 1962. With songwriting partner and Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, he has written and recorded hundreds of songs including "Satisfaction", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Miss You" and "Start Me Up". As a guitarist Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm playing. - Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley (born December 30, 1928) aka "The Originator" of Rock 'N' Roll, is an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is often cited as the key figure in the transition of blues into rock and roll, by introducing more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard edged guitar sound. He is also remembered for his characteristic rectangular-shaped guitar. - Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is a nine-time Grammy-winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. Her music blends country, pop, folk, and blues rock into one mainstream sound. Crow is also a noted political activist who uses her fame to promote causes she supports. - Ted Nugent
Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13 1948, Detroit, Michigan) (aka The Nuge, Uncle Ted, Terrible Ted, Sweaty Teddy, Deadly Tedly, Great Gonzos, Theodocious Atrocious,Tedinator and The Motor City Madman) is a hard rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the Amboy Dukes, … - Courtney Love
Courtney Love (born July 9 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. "Rolling Stone" has called Love "the most controversial woman in the history of rock." - Liz Phair
Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. - Ry Cooder
Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer, known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American roots music and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. Cooder was ranked number 8 on "Rolling Stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." - Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell, also known as Diamond Darrell until mid 1992, was the lead guitarist for the heavy metal bands Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel. - Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958) is an American rock guitarist, singer, producer and actress. She is best known for her hit single "I Love Rock N' Roll," which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20 to May 8, 1982, … - Richie Sambora
Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora (born on July 11, 1959), is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter who is the lead guitarist for the rock band Bon Jovi. Along with frontman Jon Bon Jovi he forms the primary songwriting unit for the band. He is also a solo artist, having released two solo albums; "Stranger In This Town" in 1991, and "Undiscovered Soul" in 1998. - Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album "Whoa, Nelly!", which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful "Folklore" (2003), … - Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. He has been a founding member of both Deep Purple and Rainbow and is currently a member of the band Blackmore's Night. He was ranked 55 on Rolling Stone's the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. - Tom Morello
Tom Morello (born May 30, 1964, as Thomas Baptist Morello) is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist who played in Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine. He performs as a solo acoustic artist under the pseudonym The Nightwatchman. He is acclaimed for his unique guitar style and is noted for his outspoken politics. Tom was ranked #26 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". - Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis (born January 8, 1976, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American singer, musician, and actress. Lewis is a current member and lead singer of the indie band Rilo Kiley, and has also released a solo album. She is also a former child actress. - Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning American rock musician and singer. - Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is an American guitarist. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Trucks took up the guitar at age 9, and it was quickly apparent that he was a child prodigy. He was playing with a band and touring within two years. His early repertoire was heavily blues-based, obviously inspired by The Allman Brothers Band slide guitarist, Duane Allman (his uncle, drummer Butch Trucks, … - Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15 1937 - February 13 2002) was a respected and influential American country music singer Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas to Lorene Beatrice Shipley and William Alvin Jennings. He taught himself to play guitar at age eight, and formed his first band two years later. He worked as a DJ throughout his adolescence, dropping out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time working as a DJ, he met and befriended Buddy Holly. - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist/guitarist and one of the primary forces behind the creation of bossa nova, and its subsequent global popularity. Jobim's compositions, known for their exquisite melodies and harmonies, have been performed by numerous notable performers both within Brazil and internationally. - Will Oldham
Will Oldham, a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (born 24 December 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky), is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Prior to adopting his current moniker, he performed and recorded under various permutations of the Palace name, including Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music (1993-1997). - Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, 8 June 1944, Canton, Ohio) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. - Michelle Branch
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch-Landau (born July 2, 1983) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums "The Spirit Room" and "Hotel Paper" in August 2001 and June 2003 respectively. In 2004, she formed the musical duo The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp. - J Mascis
J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10 1965) is an American musician, best-known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr, though he also has been an occasional producer and film composer. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of a dentist, Mascis formed the short-lived hardcore group Deep Wound with Lou Barlow and Scott Helland in the early 1980s. - K.D. Lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961), best known by the stage name k.d. lang, is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer and songwriter. - Brendon Urie
Brendon Boyd Urie (b. April 12, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is the lead singer and frontman of the band Panic! At the Disco. He also plays keyboard, accordion, piano, organ, cello, bass, drums and guitar. - Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, 1942) is a popular rock American singer-songwriter and guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' hit records, the pioneering folk-rock band of the 1960s, contributing much to the band's unique sound. - Gavin Degraw
Gavin DeGraw (born February 4, 1977) is an American pop singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. - Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang (born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr. on January 29, 1981, in Fargo, North Dakota) is a Grammy-winning American blues guitarist and singer. - Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell (born 22 April 1936, Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning American country pop singer and guitarist, best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" on CBS television. Campbell's hits include "Gentle On My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Witchita Lineman", "Southern Nights" and "Rhinestone Cowboy". - Eva Cassidy
Eva Marie Cassidy was an American vocalist described by the British newspaper "The Guardian" as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." She had a diverse repertoire of jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop. Cassidy remained virtually unknown outside of her native Washington, DC, when she died of melanoma in 1996. However, her posthumously released recordings have since sold in excess of four million copies, … - Tony MacAlpine
Tony Jeff MacAlpine (born August 29, 1960, in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American guitarist and keyboardist. He is best known as a solo guitarist although he has worked with many different bands and musicians like Planet X, Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore, Mark Boals and Vitalij Kuprij. Besides being a guitarist, MacAlpine is also a classically trained pianist and violinist and plays all the keyboard parts on his own albums. - Richie Havens
Richie Havens (born January 21 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American folk singer and guitarist. Havens is perhaps best known for his intense rhythmic guitar style, soulful covers of pop and folk songs and his opening performance at the Woodstock Festival; all the more remarkable for the absence of most of his upper teeth. Havens uses open D tuning on the guitar. By fretting all strings it produces a major chord on any position on the neck of the guitar.
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