# List of guitarists by genre

This is a list of notable guitarists, organized by genre.

## American primitive

    Robbie Basho
    John Fahey
    Leo Kottke
    Peter Lang

## Blues
### Early 20th century blues (pre WWII - 1950s)

    Arthur "Blind" Blake
    Big Bill Broonzy
    Blind Boy Fuller
    Son House
    Skip James
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Robert Johnson
    Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim)
    Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly)
    Charley Patton
    Tampa Red
    Bukka White

### Blues from the 1960s to present

    Luther Allison
    Duane Allman
    Etta Baker
    Jeff Beck
    Mike Bloomfield
    Joe Bonamassa
    David Bromberg
    Roy Buchanan
    Eric Clapton
    Albert Collins
    Ry Cooder
    Robert Cray
    Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
    Bo Diddley
    Ronnie Earl
    Robben Ford
    Jesse Fuller
    Lowell Fulson
    Rory Gallagher
    Eelco Gelling
    Peter Green
    Buddy Guy
    GP Hall
    Chuck Hammer
    Jimi Hendrix
    Warren Haynes
    John Lee Hooker
    Mississippi John Hurt
    Tony Iommi
    Elmore James
    Skip James
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Lonnie Johnson
    Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
    Jorma Kaukonen
    Albert King
    B. B. King
    Freddie King
    Sonny Landreth
    J. B. Lenoir
    Mance Lipscomb
    Lonnie Mack
    Taj Mahal
    John Mayer
    Mississippi Fred McDowell
    Brownie McGhee
    Blind Willie McTell
    Little Milton
    Memphis Minnie
    Gary Moore
    Keb' Mo'
    Big Bill Morganfield
    Matt "Guitar" Murphy
    Jimmy Page
    Pappo
    Charlie Patton
    Bonnie Raitt
    Tampa Red
    Jimmy Reed
    Kelly Richey
    Duke Robillard
    Robert Ross
    Otis Rush
    Todd Sharpville
    Kenny Wayne Shepherd
    Jimmy Thackery
    Jimmy Scott
    Hubert Sumlin
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Walter Trout
    Derek Trucks
    Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Yavuz Çetin
    Jimmie Vaughan
    Joe Louis Walker
    T-Bone Walker
    Muddy Waters
    Gerry Joe Weise
    Bukka White
    Jack White
    Josh White
    Johnny Winter
    Howlin' Wolf

## Country and gospel

    Chet Atkins
    Junior Brown
    Glen Campbell
    Maybelle Carter
    Roy Clark
    Buddy Emmons
    Lester Flatt
    Danny Gatton
    John Hartford
    Joe Maphis
    Grady Martin
    Roger Miller
    Buck Owens
    Les Paul
    Jerry Reed
    Roy Rogers
    Mel Tillis
    Merle Travis
    Doc Watson
    Speedy West
    Hank Williams

## Experimental

    Derek Bailey
    Blixa Bargeld
    Syd Barret
    Jeff Beck
    Glenn Branca
    Peter Buck
    Rhys Chatham
    Nels Cline
    Loren Mazzacane Connors
    Robert Fripp
    Bill Frisell
    Fred Frith
    Roopam Garg
    Kim Gordon
    Keiji Haino
    GP Hall
    Chuck Hammer
    Christian Hejnal
    Scott Henderson
    Josh Homme
    Henry Kaiser
    Yuri Landman
    Thurston Moore
    KK Null
    Mike Oldfield
    Paul Panhuysen
    Lee Ranaldo
    Lou Reed
    Marc Ribot
    Omar Rodríguez-López
    Keith Rowe
    Jim O'Rourke
    Elliott Sharp
    Gary Smith

## Flamenco

    Vicente Amigo
    Charo
    Moraíto Chico
    Miguel de la Bastide
    Oscar Herrero: composer, teacher and musician
    Paco de Lucía (1947-2014)
    Luis Maravilla
    Juan Martín
    Carlos Montoya
    Ramón Montoya (1880-1949)
    Gerardo Núñez (1961-)
    Paco Peña (1942-)
    Manitas de Plata
    Niño Ricardo
    Sabicas (1912-1990)
    Juan Serrano (born 1934)
    Paco Serrano (born 1964)
    Manolo Sanlúcar
    Tomatito (born 1958)

## Fingerstyle (contemporary)

    William Ackerman
    Michael Hedges
    Bert Jansch
    Adrian Legg
    John Renbourn
    Sungha Jung
    Tommy Emmanuel
    James Blackshaw

## Folk (pop)

    Joan Baez
    David Bromberg
    Ry Cooder
    Jim Croce
    John Denver
    Ani DiFranco
    Nick Drake
    Bob Dylan
    Arlo Guthrie
    Jewel
    Jorma Kaukonen
    Ellen McIlwaine
    Joni Mitchell
    Tom Paxton
    Shawn Phillips
    Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
    Paul Stookey
    James Taylor
    Happy Traum
    Mason Williams
    Peter Yarrow

## Folk (traditional)

    Joan Baez
    Norman Blake
    Creed Bratton
    Dan Ar Braz
    Peter Buck
    Martin Carthy
    Allen Collins
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Rev. Gary Davis
    Tommy Emmanuel
    Leslie Fish
    Gordon Giltrap
    Davey Graham
    Dallas Green
    David Grier
    Stefan Grossman
    Woody Guthrie
    GP Hall
    Nick Harper
    Roy Harper
    Nic Jones
    François Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
    John Martyn
    Tony McManus
    Paul McSherry
    Al Perkins
    Stochelo Rosenberg
    Tony Rice
    Pete Seeger
    Dick Siegel
    Elliott Smith
    Ivan Smirnov
    Richard Thompson
    Leon Wesley Walls
    Don Ross
    Happy Traum
    Jason Wilber
    Peter Yarrow

## Latin-American music

    Manuel Barrueco (Cuban)
    Leo Brouwer (Cuban)
    Luiz Bonfá (Brazilian)
    Abel Carlevaro (Uruguayan)
    Oscar Castro-Neves (Brazilian)
    Alirio Díaz (Venezuelan)
    Egberto Gismonti (Brazilian)
    Guinga (Brazilian)
    João Gilberto (Brazilian)
    Antonio Carlos Jobim (bossa nova)
    Antonio Lauro (Venezuelan)
    Gentil Montaña (Colombian)
    Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian)
    Rodrigo Riera (Venezuelan)
    Antony Santos (Dominican)
    Super Uba (Dominican)
    Toquinho (Brazilian)
    Luis Vargas (Dominican)
    Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentine)
    Rafael Rabello (Brazilian)
    Paulinho Nogueira (Brazilian)
    Sebastião Tapajós (Brazilian)
    Yamandu Costa (Brazilian)
    Agustin Barrios (Paraguayan)
    Astor Piazzolla (Argentine)

## Ragtime

    Duck Baker
    Arthur "Blind" Blake
    Rev. Gary Davis
    Peter Finger
    Stefan Grossman
    Jorma Kaukonen
    David Laibman
    Woody Mann
    Blind Willie McTell
    Dale Miller
    Eric Schoenberg
    Happy Traum
    Blind Willie Walker
    Sylvester Weaver