Here are links to some of the great Bluegrass guitarists. These links are to the artist's home page if they have one.

Russ Barenberg
Russ is a player with taste and style as well as a great instructor. His recordings blend bluegrass with Irish, Caribbean, Latin and jazz influences. He is currently an active session player in Nashville.

Norman Blake
Norman Blake has been a powerful force on the bluegrass and country music scene for nearly three decades. Norman and his wife Nancy have together and separately made over 15 albums. The link above goes to the web site of Norman's agent.

Dix Bruce
An accomplished player, teacher and author, Dix Bruce has published over 30 titles with Mel Bay, including the transcription of Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley 1960-1962.

Joe Carr
A great teacher and player, Joe has appeared in over 20 instructional guitar videos. The link is to Joe's page at Mel Bay Publications. Also check out Camp Bluegrass.

Mark Cosgrove
A winner of the National Flatpicking contest, Mark's guitar work is notable not only for power, precision, and tone, but for his fluid high speed improvisation.

Dan Crary
Dan is a master at flatpicking as well as being a Professor of Communications at the University of California at Fullerton. His album "Bluegrass Guitar" is a must have.

Brad Davis
Brad is a monster flatpicker who has toured with the likes of Marty Stuart and Sam Bush. He is also a successful teacher, recording artist, and a regular columnist for Flatpicking Guitar magazine.

Dan DeLancey
Dan is from Kansas City and is known for his tasteful and interesting arrangements. He has been playing with hammer dulcimer player Linda Thomas since 1980.

Beppe Gambetta
Born in Genoa, Italy, Beppe formed the Italian bluegrass band Red Wine in 1977. A stellar performer and flatpicker, he is also a terrific cook and has published his own cookbook.

David Grier
This award-winning musician was inspired to learn guitar when his father, Lamar Grier, played banjo for Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys in the middle 1960's.

Jim Hurst
A two-time IBMA winner of the guitarist of the year award, Jim "grew up with a guitar in his hands." He is an accomplished player in both fingerstyle and flatpicking styles.

Steve Kaufman
The only three-time winner of the National Flatpicking Championship, Steve is not only a great player but  a great teacher.  His  "Parking Lot Picker" instructional material is highly recommended.

Jack Lawrence
Highly regarded in his role as partner to Doc Watson, Jack is a player with great taste and style, and performs as a solo guitarist/vocalist in venues nationally and internationally.

Jimmy Martin
Known as "The King of Bluegrass," Jimmy Martin played guitar with Bill Monroe's group in the early 1950's before starting up his own group, The Sunny Mountain Boys. Jimmy passed away in 2005. This link is to the tribute web site kingofbluegrass.com.

Tony Rice
Tony has a sophisticated flatpicking style that puts him in a class by itself.  He was influenced by Clarence White when growing up.

Peter Rowan
Peter was a guitarist for Bill Monroe in the mid-60's and is known for his wonderful voice and songcraft. His musical journey has explored many paths over the years, but Bluegrass is always calling him home.

Allen Shadd
Allen is sometimes called the first "triple crown" contest winner. He won the Winfield National Flatpicking Championship, the Kaufman guitar camp competition and the Doc Watson International guitar competition at Merefest all in a 12-month period in 1997-8.

James Allen Shelton
James is the guitarist with Ralph Stanley and has cut several albums on his own. He is a very smooth player and is highly regarded for his crosspicking skills.

Kenny Smith
Kenny Smith is well known as the lead guitarist in the Lonesome River Band. Now he is also recording with his wife Amanda. This link is to their site.

Tim Stafford
A consummate player as well as a composer, Tim is a founding member of the band Blue Highway and a former member of Union Station.

Orrin Star
Winner of the 1976 National Flatpicking Championship, Orrin is a nationally recognized folk & bluegrass performer and teacher based in Cheverly, Maryland (Washington DC area).

Bryan Sutton
Bryan came to attention as the lead guitarist in Ricky Skagg's Kentucky Thunder. In 1999, he retired from the band to devote himself to recording work. An outstanding player and frequent contributor on Flatpick-L.

Tut Taylor
Tut Taylor is known as the "The Flat Pickin' Dobro Man". A long-term performer, Tut is well known in the Bluegrass, old-time and country music ranks.

Doc Watson
DocWatson is a living flatpicking and folk music legend.  This link is to our sister site DocsGuitar.com.

Clarence White
One of the all-time great flatpickers, whose life was tragically cut short at age 29 by a drunk driver. Clarence had a style all his own, and was a major influence on many of today's biggest names in Bluegrass guitar.

National Flatpicking Champions
This link will take you to the site of the Walnut Valley Festival web site where you can look up all of the winners of the National Flatpicking Championships.