Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel (born May 31, 1955) is an Australian virtuoso guitarist, best known for his fine art of "fingerpicking", which is akin to the way a pianist plays the piano, using all ten fingers. He is considered by some as the greatest fingerpicker in the world today. Emmanuel is a committed Christian since beating substance abuse two decades ago. Tommy has a great instructional book out called Tommy Emmanuel Solo Guitar Style

Eric Loy

Eric Loy is a Ohio guitarist that does some of the greatest arrangements of TV and popular music that your will ever hear. His technical skill is outstanding. The breadth and depth of his knowledge as a guitarist is impressive. He does everything from Bach to Chet Atkins. The "Fishing Hole" and "Linus and Lucy" are examples of two great arrangements of popular music that Eric has done.

Clarelynn Rose

Clarelynn Rose has a sound all of her own. She uses unusual tunings to produce acoustic finger style guitar music that will remind you of the last time that you were in the great outdoors. Her music is very relaxing and peaceful yet still invigorating at the same time. Clarelynn Rose makes some of the most enjoyable music that you will ever hear. There are a lot of great guitar players out there; however, Clarelynn makes music that is good for the soul.

Frederick Noad

Frederick Noad passed away on September 13, 2001. The world of music has lost a great champion and friend. An extraordinarily gifted man, Fred Noad was a master teacher, an accomplished performer on both classical and flamenco guitar, a scholar, composer, arranger, transcriber, software developer, publisher, and, of course, authorFrederick Noad Frederick Noad has written two books that are very helpful for the aspiring guitarist. Solo Guitar Playing One and Solo Guitar Playing two are both are a great guide to becoming a better Classical Guitarist. Each of the previously mentioned books comes with a CD containing all of the songs in the book. For more information on Frederick Noad take a look at his home page at Frederick Noad Classical Guitar Homepage

Andreas Segovia

Andrés Segovia, Marques de Salobreña (February 21, 1893 – June 3, 1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist born in Linares, Spain who is considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern scholars. Segovia claimed that he rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco gypsies, and built up a classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls.

George Benson

George Benson (b. March 22, 1943, Pittsburgh) is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of 21 as a jazz guitarist. He is however, better known to the public at large as a Pop/R&B singer, famous for such hits as Give Me The Night, Lady Love Me (One More Time), Turn Your Love Around, In Your Eyes and This Masquerade, among others.

Jim Volk

Jim Volk's playing is hard to really put into words. He is an artist that is truly on the leading edge of music. Jim's knowledge and technical skill put him in a class by himself. His playing always has melody and harmony as the dominant influence; however, he will take you on a journey of discovery each time you hear him play. Most that hear Jim the first time are astounded by his playing. Jim Volk is an undiscovered genius that should be famous world wide.

Carlos Santana

Carlos has been reinventing and reshaping the landscape of the known universe's musical culture for close to four decades. A visionary artist with no regards for genre boundaries, Carlos' fluid sound long ago laid claim to the concept of "world music" before the term ever surfaced on pop culture radar. Having evolved and expanded for over four decades, the "Carlos" sound could well be on its way to becoming interplanetary music.

Oscar Herrero

Oscar Herrero is a Flamenco guitarist from Spain. Oscar Herrero has authored several flamenco guitar teaching DVDs. He was awarded the first prize at the Bordón Minero (Festival de La Union, Murcia) and the Premio Nacional de Guitarra Flamenca in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz.

John Williams

Guitarist John Williams has established his position at the top rank of classical guitarists over the course of thirty years of recording and performing. He has made over 30 best selling recordings of a broad range of music for guitar.

Liona Boyd

Liona Boyd, known as "The First Lady of the Guitar" has introduced millions around the world to the art of classical guitar through her concerts, television specials, and twenty recordings, many of which have gone "Gold" and " Platinum".

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