Steve James: | guitarist, mandolinist, singer, luthier |
Seamus Begley: | accordionist, singer of traditional Irish music |
Jeff Beck: | guitarist |
Lisa Marie Presley: | singer |
David Crosby: | singer, songwriter, guitarist |
Tom Verlaine: | guitarist, songwriter: Television |
Barrett Strong: | songwriter, singer, Motown co-founder |
Burt Bacharach: | songwriter |
Davis Causey: | guitarist: Sea Level, Randall Bramblett, Gregg Allman |
Buddy Davis: | bassist: Doc Watson, David Holt; from Western NC |
Wayne Shorter: | saxophonist: Jazz Messengers, Weather Report, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell (10 albums), Carlos Santana, Steely Dan |
Michael Rhodes: | bassist: Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, Darrell Scott, The Highwaymen, other country artists |
David Lindley: | maxi-instrumentalist, singer |
Gary Rossington: | guitarist: Lynyrd Skynyrd |
Jim Gordon: | drummer: Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominoes, Ike & Tina Turner, Dave Mason, others |
Tom Leadon: | guitarist: Mudcrutch |
Keith Reid: | songwriter: Procol Harum |
Mark Gosnell: | owner, operator, live music promoter: Barley's Taproom Spindale |
Seymour Stein: | co-founder of Sire Records, & Rock Hall of Fame. Signed Talking Heads, The Cure, Madonna, Pretenders, Ramones |
Harry Belafonte: | singer, actor, activist |
Gordon Lightfoot: | singer, songwriter, guitarist |
Chris Strachwitz: | founder of Arhoolie Records |
Sean Keane: | fiddler: The Chieftains |
Steve Govus: | former WNCW co-founding host: Saturday Night House Party |
Tina Turner: | singer, Queen of Rock n' Roll |
Astrud Gilberto: | singer |
Mark Kuykendall: | singer, musician: performed with Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Raymond Fairchild. A native of Asheville |
R.C. Harris: | banjoist, guitarist, singer. Born in Statesville, NC |
Jesse McReynolds: | singer, mandolinist: Jim & Jesse |
Bobby Osborne: | singer, mandolinist: The Osborne Brothers |
Sam Cutler: | manager: The Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead |
Jane Birkin: | singer, actress, fashion icon |
Tony Bennett: | singer |
Sinead O'Connor: | singer, activist. Converted to Islam as Shuhada Sadaqat |
Randy Meisner: | bassist, singer: The Eagles, Poco |
David LaFlamme: | singer, songwriter, musician: It's a Beautiful Day |
Robbie Robertson: | singer, songwriter, guitarist: The Band |
James Casey: | multi-instrumentalist, producer: Trey Anastasio Band, Billy & the Kids, Phil Lesh & Friends |
Jimmy Buffett: | singer, songwriter, businessman |
Bruce Guthro: | singer: Runrig |
Chris Robison: | singer, songwriter |
David Roe: | bassist: Johnny Cash, Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Malcolm Holcombe, others |
Terry Kirkman: | singer, songwriter: The Association. Also a director of MusiCares, which helps musicians suffering from addiction |
Al Petteway: | guitarist, from Fairview, NC |
Russell Batiste, Jr.: | drummer: Funky Meters, Papa Grows Funk, Porter/Batiste/Stoltz |
Carla Bley: | pianist, composer, band leader of the free jazz movement |
Shane MacGowan: | singer, frontman: The Pogues, The Popes |
Denny Laine: | singer, guitarist, cofounder: Wings, Moody Blues, Ginger Baker's Air Force |
Terry Baucom: | banjoist: Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, IIIrd Tyme Out, Baucom Bibey & BlueRidge,Dukes of Drive |
Essra Mohawk: | singer, songwriter: Schoolhouse Rock, Frank Zappa, Cyndi Lauper |
Bob Johnson: | guitarist: Steeleye Span |
Tom Smothers: | singer, guitarist, comedian: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour |
